The High Court is expected to rule today on the application by journalists John Waters and Gemma O'Doherty for permission to challenge laws introduced due to the Covid-19 pandemic.
In judicial review proceedings against the State and the Minister for Health, the applicants seek to have various pieces of recently enacted legislation relating to the virus, which they say are unconstitutional and flawed, quashed.
They also want the court to make a declaration that the legislation is unconstitutional. Mr Justice Charles Meenan is expected to decide whether the journalists have an arguable case entitling them to a full hearing. Read:Latest coronavirus stories