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Updated at 10:50pm
A FRESH LEGAL challenge is to be brought against the result of the same-sex marriage referendum.
The latest challenge has been brought by Gerry Walshe, an electrician, of Lisdeen, Co Clare.
The Supreme Court last week refused to permit separate legal actions brought by both Walshe and Maurice Lyons, from Callan, Co Kilkenny, to bring further appeals against the rejection of their challenges to the Yes result of the same-sex marriage referendum.
The court said:
“It would not be necessary in the interests of justice that there be an appeal to the Supreme Court.”
However in a new application, to be made before the duty Judge at tomorrow’s vacation sitting of the Court, Walshe will ask the High Court for permission to bring proceedings against the State by way of judicial review.
Referendum
The latest action is understood to relate to the decision by the State to issue and sign the final referendum certificate in August although a challenge (namely Walsh’s legal action which was ultimately dismissed by the Supreme Court) against the result was still in being.
The bill formally allowing same-sex couples to marry will pass through the Dail and Seanad over the coming days and weeks.
In its decision last week the Supreme Court ruled neither Mr Walshe nor Mr Lyons had met the requirements for a Supreme Court appeal as neither had raised the necessary legal point of general public importance, had raised no points “of substance” and the interests of justice did not require they be given permission to appeal.
It also noted that because no stay had been placed on the certificate of the referendum result after the Court of Appeal decision, “very serious constitutional consequences” might have occurred had it decided to grant leave to appeal.
It said both men, who represented themselves, had sought in separate actions initiated on June 2nd to challenge a provisional referendum certificate.
Dismissed
The High Court dismissed their proceedings on June 5th.
The Court of Appeal upheld that decision on July 30th when it dismissed both appeals against the High Court refusal and also lifted the stay on the issuing of final referendum certificate.
The men sought to have their appeals heard by the Supreme Court.
First published at 6:39pm
Wow. RTE Celebrities complaining that the world doesn’t love their podcasts.
Newsflash. Your not in Montrose now Toto.
You’d get a bit tired of listening to hours and hours of content talking about mental health
@Ned Gerblansky: Bressies podcast is actually very interesting, and very helpful, which is why it’s won an award.
@Ned Gerblansky: Yip, while people with mental illness are struggling because mental ” health” is taking away valuable resources. Learn how to meditate, exercise and become more resilient. It’s pretty simple and it’s free.
@Ned Gerblansky: Now they’re whining that they can’t make money from it. FFS.
@D’oh: where do you see them whining?
Blindboy isn’t talented. Take the bloody bag off your head, it was funny for 5 minutes, 10 years ago
@Dub Cell: he doesn’t do it to be funny. Also, I think 2 best selling books, constant sold out live podcasts and a listenership of over 1m people each week will say otherwise.
You wouldn’t know talent if it smacked you in the face
@Dub Cell: could you be more wrong!?
@Tom: He’s spouting out populist dseudo intellectual drivel.
@Tom: it’s a matter of opinion Tom, I’m entitled to mine as you are to yours. I feel he jumps on bandwagons (gretha) and uses intellectual sound bites which appeals to his liberal followers. He made a song called “horse outside” ffs, he’s hardly Christopher Hitchens material
@Dub Cell: I heard an interview with Blindboy on the radio about 2 years ago (Guess what, it was dealing with mental health!). Inside about 20 minutes, in an effort to agree with opiniond coming in from listeners, he contradicted himself twice.
How can he win in the British Podcast Awards when he’s Irish? Are the Brits at it again?
podcasts are so last decade !
@ed w: No, they are the future, so much to listen to and you can pick and choose what you want and when you want, and they are not restricted by radio rule and you can support them if you want. Haven’t really listened to a radio show in ages.
I suppose the reason podcasts are not included in the JNL RADIO listeners figures is in the name. It’s a different medium. Listening to a podcast is a more focussed and deliberate activity than listening to the radio, which might be just on in the background, being listened to by multiple people. What advertisers need is a JNLP statistic.
@Conall: The article misses pointing out a very important fact …the JNLR research costs thousands and thousands of euro to conduct the listenership survey and compile the ratings – this is paid for (jointly -the hint is in the title ) by radio stations who use the findings to sell advertising – are the podcasters going to contribute and pay for the research to be commissioned or included in JNLR – somebody has to actually fund the research it is not free – and the model that evolved for radio made perfect sense to get it ot this point – makes sense to ask now HOW to move forward but just reads like having a rant without addressing the key issue -how much Poscasters are willing to who wants to actually PAY for the research to be commissioned – there is a big shift underway in terms of listening habits and a similar shift required in terms of the model to monetize podcasting etc
Can’t take Breslin seriously. Tired of z listers pushing this stuff. RTE isn’t much better with its rampant nepotism over the years.
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