The Supreme Court has been asked to give priority to an appeal by a Seanad committee against a decision upholding former senator Ivor Callely’s challenge to the committee’s findings against him on his expense claims.
Mr Callely was out of public life and would like to reconstruct his life, Michael O’Higgins SC, told the Chief Justice, Mrs Justice Susan Denham, at a preliminary appeal hearing yesterday.
Conleth Bradley SC, for the committee, said the issues were of constitutional importance and he required time to prepare.
The Chief Justice said she would allow eight weeks for the committee’s submissions and four weeks to Mr Callely to reply and the matter would come before the court for mention again in June.