He had never heard of such an application, and believed the judicial review should be heard separately. He directed a hearing of a telescoped judicial review application, involving the leave application and full judicial review being heard together, on May 9th. That must be heard before the ODCE application because it sought to inflict a “knock-out blow” on it proceeding at all, he said. Access to documentsEarlier, the judge heard several parties are seeking access to the documents for the ODCE application. There was also evidence INM’s data may have been searched against the names of certain persons including journalists and two counsel to the Moriarty tribunal.

Source: The Irish Times April 16, 2018 19:18 UTC