A five-judge Supreme Court has unanimously granted a man's appeal over being jailed for a week for contempt by a District Court judge. The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission had submitted the finding of contempt against Mr Tracey, who represented himself, breached his rights. In a separate judgment, Mr Justice McKechnie expressed "grave reservations" about the bona fides of Mr Tracey at the District Court. He was freed two days later by the High Court but the Court of Appeal in March 2017 reversed that High Court ruling after which the Supreme Court agreed to hear a further appeal. Mr Justice O’Donnell said every court that had addressed this matter had concluded the "utterly unacceptable" conduct amounted to contempt.

Source: Irish Examiner February 25, 2019 13:58 UTC