Irish Coursing Club fails to secure injunction allowing coursing to resume during Level 5 restrictions
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The Irish Coursing Club (ICC) has failed to secure a High Court injunction that would have allowed coursing to resume during the current Covid-19 restrictions.
In a written judgement delivered on Monday Ms Justice Niamh Hyland said she was not satisfied to grant the ICC an injunction which would have seen coursing resume.
That order would have remained. pending the outcome of the final outcome of judicial proceedings brought by the ICC after the government delisted coursing as a permitted activity during the current level 5 restrictions.
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The Irish Coursing Club (ICC) has failed to secure a High Court injunction that would have allowed coursing to resume during the current Covid-19 restrictions.
In a written judgement delivered on Monday Ms Justice Niamh Hyland said she was not satisfied to grant the ICC an injunction which would have seen coursing resume.
That order would have remained. pending the outcome of the final outcome of judicial proceedings brought by the ICC after the government delisted coursing as a permitted activity during the current level 5 restrictions.
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The Irish Coursing Club (ICC) has failed to secure a High Court injunction that would have allowed coursing to resume during the current Covid-19 restrictions.
In a written judgement delivered on Monday Ms Justice Niamh Hyland said she was not satisfied to grant the ICC an injunction which would have seen coursing resume.
That order would have remained pending the outcome of the final outcome of judicial proceedings brought by the ICC after the Government delisted coursing as a permitted activity during the current level 5 restrictions.
Government entitled to delist coursing as permitted activity during current Covid-19 restrictions - court told
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); The High Court has been told that it is unsafe in the current climate to allow coursing take place, and the government is fully entitled not to allow the sport go ahead . It was also untrue to say that the coursing is being singled out, and is being discriminated against because members of the government are opposed to the sport, the court also heard. The remarks were made by Michael Cush SC when urging the court not to grant an injunction allowing coursing to re-commence during the currency of the current restrictions aimed at combating covid19 pandemic.
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