The High Court has quashed a District Court refusal to grant a competitive pistol shooter firearms certificates for six pistols, including four Smith Wesson revolvers, and has directed the District Court to re-hear the matter.
More than 70 other cases challenging refusals of firearms certificates here are pending. In remitting Patrick Herlihy’s case yesterday to the District Court, the President of the High Court, Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns, stressed he was not making any decision on its merits and the matter remained within the discretion of the District Court judge.