Firearm licence case descends into ‘Kafkaesque’ farce

High Court judge directs ‘messy’ dispute back into District Court after hearing that mother lied to have son’s licence revoked

The High Court has heard that a mother made a false report about her son because she believed that the removal of firearms from the home would improve his ‘domestic behaviour’

A legal challenge taken by a man who had his firearm licence revoked after his mother made a report to gardaí has descended into a “Kafkaesque” situation, a court has heard.

The comment was made as part of a judicial review hearing before Ms Justice Miriam O’Regan in the High Court last week. After stating that she was “fairly underwhelmed” by both sides in the case, the judge directed that the matter return to the ...