The Limerick lecturer, Mr Denis Riordan, is expected to make a new attempt to injunct the nomination of Mr Hugh O'Flaherty to the European Investment Bank in the Supreme Court tomorrow.
Mr Riordan, whose unsuccessful High Court action delayed the nomination earlier this month, said yesterday he hoped to lodge notice of a Supreme Court appeal to morrow.
It is not known when such an appeal would be heard, but Mr Riordan says he will seek an injunction against the nomination pending that appeal.
The High Court granted Mr Riordan such an injunction on June 3rd pending the hearing of his action, but lifted it on June 12th, when Mr Justice Morris dismissed his case.
The Supreme Court could hear the application as early as next Friday. If it does not hear it then, Mr Riordan says he will seek to have the injunction reinstated temporarily, pending the hearing of the full application.
Should he be granted a fresh injunction, the appointment of Mr O'Flaherty would be further delayed until Mr Riordan's full Supreme Court appeal against the High Court ruling was heard.
During his appeal Mr Riordan will ask the Supreme Court to refer the statute of the EIB to the European Court of Justice for interpretation.
According to Mr Riordan, the EIB statute vests responsibility for nominating vice-presidents of the EIB in the bank's board of directors, and the Government therefore has no role in the matter. This argument was first put forward in this newspaper by the campaigner, Mr Michael Nugent.
Mr Riordan says he has received donations from the public worth £2,100 since he started his case.