More than half of the TDs in the Dail did not read the Belfast Agreement, a court was told yesterday. A Donegal solicitor, Mr Paudge Dorrian, claimed that aspects of the agreement were rushed through the Dail in a "slipshod" manner.
Mr Dorrian made his comments at Moville District Court during a case involving the Foyle Fisheries Commission. The FFC was set up in 1952 to promote cross-Border fishing links.
However, under the terms of the British-Irish Agreement 1999, the functions of the FFC were transferred to a new body, the Foyle Carlingford Irish Lights Commission (FCILC).
At yesterday's court, Mr Patrick McMullan applied for the FFC's name on a number of summonses to be replaced by that of the new body. He claimed that any legal procedures pending which involved the FFC were now the responsibility of the FCILC.
But Mr Dorrian opposed the application and claimed that such a decision could only be taken by the Supreme Court.
However, the application to amend the summons was granted and the case was adjourned.