High Court awards costs against X after Coimisiún na Meán stay challenge

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The High Court has awarded legal costs against X Internet Unlimited Company after it failed to obtain a stay on Coimisiún na Meán's use of complaint information in its supervisory work. Mr Justice Cian Ferriter refused the stay application on 4 March 2026, in judicial review proceedings concerning X's challenge to the lawfulness of the referral. On 27 March 2026, he ordered costs in favour of the commission but stayed that order pending the substantive proceedings, scheduled for 2-3 July.