Legal advice is being sought by health authorities regarding a pregnant woman who has suffered a brain trauma.
The woman is in her late 20s.
It is understood that some family members have asked for her life support machine to be switched off.
Doctors are seeking legal advice regarding the Constitutional position in relation to the Protection of Life During Pregnancy Act.
The woman is around 16 weeks' pregnant and has another child.
A case was presented ex parte in the High Court on Monday 15 December in relation to the continuance or not of life support.
Mr Justice Nicholas Kearns adjourned the case until 23 December.
