Yesterday, three families of asylum seekers were granted leave to challenge the system of direct provision in the High Court. In a blog post … More
Tag: direct provision
An Assault on Human Dignity, An Assault on the Rule of Law: Direct Provision in Ireland
This opinion piece first appeared on KOD Lyons blog on Friday, 11 October 2013. KOD Lyons in a human rights and criminal law firm … More
Direct Provision: Minister Shatter Responds (and Paging Minister Burton)
Yesterday (October 9 2013) in the Dáil, the Minister for Justice, Alan Shatter TD responded to Carl O’ Brien’s series of articles on the … More
Closing Our Eyes: Irish Society & Direct Provision
Direct provision is front page news in Ireland today (08 October 2013) Carl O’Brien has a number of pieces (here, here, here and here) in today’s … More
Social Welfare Law & Asylum Seekers in Ireland: An Anatomy of Exclusion
As noted in July 2013 on this blog, there is currently a challenge to the direct provision system before the Irish courts. … More
Ireland’s Asylum & Direct Provision System under the Spotlight in Northern Ireland
Today (August 14 2013), the High Court of Northern Ireland in Belfast issued a decision that could have a knock … More
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