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: High Court
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
Legal Challenge to Direct Provision in the High Court
Later today (Monday, 29 July 2013), a legal challenge is expected to be brought before the High Courtchallenging the system of direct … More
Irregular Migrant Workers & Employment Rights in Ireland
“The treatment of migrant workers is a vexed one which poses considerable difficulties to the regulation of the labour market … More
Declan Costello (1926-2011) & Irish Socio-Economic Rights Jurisprudence
“… my contemporary, Declan Costello, committed to social justice, was a potential force within the party. … Our two fathers … More
The De-Facto Same Sex Family & Irish Law
The recent European Court of Human Rights (ECtHR) judgment inSchalk and Kopf v. Austria has been much commented upon in the last … More
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