Constitutional Law

Legislation reforming the oversight of the Defence Forces could be referred to the Supreme Court over concerns about its constitutionality.

The High Court has refused the trial of a preliminary issue as to whether the exercise of the executive power concerning external security and external relations was justiciable by the courts. Delivering an ex tempore judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice Brian Cregan considered inter alia that th

The High Court has upheld the constitutionality of emergency measures introduced in response to the Covid-19 pandemic in 2020 which imposed criminal sanctions for certain gatherings and leaving home without reasonable excuse. Delivering judgment for the High Court, Mr Justice David Nolan stated: &ld

The Housing Commission has failed to reach a consensus on a proposed referendum on housing, with the issue to be examined further by a new inter-departmental group. Housing minister Darragh O'Brien yesterday published a number of reports prepared by the Housing Commission, which was established in 2

A referendum on Ireland's participation in the Unified Patent Court (UPC) will no longer take place in June, the government has said. Ministers previously announced in January that a referendum paving the way for Ireland to ratify the UPC agreement would take place alongside the European and local e

The Irish Women Lawyers' Association (IWLA) has said it is "disappointed" with the outcome of the referendums on family and care in its first statement since the results came in. The association's standing committee had endorsed a Yes-Yes vote in the referendums, while expressing regret that the pro

Both the family and care referendums were rejected by overwhelming majorities on Friday. The family referendum, which would have inserted words into the Constitution recognising "durable relationships" other than those based on marriage, was rejected with 32.3 per cent of voters in favour and 67.7 p

The Supreme Court has determined that the High Court erred in granting an interlocutory injunction to a company to restrain its employees from continuing industrial action in light of s.19 of the Industrial Relations Act 1990. Delivering judgment for the Supreme Court, Mr Justice Donal O’Donne

Legal academics at University College Dublin (UCD) have staged a durational reading of Bunreacht na hÉireann to reflect on the Constitution and spark conversation about potential changes to its text and society.

The Irish Women Lawyers Association (IWLA) will host a free online panel discussion on the upcoming family and care referendums next week. The event, taking place on Tuesday 27 February, 7pm, will feature Dr Laura Cahillane, associate professor in law at the University of Limerick; Dr Catherine Day,

Addleshaw Goddard lawyer Dr James Meighan has been awarded a PhD in law from the University of Limerick.

FLAC has given its backing to only one of the two proposed constitutional amendments being put to voters next month, describing the wording of the proposed care amendment as "implicitly sexist". The independent human rights and equality organisation today set out its legal analysis of the extent to

Roderic O'Gorman, the minister for children, equality, disability, integration and youth, is to address a University of Galway event on the upcoming referendums on the family and care. The event, titled "The Constitutional Referendums on 8th March 2024: A Discussion with Minister Roderic O’Gor

Ireland's independent electoral commission, An Coimisiún Toghcháin, has formally launched the independent information campaign for the two constitutional referendums taking place in March. An Coimisiún Toghcháin has taken on the role previously held by the Referendum Comm

The Supreme Court has quashed a decision of the Minister for Social Protection to refuse to grant a widower’s contributory pension to a widowed father of three children and has declared s.124 of the Social Welfare Consolidation Act 2005 (as amended) unconstitutional in respect of its exclusion