The Court of Appeal ruled Wednesday that the temporary lack of accommodation for single male asylum seekers did not breach constitutional or human rights, overturning a prior High Court decision to that effect in a small but important blow to Ireland’s open border caucus.
The case focused on newly arrived single male applicants left homeless due to capacity issues in the asylum system amid the recent spike. Like flies to the proverbial the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission (IHREC) supported the legal action claiming the state breached the rights of asylum seekers by failing to provide immediate accommodation.
The High Court initially ruled in favour of the applicants, citing a breach of human dignity. However, the Court of Appeal overturned this, finding no legal obligation for instant housing in such circumstances. The ruling challenges IHREC’s typically expansive interpretation of State duties under the Constitution and European Convention on Human Rights.
IHREC and other activist bodies argued the Irish state was legally bound to house all new arrivals instantly with the Court squarely throwing out the claim stating that limited resources and capacity constraints do not equal a breach of human dignity.
If upheld, it could have created a de facto right to housing for anyone who arrived in Ireland claiming asylum regardless of the system’s limits or democratic wishes of natives.
Having originally seen this case as a legal backdoor, IHREC hoped to use the courts to force permanent state obligations on behalf of all asylum fraudsters, bypassing public debate or policy scrutiny.
A state funded body that emerged in the halcyon days of NGO liberalism in the 2010s Wednesday’s ruling is a call to go further in trimming the fat on IHREC and wider the open border lobby, institutionally and legislatively.
Considering their sway over public policy and state funding streams the Oireachtas must demand transparency on how IHREC selects cases and spends taxpayer funds particularly when taking sides against state policy in high-stakes migration disputes.
Unlikely to occur in the current legislative environment it would be ideal to push for an Oireachtas-led review of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014 to assess whether IHREC has exceeded its mandate through activist litigation. Spoiler it probably has.
With your taxpayer money and against the grain of public opinion and sense IHREC pursued this case with vigour to force a legal precedent against a state who while charitable to the open border lobby the winds of change is in the air the Department of Justice in particular wants at least a functional IPAS system.
The Court’s decision draws a line in the sand: rights must reflect reality, not ideology. IHREC’s unchecked influence now demands urgent correction. Ireland cannot allow publicly funded bodies to override elected policy through legal activism. The IHREC must be reined in before it further distorts national priorities, becoming essentially an activist fifth column on the taxpayer’s dime.
The open-border lobby lost in court but the deeper battle is institutional now that migration issue firmly mainstreamed. The first salvo of this fight occurred on the streets of Coolock and Newtownmountkennedy but the next chapter is in the courts and committees
This ruling affirms the State’s right to govern in the public interest. The next step is political: dismantling IHREC’s ability to act as an unaccountable parallel legislature.
Defund and dismantle.
# 900 asylum seekers arrived by small boat @ Dover yesterday . Brings the tally for 2025 to # 25,000 . How many arrive in Dublin shortly after ?
Why is this madness allowed continue ? The French have offloaded their mess to the Brits & the hapless Micks . Reform are 10 % points clear of Labour & 14 % & ahead of the conservatives – roll on the next G E .
Only problem is – when mass deportations start , Dublin will be a suburb of Bradford , Luton , Calcutta & Delhi by 2032 . Jimbo Callaghan’s present day deportation flights were unsurprisingly grounded before take off .
Agressive living Parasite tries to kill its tax funding host, lessons learned gentlemen.
Time to chop the heads of snakes determined to kill, 1 down 33,000 to go.
Take a bow fellow Patriots and Burkean for small wins, we deserve it and thank God that the breath of sanity despite ill winds will replenish our sails…for a moment…years more coming.
When Policy becomes Law one imagines that in preparation it should be made fool proof by the Gmen legal scribes and not open to litigation challange in very expensive court dramas.
This First Of MANY cases to come highlights the total disfunctional governance that is accepted by rogue insiders of Leinster House, when you have a motormouth on one side guarenteeing to the world THEIR FREE IRISH HOME and another idiot on the other side Opening Doors to UNcapped migration and doleing out Amnesty, and a chamberpot full of TAX PAID TRAITORS backing everything to the hilt, without considering their position and their oath to serve THEIR MASTER HOST…biting the hand that feeds THEM ALL.
An important point to this article,one of many,is that they arrive in Ireland Homeless,they were homeless before…on leaving their countries of origen, an illegal vagrant.
In contrast, THE IRISH were made HOMELESS IN IRELAND, by THEIR OWN GOVERNMENT,
In Their Own Country by Irish Policy that became Irish Law by tax paid Irish Polititions.
Now there’s THEIR IRISH CASE OF LITIGATION…by IHREC For IRISH HOMELESSNESS, Easy
And now the bad news, hat tip to Gript.
The EU’s highest court, the European Court of Justice, has rejected the Irish state’s claim that the exceptional circumstances created by an influx of asylum applicants impacted its obligation to cover asylum seekers’ basic needs including housing.
The ruling in the case, taken by two asylum seekers with the support of the Irish Refuge Council NGO, means that Ireland could be liable to pay damages to migrants claiming international protection if the State fails to provide them with accommodation.
In its verdict, which was expected to go against the Irish state after an opinion was issued by the Advocate General Laila Medina to the ECJ in April, the ECJ ejected the Irish State’s argument that the numbers arriving claiming asylum amounted to “force majeure” under EU law.
IF there were anyone with legal balls and committment a class action on behalf of Irish homeless could have been served to the ECJ years ago, and more so now today because if we are all qualified as human,homeless and victims of discrimination then showing bias to a select group of homeless EU arrivals in Ireland,yes homeless on arrival,then once again it would be inconsistant and discriminate against Irish People in the EU. And surely out of all 33,000+ NGOs in Ireland…supported by Irish Taxpayers…they also cannot discriminate against Irish people also…we dont need to be told what we cant do but what should be done on behalf of human suffering for years on end.
This justifies as a special test case because if allowed to go unchallanged in Ireland and the EU, then as it stands whats the difference of planeloads of Irish homeless doing the same throughout the EU…and claiming if denied…same same. STAND UP AND FIGHT FOR ALL