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NIGHT BEFORE NOTES
CONSTITUTIONAL LAW
Simon Donagh BL
18 February 2022
www.citycolleges.ie
info@citycolleges.ieTOPIC 1 – CONSTITUTIONAL INTERPRETATION
No One Method Sinnott v Minister for Education [2001] 2 IR 545
Curtain v Dail Eireann [2006] 2 IR 556
Literal Method The People (DPP) v O’Shea [1982] 384
Senator Ivana Bacik v an Taoiseach [2020] IEHC 313
Purposive Method O’Byrne v Minister for Finance [1959] IR 1
Murray v Ireland [1985] IR 532
Tormey v Ireland [1985] 1 IR 289 (SC)
Historical Method Re Art 26 and the Offences Against the State (Amendment) Bill
1940 [1940] IR 470
Sinnott v Minister for Education [2001] 2 IR 545
Living Document McGee v AG [1974] IR 284
Norris v AG [1984] IR 36
Zappone v Revenue Commissioner [2006] 2 IR 417
Harmonious Method Dreher v Irish Land Commission [1984] ILRM 94
O’B v S [1984] IR 316
Irish Times v Ireland [1998] 1 IR 359
Gilchrist & Rogers v Sunday Newspapers Ltd [2017] IESC 18
Natural Law Theory Ryan v AG [1965] IR 294
McGee v AG [1974] IR 284
TD v Minister for Education [2001] 4 IR 259
Re Article 26 and the Regulation of Information Services out
of the State for Termination of Pregnancies) Bill 1995 [1995]
1 IR 1
M v Minister for Justice [2018] IESC 14
Article 45: Directive Can Inform Interpretation of Other Articles
Principles of Social Buckley v Attorney General [1950] IR 67
Policy Byrne v Ireland [1972] IR 241
MEO v Minister for Justice [2012] IEHC 394
TOPIC 2 – THE PRESIDENT AND THE ATTORNEY GENERAL
The President Most powers on Advice of Government
Removal for misbehaviour and incapacity
Article 26 Reference Single Judgment Rule
Time limits
Immune from further challenge
Mootness
Size of legislation
Attorney General Important Constitutional Office
Legal Advisor to GovernmentGuardian of Public Interest (e.g. AG v X [1992] 1 IR 1)
Relator Actions
TOPIC 3 – HOUSES OF THE OIREACHTAS
The Executive Power Freestanding Power, Separate from Legislative Power
Bode (a minor) v Minister for Justice [2008] 3 IR 663
CA v Minister for Justice [2014] IEHC 532
Barlow v Minister for Agriculture [2017] 2 IR 440
Burke v Minister for Education [2022] IESC 1
Remission of sentence
DPP v Tiernan [1988] IR 250
Application of Gallagher [1991] 1 IR 31
Brennan v Minister for Justice [1995] IR 612
Cabinet Confidentiality
AG v Hamilton [1993] 2 IR 250
17th Amendment i.e. inserted Article 28.4.3
Irish Press Publications v Minister for Enterprise and
Employment [2002] 4 IR 110
Beades v Ireland [2016] IEHC 302; [2018] IECA 64
Kelly v Minister for Agriculture [2021] IESC 28
Reviewing Executive Action
The State (Sheehan) v Government of Ireland [1987] IR 550
Burke v Minister for Education (Court of Appeal, 09 March
2021)
Kelly v Minister for Agriculture [2021] IESC 28
*Actions seem reviewable for breach of rights (i.e. Kelly), but
not for policy decisions (i.e. Burke).
Justiciability of Internal Workings are Immune from Judicial Review
Oireachtas Affairs O’Malley v An Ceann Comhairle [1997] 1 IR 407
Article 15.13 Privilege is not Self-Executing
Howlin v Morris [2006] 2 IR 324
Incremental Encroachment
Maguire v Ardagh [2002] 1 IR 447
Doherty v Government of Ireland [2011] 2 IR 222
Callely v Moylan [2014] 4 IR 112
Kerins v McGuinness [2019] IESC 11 & 42Denis O’Brien v Clerk of Dáil Éireann [2019] IESC 42
The Seanad Senator Ivana Bacik v an Taoiseach [2020] IEHC 313
TOPIC 4 – THE COURTS AND THE JUDICIARY
Administration of Justice Original Strict Approach
in Public Re R Ltd [1989] IR 126
Roe v BTSB [1996] 3 IR 67
Expanded Approach
Irish Times v Ireland [1998] 1 IR 359
Gilchrist & Rogers v Sunday Newspapers Ltd [2017] 2 IR 284
Privacy and Good Name Considerations Insufficient
Independent Newspapers (Ireland) Ltd v Anderson [2006] 3
IR 341; Doe v Revenue Commissioners [2008] 3 IR 328
Social Distancing in Court Rooms
O’Doherty & Waters v Minister for Health [2021] IECA 59
Blanket Ban on Proceedings In Camera
Zalewski v The Workplace Relations Commission [2021]
IESC 24
Independence of the Immunity From Suit
Judiciary Desmond v Riordan [2000] 1 IR 505
McIlwraith v Fawsitt [1990] 1 IR 343
Kemmy v Ireland [2009] 4 IR 74
AQ v JK [2016] IEHC 721
Miley v Employment Appeals Tribunal [2016] IESC 20
- Applies to Quasi-Judicial Tribunals
Kilty v Judge Dunne [2020] IESC 65
- Exception for when Judge becomes a ‘party’.
Removal of Judges from Office
Article 35.4 – Stated misbehaviour of incapacity
Curtin v Dail Eireann [2006] 2 IR 556
Protection from Reduction in Pay
O’Byrne v Minister for Finance [1959] IR 1Article 35.5
29th Amendment and new Article 35.5
Judicial Power Definition of Judicial Power
McDonald v Bord na gCon [1965] IR 217Zalewski v Workplace Relations Commission [2021] IESC 24 Power to Decide Cases and Assess Evidence Buckley v AG “Sinn Fein Funds” [1950] IR 67 State (O’Rourke) v Kelly [1983] IR 58 State (McEldowney) v Kelleher [1983] 1 IR 289 Oireachtas May Change Law Subsequently State (Divito) v Arklow UDC [1986] ILRM 123 Howard v Commissioner for Public Works No.3 1994 3 IR 394 No ‘Conclusive Evidence’ Provisions Maher v Attorney General [1973] IR 140 McGonnell v AG [2007] 1 IR 400 Oates v Brown [2016] 1 IR 481 Sloan v Special Criminal Court [1993] 3 IR 528 Sentencing Powers Deaton v AG [1963] IR 170 Osmanovic v DPP [2006] 3 IR 504 State (C) v Minister for Justice [1967] IR 106 Enright v Ireland [2003] 2 IR 321 (HC) Whelan & Lynch v Minister for Justice [2012] 1 IR 1 Gilligan v Ireland [2013] 2 IR 746 O’Shea v Ireland [2017] IEHC 9 PC v Minister for Social Protection [2017] IESC 63 Ellis v Minister for Justice [2016] IEHC 234; [2019] IESC 30 McManus v DPP (HC June 2021 Twomey) Statutory Tribunals Zalewski v Workplace Relations Commission [2021] IESC 24 Revocation of Citizenship Damache v Minister for Justice [2020] IESC 63 Tribunals of Inquiry Goodman v Hamilton [1992] 2 IR 542 Murphy v Flood [2010] 3 IR 136 Prison Rules State (Murray) v McRann [1979] IR 133 (Divisional HC) Disciplining of the Professions
Re The Solicitors Act 1954 [1960] IR 239
M v Medical Council [1984] IR 485
K v An Bord Altranais [1990] 2 IR 396
Keady v Commissioner of the Garda Síochána [1992] 2 IR 197
Geoghegan v ICIA [1995] 3 IR 86
O’Connell v The Turf Club [2015] IESC 57, [2017] 2 IR 57
Purcell v Central Bank of Ireland [2016] IEHC 514
Censorship
Melton Enterprises Ltd v Censorship of Publications Board [2003]
3 IR 623
Search warrants
Ryan v O’Callaghan (22 July 1987)
Freezing Orders
Cassidy v Comissioner of An Garda Siochana [2014] IEHC
386
Right of Access to the State (Quinn) v Ryan [1965] IR 70
Courts Macauley v Minister for Post and Telegraphs [1966] 1 IR 345
Blehein v Minister for Health & Children [2009] 1 IR 275 Bula
Ltd v Tara Mines Ltd [1987] 1 IR 85
Persona Digital Telophony Limited v Minister for Public
Enterprise [2017] IESC 27
Limitation Periods
O’Brien v Keogh [1972] IR 144
Tuohy v Courtney [1994] 3 IR 1
Shortened Time Periods to Commence Judicial Review
Re Art 26 and the Illegal Immigrants Trafficking Bill 1999
[2000] 2 IR 360
White v Dublin City Council [2004] 1 IR 545
No Entitlement to Civil Legal Aid
Magee v Farrell [2009] 4 IR 703TOPIC 5 – THE SEPARTION OF POWERS
Non-Delegation of Policies and Principles Test
Legislative Power Cityview Press v ANCO [1980] IR 381
McDaid v Sheehy [1991] 1 IR 1
Laurentiu v Minister for Justice [1999] 4 IR 26
McGowan v Labour Court [2013] 3 IR 718; [2013] 2 ILRM
276 (SC)
Bederev v Ireland 2016 [IESC] 34
NECI v The Labour Court [2021] IESC 36
Presumption Towards Ultra Vires
Harvey v Minister for Social Welfare [1990] 2 IR 232
Leontjava v DPP [2004] 1 IR 591
McGowan v Labour Court [2013] 3 IR 71
Not to be Confused with Exercise of Discretion
Re Article 26 and the Health (Amendment) (No 2) Bill, 2004
[2005] 1 IR 105
Casey v Minister for Arts [2004] 1 IR 402
Hussein v Minister for Justice [2015] 3 IR 423
Sivsivadze v Minister for Justice [2016] 2 IR 403
The European Dimension
s.3 European Communities Act 1972 (implementation by
Statutory Intrument).
Meagher v Minister for Agriculture [1994] 1 IR 329
O'Connor v DPP [2015] IEHC 558 (O’Malley J)
O’Sullivan v The Sea Fisheries Protection Authority [2017]
IESC 75 (Also shows requirement for fair procedures).
Budgetary Power Double-Lock System
Article 17.2
Collins v Minister for Finance [2016] IESC 73, [2017] 3 IR 99
‘Money Message’ Procedure
Smith v An Ceann Comhairle [2019] IEHC 746
Management of Natural Management by law
Resources Barlow v Minister for Agriculture [2016] IESC 62, [2017] 2
IR 440
Socio-Economic Courts Cannot Determine Allocation of Resources
Rights/Distributive O’Reilly v Limerick Corporation [1989] ILRM 181
Justice MhicMhathuna v AG [1995] 1 IR 484
Sinnott v Minister for Education [2001] 2 IR 545TD v Minister for Education [2001] 4 IR 259
Cronin (A Minor) v Minister for Education and Science [2004]
3 IR 205
Doherty v South Dublin County Council [2007] 2 IR 696
Prendergast v Higher Education Authority [2010] 1 IR 490
Garda Representative Association v Minister for Finance
[2010] IEHC 78
TOPIC 6 – REFERENDUM & ELECTION LAW
Wording of the Roche v Ireland [1983, HC]
Referendum Finn v Attorney General [1983] IR 154
Riordan v An Taoiseach (No. 2) [1999] 4 IR 343
Morris v Minister for Environment [2002] 1 IR 326
Referendum Principles No Requirement for Information
Slattery v An Taoiseach [1993] IR 286
Equal Allocation of Public Resources
McKenna (No 2) [1995] 2 IR 10
Fair Allocation of Broadcasting Time
Coughlan v BCC [2000] 3 IR 1
Neutrality of Government Publications
Doherty v Referendum Commission [2012] 2 IR 594
McCrystal v Minister for Children [2012] 2 IR 726
Challenging the Result Hanafin v Minister for Environment [1996] 2 IR 321
Jordan v Minister for Children [2015] IESC 33
Jordan v Ireland [2018] IECA 291
Eligibility for Election Right to Stand for Election
Redmond v Minister for Environment [2001] 4 IR 61
King v Minister for Environment (No.2) [2007] 1 IR 296
No Advantage to Sitting TDs
Kelly v Minister for Environment [2002] 4 IR 191
Voting Prisoners’ Rights
Breathnach v Ireland [2001] 3 IR 230
Disability Rights
Draper v AG [1984] IR 227
Sinnott v Minister for Environment [2017] IEHC 214TOPIC 7 - INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS
Art 29.4.1 Executive Power of the State
Boland v An Taoiseach [1974] IR 338
McGimpsey v Ireland [1988] IR 567 and [1990] 1 IR 110
Article 29.5.2 International Agreement Involving a Charge Upon Public
Funds Must Approved by Dáil Éireann
State (Gilliland) v Governor of Mountjoy Prison [1987] IR 201
Article 29.6 To Become Law an International Treaty Must be
Approved by Oireachtas
Murphy v GM [2001] 4 IR 113
Kavanagh v Governor of Mountjoy Prison [2002] 3 IR 97
Membership of the ‘License to Join’ & Requirement for Referendum
European Union Crotty v An Taoiseach [1987] IR 713
Pringle v Government of Ireland [2013] 3 IR 1
Supremacy of EU Law
Murphy v Bord Telecom Eireann [1988] ILRM 53
Nathan v Bailey Gibson Limited [1998] 2 IR 162
Danqua v Minister for Justice (No.2) [2017] 3 IR 192 (CA)
War and Emergency Article 28.3.1 - War requires Consent of Dail Eireann
Powers Article 28.3.2 – Government can act if invaded
Article 28.3.3 – Suspension of Constitution During War,
National Emergency or Armed Rebellion
Judicial Review
Re Article 26 and the Emergency Powers Bill 1976 [1977] IR
159
Horgan v An Taoiseach [2003] 2 IR 468
Dubsky v Government of Ireland [2007] 1 IR 63
TOPIC 8 - PROCEDURAL ASPECTS & REMEDIES
Locus Standi General Rule
Cahill v Sutton [1980] IR 269
Zalewski v Adjudication Officer (Rosaleen Glackin) [2019]
IESC 17
Mohan v Ireland [2019] IESC 18
Examples of Jus Tertii
Norris v AG [1984] IR 36
Reilly v Judge Patwell [2008] IEHC 446Maloney v Ireland [2009] IEHC 291
Exceptions to ‘Personal Impact’
Crotty v An Taoiseach [1987] IR 713
SPUC v Coogan [1989] IR 734
McKenna v An Taoiseach (No 2) [1995] 2 IR 10
Riordan v An Tanaiste [1995] 3 IR 62 (HC); [1997] 3 IR 502
Waxy O’Connors Limited v Judge Riordan [2016] IESC 30
Grace v An Bórd Pleanála [2017] IESC 10
Companies to Protect Their Own Rights
Iarnroid Eireann v Ireland [1996] 3 IR 321
Digital Rights Ireland Ltd v Minister for Communications
[2010] 3 IR 251
Public Interest Standing for Companies
SPUC v Coogan [1989] IR 734
The Irish Penal Reform Trust Limited v The Governor of
Mountjoy Prison [2005] IEHC 305
Friends of the Irish Environment Ltd v an Bord
Pleanala [2020] IESC 14
Unincorporated Bodies
Construction Industry Federation v Dublin City Council
[2005] 2 IR 496
Garda Representative Association v Minister for Public
Expenditure [2014] IEHC 237
Apprehended Injury
East Donegal Co-Op Ltd [1970] IR 317
Osmanovic v DPP [2006] 3 IR 504
Douglas v DPP [2013] 2 ILRM 324
Presumption of Rule of Avoidance
Constitutionality M v An Bord Uchtala [1977] IR 287
Double Construction Rule
McDonald v Bord na gCon [1967] IR 217
East Donegal Co-Op v AG [1970] 1 IR 317
Re National Irish Bank [1999] 3 IR 145
Effect of Declarations of All Past Decisions Cannot be Undone
Unconstitutionality State (Byrne) v Frawley [1978] IR 326
Murphy v AG [1982] IR 241
A v Governor of Arbour Hill Prison [2006] 4 IR 88
Wansboro v DPP [2018] IESC 63Fulham v Chadwicks Limited [2021] IECA 72
Always Unconstitutionality from 1937?
PP v Judges of the Dublin Circuit Court [2019] IESC 26
Deferred Declaration of Persona Digital Telephony Limited v Minister for Public
Unconstitutionality Enterprise [2017] IESC 27
NVH v Minister for Justice & Equality [2017] IESC 35, 82
PC v Minister for Social Protection [2018] IESC 57
AB v Clinical Director of St Loman’s Hospital [2018] IECA
123
Lacuane Somjee v Minister for Justice [1981] 1 ILRM 324 (HC)
McKinley v Minister for Defence [1992] 2 IR 333
SM v Ireland (No 2) [2007] 4 IR 369
Carmody v Minister for Justice [2010] 1 IR 635
BG v District Judge Murphy [2011] 3 IR 748
Byrne v Director of Oberstown School [2013] IEHC 562
McCabe v Governor of Mountjoy [2015] IECA 1
TOPIC 9 - GENERAL PRINCIPLES OF CONSTITUTIONAL RIGHTS
Unenumerated Rights / Development of the Doctrine
Derived Rights Ryan v AG [1965] IR 294
TD v Minister for Education [2001] 4 IR 259 (Keane CJ)
Friends of the Irish Environment Ltd v an Bord
Pleanala [2020] IESC 14
Rights to Conscientious Objection
M(A) v Refugee Appeals Tribunal [2014] IEHC 388
GE v Refugee Appeals Tribunal [2018] IEHC 564
No Right to Healthy Environment Per Se
Friends of the Irish Environment Ltd v an Bord
Pleanala [2020] IESC 14.
Right to Have’s Identity Recognised by the State
Caldaras v An tArd Chlaraitheoir [2013] IEHC 275.
Habte v Minister for Justice and Equality [2020] IECA 22
Right to Travel
State (M) v Minister for Foreign Affairs [1979] 1 IR 73
Lennon v Ganly [1981] ILRM 84
Proportionality Murray v Ireland [1985] IR 532Cox v Ireland [1992] 2 IR 503
Two Approaches
Tuohy v Courtney [1994] 3 IR 1
Heaney v Ireland [1994] 3 IR 593; [1996] 1 IR 580
Nottinghamshire CC v HSE [2013] 4 IR 662 (O’Donnell J)
Proportionality in Administrative Law
Meadows v Minister for Justice [2010] 2 IR 701
Limited to Citizens? NVH v Minister for Justice [2017] IESC 35
Entitled to Damages Entitled Where No Established Tort
Meskell v CIE [1973] IR 121
Kearney v Minister for Justice [1986] IR 116
Kennedy v Ireland [1987] IR 587
MC v The Clinical Director of the Central Mental
Hospital [2020] IESC 28
No Automatic Entitlement Where Act Struck Down
Blehein v Minister for Health and Children [2018] IESC 40
TOPIC 10 - RIGHT TO PRIVACY
Development of Right McGee v AG [1974] IR 284
Norris v AG [1984] IR 36
IOT v B [1998] 2 IR 321
Kennedy v Ireland [1987] IR 587
Importance of ‘Dignity’
Simpson v Governor of Mountjoy Prison [2019] IESC 81
Can be Limited by Public DPP v Harty [2016] IECA 142
Interest in Prosecution of DPP v Wilson [2017] IESC 54
Crime
Surveillance Kane v Governor of Mountjoy Prison [1988] IR 757
Cogley & Ahern v RTE [2005] 4 IR 79
Atherton v DPP [2006] 1 IR 245
DPP v Idah [2014] IECCA 3
Privacy in Business Caldwell v Mahon Tribunal [2007] 3 IR 542 (Hanna J)
Dealings Digital Rights Ireland Ltd v Minister for Communication
[2010] 3 IR 251
Hanahoe v Hussey [1998] 3 IR 69
CRH PLC, Irish Cement Limited v Competition and Consumer
Protection Commission [2017] IESC 34TOPIC 11 – TRIAL IN DUE COURSE OF LAW
Prohibition on Vague King v AG [1981] IR 233
Statutes Dokie v DPP [2011] 1 IR 805
Douglas v DPP [2014] 1 IR 510
McNamee v DPP [2017] IECA 230
PP v Judge of the Circuit Court [2017] IECA 82
DPP v TN [2020] IESC 26
Admissibility of Evidence The Test
Obtained in Breach of DPP v JC [2017] 1 IR 417
Constitutional Rights
Causal Link Requirement
Walsh v O’Buachalla [1991] 1 IR 56
Absence of Extraordinary Excusing Circumstances
People (AG) v O’Brien [1965] IR 142
Freeman v DPP [1996] 3 IR 565
People (DPP) v Delaney [1998] 1 ILRM 507
DPP v Shaw [1982] IR 1
Violation of Third Party Rights
People (DPP) v Lawless [1985] 3 Frewen 30
DPP v Flynn [2018] IECA 39
Scope of Exclusionary Rule
DPP v Cash [2010] 1 IR 609
DPP v Hannaway [2020] IECA 38, [2021] IESC 31
Application to Civil Proceedings
CAB v Murphy [2018] IESC 12
Right to Consult a People v Healy [1990] 2 IR 73
Solicitor DPP v Gormley & White [2014] 2 IR 591
DPP v Doyle [2017] IESC 1
Right to Representation
State (Healy) v Donoghue [1976] IR 325
Joyce v Brady [2011] 3 IR 376
DPP v Shaughnessy [2021] IESC 18
Duty to Seek Out and Scope of Doctrine
Preserve Evidence Braddish v DPP [2001] 3 IR 127
Dunne v DPP [2002] 2 IR 305Bowes & McGrath v DPP [2003] 2 IR 25
Ludlow v DPP [2009] 1 IR 640
Remedy Lies in the Trial Court
Wall v DPP [2013] 4 IR 309
Stirling v Collins [2014] 1 IR 602
Kearns v DPP [2015] IESC 23
Sirbu v DPP [2015] IECA 238
Unfair Publicity Z v DPP [1995] 2 IR 47
DPP v McCarthy & Dundon [2008] 3 IR 1
Rattigan v DPP [2008] 4 IR 639
DPP v Wharrie [2013] IECCA 20
Delay General Principles
State (O’Connell) v Fawsitt [1986] ILRM 639
MacFarlane v DPP [2008] 4 IR 117
Cormack & Farrell v DPP [2009] 2 IR 208 (summary trial)
DPP v CC [2019] IESC 94
Complainant Delay in Sex Cases
SH v DPP [2006] 3 IR 575
Strict/Absolute Liability Re Art 26 and Employment Equality Bill 1996 [1997] 2 IR 321
CC v Ireland [2006] 4 IR 1
Waxy O’Connors Limited [2016] 1 IR 215
The Presumption of O’Leary v AG [1995] 1 IR 254
Innocence Hardy v Ireland [1994] 2 IR 550
McNulty v Ireland [2015] 2 IR 592
McNally v Ireland [2011] 4 IR 431
DPP v Heffernan [2017] 1 IR 82
Forsey v DPP [2018] IESC 55
Right to Silence Criminalisation of Silence
Heaney v Ireland [1996] 1 IR 580
Sweeney v Ireland [2019] IESC 39 (links to self-incrimination)
Inference from Silence
Rock v Ireland [1997] 3 IR 484
DPP v Finnerty [1999] 4 IR 364
DPP v Roibu [2012] IEHC 421
DPP v Joseph O'Reilly [2009] IECCA 18
DPP v M [2018] IESC 21
Evidence Obtained Under Statutory Power of Compulsion
in Civil Law Cannot be Used Later in Criminal
ProceedingsRe National Irish Bank [1999] 3 IR 145
Dunnes Stores Ireland v Ryan [2002] 2 IR 60
Cross-Examination In Re Haughey [1971] IR 217
Gill v Connellan [1987] IR 541
Konadu v DPP [2018] IEHC 72
Opinion Evidence Requires Corrobation
DPP v Kelly [2006] 3 IR 115
Redmond v Ireland [2015] 4 IR 84
Power of Search Damache v DPP [2012] 2 IR 266
Officially Induced Error DPP v Casey [2019] IEC 7
TOPIC 12 - ROPERTY RIGHTS AND THE RIGHT TO EARN A LIVELIHOOD
Right to Earn a Murtagh Properties v Cleary [1972] IR 330
Livelihood of Re Article 26 and the Employment Equality Bill 1996 [1997] 2
IR 321
NVH v Minister for Justice [2018] IR 246
Not a Right to Particular Job
AG v Paperlink [1984] ILRM 373
Greally v Minister for Education (No 2) [1999] 1 IR 1
Casey v Minister for Arts [2004] 1 IR 402
White v The Bar Council [2016] IEHC 406; [2016] IECA 363
Right is Subject to Regulation
Cafolla v O’Malley [1985] 1 IR 486
Hand v Dublin Corporation [1991] 1 IR 409
Shanley v Galway Corporation [1995] 1 IR 396
Muldoon v Minister for the Environment [2015] IEHC 649
O’Connell v Building and Allied Trades Union [2016] IECA
388
Garda Vetting
GS v Commissioner of An Garda Síochána [2017] IR 540
Property Rights Dual Protection
Article 40.3 & Article 43
Dreher v Irish Land Commission [1984] ILRM 94
Re Article 26 and the Health Amendment Bill 2004 [2005] 1
IR 105
Scope of ‘Property’Dellway v National Asset Management Agency [2011] 4 IR 1
Unjust Attack
Brennan v AG [1984] ILRM 355 (Uniformity of Valuation)
Daly v Revenue Commissioners [1995] 3 IR 1 (Fair Taxation)
Gilligan v CAB [1998] 3 IR 185
Re Article 26 and the Health Amendment Bill 2004 [2005] 1
IR 105
J&J Haire & Co Ltd v Minister for Health [2010] 2 IR 615
No Compulsory Purchase without Justification
Reid v Industrial Development Agency [2016] 1 ILRM 1
Property Owned Subject to Planning Law
Re Art 26 and the Planning & Development Bill 1999 [2000]
2 IR 321
Entitlement to Compensation
Dreher v Irish Land Commission [1984] ILRM 94 (SC)
O’Callaghan v Commissioner for Public Works [1985] ILRM
364
ESB v Gormley [1985] 1 IR 129
Re Art 26 and the Planning & Development Bill 1999 [2000]
2 IR 321
Clinton v An Bord Pleanala [2005] IEHC 84
Rafferty v Minister for Agriculture [2014] IESC 61
Article 40.5 Protection of the Dwelling
Meath County Council v Murry [2017] IESC 25
CA v Minister for Justice [2014] IEHC 532
TOPIC 13 - FAIR PROCEDURES
An Unenumerated Right Re Haughey [1971] IR 217
Garvey v Ireland [1980] IR 75
Horizontal Application Mooney v An Post [1998] 4 IR 288
Gallagher v Revenue Commissioners [1995] 1 IR 55
Cassidy v Shannon Castle Banquets and Heritage [2000] ELR
248
Case-Sensitive Right Kiely v Minister for Social Welfare [1977] IR 267
Mooney v An Post [1998] 4 IR 288
Flanagan v UCD [1988] IR 724Advance Notice & the Garvey v Ireland [1980] IR 75
Right to be Heard Cassidy v Shannon Castle Banquets and Heritage [2000] ELR
248
Dellway Investments v NAMA [2011] 4 IR 1
Shatter v Guerin 2019 [IESC] 9 (Preliminary Inquiry)
Entitlement to Cassidy v Shannon Castle Banquets and Heritage [2000] ELR
Documentation 248
Tierney v An Post [2000] IR 536
P v Minister for Justice [2019] IESC 47
Right to Cross-Examine Gallagher v Revenue Commissioners [1995] 1 IR 55
Re Haughey [1971] IR 217
Borges v Fitness to Practice Committee [2004] 1 IR 103
O'Mahony v Promontoria (GEM) DAC [2020] IECA 30
Duty to Give Reasons Judicial Bodies
O’Mahony v Judge Ballagh [2002] IR 410
Kenny v Coughlan [2014] IESC 15
S v Minister for Justice and Equality [2020] IECA 74
Administrative Decision Makers
Meadows v Minister for Justice [2010] 2 IR 701
Mallak v Minister for Justice [2012] 3 IR 297
Rawson v Minister for Defence [2012] IESC 26
DMPT v Taxing Master Moran [2015] IESC 36
McEnery v Commissioner of An Garda Síochána [2016] IESC
66
Connelly v An Bord Pleanála [2018] IESC 36 (Enhanced
Reasons)
Right to Representation Flanagan v UCD [1988] IR 724
McKelvey v Ianroid Eireann [2019] IESC 79
Injunctions Rowland v An Post [2017] 1 IR 355
Bias O’Donoghue v Veterinary Council [1975] IR 398
O’Neil v Irish Hereford Breeders Association [1992] 1 IR 431
Orange Communications Ltd v Director of Telecommuncation
Regulation (No 2) [2000] 4 IR 159
Kelly v The Minister for Agriculture [2021] IESC 28
TOPIC 14 - FREEDOM OF EXPRESSION
Convictions and Murphy v IRTC [1999] 1 IR 12
Opinions Colgan v IRTC [2000] 2 IR 490
Mahon v Post Publications [2007] 3 IR 338
Role of the Media Irish Times v Ireland [1998] 1 IR 359Kivlehan v RTE [2016] IEHC 88
Protection of Sources
Mahon v Keena and Kennedy [2010] 1 IR 336
Louis Walsh v News Group Newspapers Ltd [2012] 3 IR 136
Cornec v Morrice [2012] 1 IR 804
Balance with Good Name Hunter v Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd [2003] IEHC 81
Balance with Privacy Herrity v Associated Newspapers [2009] 1 IR 316
Murray v Newsgroup [2011] 2 IR 156
Hickey v Sunday Newspapers Ltd [2011] 1 IR 228
O’Brien v RTÉ [2015] 2 IR 130
Nolan v Sunday Newspapers [2019] IECA 141
Prior Restraint Mahon v Post Publications [2007] 3 IR 338
Cogley v RTE [2005] 4 IR 79
Murray v Newsgroup [2011] 2 IR 156
X v Sunday Newspapers Ltd t/a Sunday World [2014] 2 IR 802
Prisoners and Free Kearney v Minister for Justice [1986] IR 116
Speech Holland v Governor of Portlaoise Prison [2004] 2 IR 573
TOPIC 15 - FREEDOM OF ASSEMBLY AND ASSOCIATION
Freedom of Association State can ‘Regulate’ but not Deny Rights
National Union of Railwaymen v Sullivan [1947] IR 77 Aughey
v Ireland [1989] ILRM 87
Includes Right to Dissociate
EDCO v Fitzpatrick [1961] IR 345 (SC)
Meskell v CIÉ [1973] IR 121
Subject to Right to Earn a Livelihood
O’Connell v Building and Allied Trades Union [2016] IECA
388
Freedom of Assembly Hyland v Dundalk Racing Limited [2014] IEHC 60
DPP v Bennett [2016] IEHC 685
Plattform Ärzte fur das Leben v Austria (1991) 13 EHRR 20TOPIC 16 - RELIGION
Freedom of ‘Conscience’ McGee v AG [1974] IR 284
Corway v Independent Newspapers [1999] 4 IR 484
Murphy v IRTC [1999] 1 IR 12
Temple Street v D [2011] 1 IR 665
Ban on ‘Discrimination’ Quinn’s Supermarket v Attorney General [1972] IR 1
Mulloy v Minister for Education [1975] IR 8
M v An Bord Uchtála [1975] IR 81
Re Art 26 and the Employment Equality Bill 1996 [1997] 2 IR
321
Greally v Minister for Education (No2) [1999] 1 IR 1
Endowment of Religion Re Art 26 and the Employment Equality Bill 1996 [1997] 2 IR
321
Campaign to Separate Church and State v Minister for
Education [1998] 3 IR 321
McNally v Ireland [2011] 4 IR 431
Blasphemy Corway v Independent Newspapers [1999] 4 IR 484
Article 40.6.1°.i (3rd paragraph) – Blasphemy Referendum
TOPIC 17 - THE FAMILY AND EDUCATION
Marriage O'Shea v Ireland [2007] 2 IR 313
HAH v SAA [2017] 1 IR 372 (Re Polygamous Marriage)
Protection From Attack
Murphy v AG [1982] IR 241
Mhic Mathuna v Ireland [1989] IR 504
Right of Residence
Gorry v Minister for Justice [2020] IESC 55
Autonomy in Decision Making
Re Matrimonial Homes Bill 1993 [1994] 1 IR 305
North Western Health Board v W [2001] 3 IR 622
McK v Information Commissioner [2006] 1 IR 260
Temple Street v D [2011] 1 IR 665
OS v Doyle [2013] 1 IR 556 (No veto for unmarried mother)
Spousal Equality
BB v AA [2013] 1 IR 780
The Family Family Rights Confined to MarriagePersonal Rights for Unmarried Mother
State (Nicolaou) v An Bord Uchtála [1966] IR 567
G v An Bord Uchtála [1980] IR 32
McD v L [2010] 2 IR 199
Respect to Marital Family
M v An Bord Uchtála [1977] IR 287
Re JH (an infant) [1985] IR 375
N v HSE [2006] 4 IR 374 “Baby Ann Case”
No Rights for Unmarried Father
JK v VW [1990] 2 IR 437
WO’R v. EH (Guardianship) [1996] 2 IR 248
Fair Procedures for Father
S v Adoption Board [2009] IEHC 429
Grandparents
RX v Minister for Justice [2011] 1 ILRM 444
OO v Minister for Justice [2015] IESC 26
Surrogacy
R(M) v An t-Ard-Chláraitheoir [2014] 3 IR 533
Children’s Rights Key Changes
Referendum New test in Article 42A.2.1 – Welfare of child likely to be
prejudicially affected.
Provision for adoption of any child where parents have failed
in duty
Voluntary placement of any child for adoption
Best interests of child are paramount
Views of child shall be ascertained
Minimal Direct (i.e. without enabling legislation) Impact
Re JB [2018] IESC 30
Re JJ [2021] IESC 1
Education Not a Right to a Particular Kind of Education
O’Shiel v Minister for Education [1999] 2 IR 321
Right to Opt out of Religious Instruction
Campaign to Separate Church and State v Minister for
Education [1998] 3 IR 321
Right Expired at 18 years of AgeSinnott v Minister for Education [2001] 2 IR 545
Right to Home School
DPP v Best [2000] 2 IR 17
Burke v Minister for Education [2022] IESC 1
No Constitutional Right to Third-Level Education
Carter v The Minister for Education [2019] IECA 162
TOPIC 18 - EQUALITY BEFORE THE LAW
Human Personality Quinn’s Supermarket v Attorney General [1972] IR 1
Doctrine Murtagh Properties v Cleary [1972] IR 330 (context approach)
Brennan v Attorney General [1983] ILRM 449
Re Article 26 and the Employment Equality Bill 1996 [1997] 2
IR 321
Expanding Approach
Murphy v Ireland and Others [2014] 1 ILRM 457
Minister for Justice v O’Connor [2017] IESC 2
Moore v DPP [2016] IEHC 24
Differences in ‘Capacity’ State (Nicalaou) v An Bord Uchtala [1966] IR 567
De Burca v Attorney General [1976] IR 38
State (M) v Minister for Foreign Affairs [1979] IR 73
Murphy v AG [1982] IR 241
O’B v S [1984] IR 316
TO’G v AG [1985] ILRM 61
An Blascaod Mor Teoranta v Commissioners of Public Works
[2000] 1 IR 6
MD v Ireland [2012] 1 IR 697
Webster v Dun Laoghaire Rathdown CC [2013] IEHC 119
Byrne v Director of Oberstown School [2013] IEHC 562
B v Director of Oberstown Detention Centre [2020] IESC 18
Donnelly v Minister for Social Protection [2018] IEHC 421
O v Minister for Social Protection [2019] IESC 82
A v Minister for Justice & Equality [2020] IESC 70
Udarás Úchtála v M [2020] IESC 64TOPIC 19 – THE RIGHT TO LIFE, BODILY INTEGRITY, PROTECTION OF THE
PERSON, AND REFUSAL OF MEDICAL TREATMENT
The Right to Life DPP v Shaw [1982] IR 1
Used to Assert Privilege
Burke v Central Independent Television [1994] 2 ILRM 161
Muwema v Facebook Ireland Ltd [2018] IECA 104
No Right to Healthcare
MEO v The Minister for Justice [2012] IEHC 394
Bodily Integrity and Ryan v Attorney General [1965] IR 294
Protection of the Person State (C) v Frawley [1976] IR 365
State (Richardson) v Governor of Mountjoy Prison [1980]
ILRM 82
McGee v Attorny General [1974] 1 IR 284
A v Refugee Appeals Commissioner [2011] IEHC 373
Kinsella v Governor of Mountjoy Prison [2012] 1 IR467
McDonnell v Governor of Wheatfield Prison [2015] IEHC 112
(Cregan)
AG v Damache [2015] IEHC 339
Kershaw v Ireland [2016] IESC 35 (wearing of seatbelts)
SF v Director of Oberstown Children DC [2017] IEHC 829
Right to Refuse Medical Re A Ward of Court [1996] 2 IR 79
Treatment Fitzpatrick v FK [2009] 2 IR 7
Fleming v Ireland [2013] 2 IR 417 (No right to die)
Governor of X Prison v PMcD [2016] 1 ILRM 116
HSE v JM (A Ward of Court) [2017] IEHC 399
The Unborn Repeal of the 8th Amendment
M v Minister for Justice [2018] IESC 14
TOPIC 20 - THE RIGHT TO LIBERTY
Substantive (not formal) Re Philip Clarke [1950] IR 235
Interpretation People (AG) v O’Callaghan [1966] IR 501
King v AG [1981] IR 233
Finnegan v Superintendent of Tallaght Gda Station [2019]
IESC 31
Importance of Fair McCann v Judges of Monaghan District Court [2009] 4 IR 200
Procedures
Contempt of Court
Tracey v District Judge McCarthy [2019] IESC 14Walsh v Minister for Justice [2019] IESC 15
Bail People (AG) v O’Callaghan [1966] IR 501
Article 40.4.6
Extradition
People v Gilliland [1985] 1 IR 643
Butenas v Governor Cloverhill Prison [2008] 4 IR 189
Mental Health Re Philip Clarke [1950] IR 235
Croke v Smith [1998] 1 IR 101
AB v Clinical Director of St Loman’s Hospital [2018] IECA
123
Inherent Jurisdiction of High Court
HSE v O'B [2011] 1 IR 795
AM v HSE [2019] IESC 3
Children’s Welfare DG v Eastern Health Board [1997] 3 IR 511
SS (a minor) v HSE [2008] 1 IR 594
Immigration Re Article 26 and the Illegal Immigrants (Trafficking) Bill
1999 [2000] 2 IR 360
Arra v Governor of Clover Hill Prison [2005] IEHC 12
Infectious Diseases S v HSE [2009] IEHC 106
Preventative Detention People (AG) v O’Callaghan [1966] IR 501
Whelan v Minister for Justice [2012] 1 IR 1
Re Article 26 and the Illegal Immigrants Bill 1999 [2000] 2 IR
360
DPP v Daniels [2014] 2 IR 813 (SC)
Minister for Justice v Nolan [2012] IEHC 249, [2013] IESC
54
Minister for Justice v (Craig &) Balmer [2017] 3 IR 562
Article 40 Applications ‘Detention in Accordance with Law’
State (McDonagh) v Frawley [1978] IR 131
No Article 40 if Warrant is “Good on its Face” unless
“Fundamental Denial of Justice”
FX v The Clinical Director of the Central Mental Hospital
[2014] I IR 280
Ryan v Governor of Mountjoy Prison [2014] IESC 54
SMcG v Child and Family Agency [2017] 1 IR 1
Elderly Patients
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