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Planning law [2026] IEHC 300

Rural Residents Wind Aware and Environmental Group and Ors v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Ors [No. 3] (Approved)

Rural Residents Wind Aware and Environmental Group and Ors v An Coimisiun Pleanala and Ors [No. 3] (Approved) [2026] IEHC 300 (15 May 2026)

The High Court refused leave to appeal in a planning judicial review, holding the proposed questions did not properly arise, were not of exceptional public importance, and were not in the public interest.

  • Judicial review
  • Leave to appeal
  • Environmental impact assessment
  • Planning permission
  • Standing
  • Reasons in administrative decisions
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Immigration [2026] IECA 82

Mateo v The Minister for Justice (Approved)

Mateo v The Minister for Justice (Approved) [2026] IECA 82 (12 May 2026)

The Court of Appeal dismissed Violet Mateo’s challenge to the Minister’s refusal under the long-term undocumented migrants regularisation scheme.

  • Regularisation scheme
  • Judicial review
  • Documentary evidence
  • Residency requirements
  • Judicial-review
  • Immigration-law
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Planning law [2026] IEHC 282

MKN Properties Ltd & Anor v Fingal County Council (Approved)

MKN Properties Ltd & Anor v Fingal County Council (Approved) [2026] IEHC 282 (08 May 2026)

The High Court dismissed a judicial review of Fingal County Council’s 2023 development plan, upholding rezoning of part of the applicants’ lands to open space and a density objective.

  • Development plans
  • Zoning
  • Ministerial guidelines
  • Judicial review
  • Open space provision
  • Density objectives
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Immigration law [2026] IECA 78

L v The Minister for Justice and Equality (Approved)

L v The Minister for Justice and Equality (Approved) [2026] IECA 78 (08 May 2026)

The Court of Appeal dismissed the Minister’s appeal, upholding certiorari of a five-year visa exclusion period for unfair procedures and inadequate notice.

  • Visa exclusion period
  • Fair procedures
  • Ministerial discretion
  • Severance of grounds
  • Judicial review
  • Visa-exclusion-period
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Administrative law [2026] IECA 71

McDowell & Ors v Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (Approved)

McDowell & Ors v Sea Fisheries Protection Authority (Approved) [2026] IECA 71 (01 May 2026)

Costs ruling in a fisheries judicial review appeal. The Court ordered the respondent to receive costs, including the costs of the Article 267 reference, with 50% of remaining costs awarded.

  • Costs
  • Judicial review
  • Fisheries regulation
  • Eu reference procedure
  • Fisheries-regulation
  • Eu-reference-procedure
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Immigration law [2026] IEHC 277

Y.D. v The International Protection Appeals Tribunal and Ors (Approved)

Y.D. v The International Protection Appeals Tribunal and Ors (Approved) [2026] IEHC 277 (01 May 2026)

The High Court refused leave for judicial review of an IPAT decision refusing consent to a subsequent international protection application under s. 22.

  • International protection
  • Subsequent asylum applications
  • Judicial review
  • Credibility assessment
  • Procedural fairness
  • Judicial-review
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Constitutional law [2026] IECA 68

O'Brien v The Governor of Cork Prison & Ors (Approved)

O'Brien v The Governor of Cork Prison & Ors (Approved) [2026] IECA 68 (30 April 2026)

The Court of Appeal dismissed John O'Brien's challenge to exclusion from the slopping-out Settlement Scheme, holding his claim was statute-barred and no remedy was shown.

  • Statute of limitations
  • Right to effective remedy
  • Slopping out
  • Compensation schemes
  • Judicial review
  • Estoppel
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Immigration law [2026] IEHC 267

G.T. v An International Protection Officer and Ors (Approved)

G.T. v An International Protection Officer and Ors (Approved) [2026] IEHC 267 (30 April 2026)

The High Court refused to stay an IPAT appeal pending judicial review, finding the statutory appeal could address the alleged defects in the IPO decisions.

  • International protection
  • Judicial review
  • Alternative remedies
  • Interlocutory relief
  • Fair procedures
  • Judicial-review
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Administrative law [2026] IEHC 272

J.F.M. [A Minor Suing Through His Mother And Next Friend P.S.T.] and Anor v The Minister For Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (Approved)

J.F.M. [A Minor Suing Through His Mother And Next Friend P.S.T.] and Anor v The Minister For Justice, Home Affairs and Migration (Approved) [2026] IEHC 272 (30 April 2026)

The High Court refused leave to cross-examine a State deponent in a moot judicial review about visa-delay costs, finding the issues could be resolved on affidavit.

  • Judicial review
  • Costs in moot proceedings
  • Cross-examination in judicial review
  • Delay in administrative decision-making
  • Judicial-review
  • Court-costs
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Constitutional law [2026] IEHC 261

D.OC v Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission and Ors, K.L. v Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission and Ors (Approved)

D.OC v Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission and Ors, K.L. v Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission and Ors (Approved) [2026] IEHC 261 (30 April 2026)

High Court held the NVB vetting regime breached constitutional and Article 8 rights because applicants could not see or challenge specified information until disclosure stage.

  • Vetting procedures
  • Fair procedures
  • Right to be heard
  • Data access
  • Retention of information
  • Article 8 echr
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Ireland decisions are organised by court, judge, legal area and indexed issue so a practitioner can move from a proposition to a citable authority with the surrounding context intact.

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