Image: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie Image: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie THE HIGH COURT has ruled that nobody can be granted Irish citizenship if they have spent a single day outside the country in the past year.
But Mr Justice Max Barrett ruled this six-week rule goes “beyond what is legally permissible in this regard, because… the Act of 1956 does not confer any discretionary power on the Minister”. She added, “It is absurd to require a person to be detained within the State for an entire year in order to qualify for Irish citizenship.”
The strict interpretation of a 1956 law has been described as 'absurd' today, with many experts presuming it will be overturned on appeal, or the law changed quickly by the Oireachtas
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