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Decision to affirm deportation orders despite applicants’ long-term absence from Ireland was irrational
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High Court finds a decision to affirm deportation orders against a married couple, who had not resided in Ireland since 2005, to be irrational. The court highlighted that the orders were originally made under the belief that the couple remained in the State without permission. However, it was later revealed that the couple had permanently left Ireland in 2005 and had been residing in Nigeria since then, a fact unknown to the Minister at the time of the original orders. The court concluded that the new information presented constituted changed circumstances, and the decision to affirm the deportation orders in 2023, without acknowledging these changes, was at odds with reason and common sense.
Deportation orders, irrationality, changed circumstances, permanent departure, Nigeria, private life rights, Article 8 ECHR, European Convention on Human Rights, affirmation of orders, High Court judgment, Minister for Justice, notification obligations, residence status, revocation application, proportionality, fundamental reason, common sense.
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