No point of law of exceptional public importance raised in seeking to appeal asylum decision

Judicial review – asylum and immigration – application for leave to appeal - principles and requirements governing the grant of a certificate for leave to appeal – three questions – whether in assessing the applicant’s fear of persecution is objectively justified, is an asylum decision-maker obliged to provide a reason or reasons for preferring one relevant piece of country of origin information over others - assessment of country-of-origin information and the weight to be accorded to it, is a matter for the decision-maker - treatment of the SPIRASI Reports - manner in which the Tribunal Member dealt with the SPIRASI Report was within his remit and he was entitled to arrive at the conclusions set out in the impugned decision - not pointed to any error in the manner in which the Court arrived at its decision - negative credibility finding – whether the mandatory provisions of s. 11B(b) of the Refugee Act 1996 only applicable where a claim is made by an asylum applicant that Ireland was the first safe country encountered after he or she departed his/her country of origin – argued that the Court departed from the views expressed by other judges – decision maker entitled to have regard to the applicant’s transit through a safe country, provided that she also has regard to any reasonable explanation offered by the applicant for his or her failure to make an application for asylum in that country - did consider the applicant’s explanation for not claiming asylum in Russia and found it to be unreasonable - whether a conflict exists between two High Court judgments – cannot divorce legal reasoning from the facts of the case - Court’s finding on this point is inextricably bound up with the facts of this case - even if the Court accepted that a conflict existed between its decision and those of other judgments of the High Court, Court cannot be satisfied that a certificate of appeal on this issue could transcend the facts of this case -peripheral role played by an improper s. 11B(b) finding in vitiating a decision - leave to appeal refused.