Boland v an Taoiseach
| Jurisdiction | Ireland |
| Judgment Date | 01 January 1975 |
| Date | 01 January 1975 |
| Docket Number | [1973 No. 3289 P.] |
| Court | Supreme Court |
(S.C.)
Boland
and
An Taoiseach
International relations - Conference between Irish and British governments - Agreed communiqué issued -Whether Irish government party to unconstitutional agreement - Whether courts had power to review actions of government - Constitution of Ireland, 1937, Articles 2, 3, 6, 15, 28, 29, 34.
On the 6-9th December, 1973, a conference was held at Sunningdale in England between the Irish and British governments and the parties involved in the Northern Ireland Executive (designate). During the conference the parties discussed the establishment of a Council of Ireland confined to representatives of the two parts of Ireland, and they decided to commence studying the problems involved so as to identify and, prior to the formal stage...
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Patrick Costello v The Government of Ireland, Ireland and The Attorney General
...in cases where the Courts are asked to review the actions of the Executive particularly in the conduct of foreign relations (See Boland v An Taoiseach [1974] IR 338 and Horgan v Ireland [2003] 2 IR 468). This standard is posited because it is contended that the decision under challenge is......
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State (Sheehan) v The Government of Ireland
...THE STATE (AT THE PROSECUTION OF CHRISTOPHER SHEEHAN) PROSECUTOR AND THE GOVERNMENT OF IRELAND RESPONDENT Citations: BOLAND V AN TAOISEACH 1974 IR 338, 109 ILTR 13 CAHILL V SUTTON 1980 IR 269 CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 1961 S60 CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 1961 S60(1) CIVIL LIABILITY ACT 1961 S60(7) INLAN......
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Kavanagh v Ireland
...IR 317 CONSTITUTION ART 38.3.1 CONSTITUTION ART 28.2 CONSTITUTION ART 6 BUCKLEY & ORS (SINN FEIN) V AG 1950 IR 67 BOLAND V AN TAOISEACH 1974 IR 338 CROTTY V AN TAOISEACH 1987 IR 713 OFFENCES AGAINST THE STATE ACT 1939 S46 1 JUDGMENT of Barrington, J.delivered on the 18th day of December, ......
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Abuissa v Minister for Justice, Equality & Law Reform
...STATE v CURRAN & ORS 1987 ILRM 225 H v DPP & CMSR OF AN GARDA SIOCHANA 1994 2 ILRM 285 1994/10/2971 BOLAND v AN TAOISEACH & ORS 1974 IR 338 CROTTY v AN TAOISEACH & ORS 1987 IR 713 MCGIMPSEY v IRELAND & ORS 1988 IR 567 1989 ILRM 209 1988/9/2565 COUNCIL OF CIVIL SERVICE UNIONS & ORS v MI......
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8 books & journal articles
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The TD Case and Approaches to the Separation of Powers in Ireland
...He is primarily concerned about the courts usurping the role of the executive and actually exercising 3 ibid [336]. 4 [1989] ILRM 181. 5 [1974] IR 338, [362]. 6 [2001] 4 IR 259, [75]. 7 However, as Francis Kieran has pointed out, ‘in O'Donoghue [ v Minister for Health [1996] 2IR 20], O'Hanl......
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I Would Do Anything for Rights - But I Won't Do That
...part of the democratic procedures of the State, not inferior in importance to any article of the Constitution.’ 7 [1972] IR 241, 265. 8 [1974] IR 338, 362. [2022] Irish Judicial Studies Journal Vol 6(3) 30 IRISH JUDICIAL STUDIES JOURNAL Similar remarks were made in relation to the legislati......
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Reading TD Down
...28 25 Re Solicitors Act 1954 [1960] IR 239, Tomas Zalewski v Workplace Relations Commission [2021] IESC 24. 26 Boland v An Taoiseach [1974] IR 338, Crotty v An Taoiseach [1987] 1 IR 713, McKenna v An Taoiseach (No 2) [1995] 2 IR 1. For analysis, see Doyle and Hickey (n 1) 165-167, 201-213. ......
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The Referendum, the Courts and Representative Democracy in Ireland
...the danger came from within. There was perhaps This was reinforced in Buckley vs Arrorney General (Sinn Fein Funds Case) [1950] IR 67. I’ [1974] IR 338; 109 ILTR 13. l9 (1974) IR 338; 109 ILTR 13. ’’ [I987 ILRM 390. ” [I9871 ILRM 390. ” See D. Barrington, ‘The Constitution in the courts’, A......
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