The woman came here from Georgia 11 years ago on a false EU passport.

A Pakistani woman and her three children who came here from the UK after leaving her allegedly violent husband have won a significant legal challenge over a referral to the UK of their application for refugee status.

The migrant crisis and a reform of the international protection system led to a 140% increase in appeals against decisions to deny asylum seeker status in Ireland.

The body tasked with handling asylum appeals from refugees says it requires a substantial increase in staff levels to process a backlog of applications.