State will face ‘banished-babies’ litigation,’ expert predicts

IRISH-BORN children deported with their parents will return and sue the State for breaches of their constitutional rights, a legal expert predicted yesterday.

Donncha O’Connell of the University of Galway said Irish courts were likely to see the phenomenon of “banished-babies’ litigation” in the near future.

These children, Irish citizens under the Constitution by virtue of being born here, are set to be deported in their hundreds, if not thousands, together with their parents.