Supreme Court set to rule on ‘baby loophole’

THE Supreme Court will this morning deliver a landmark ruling which could see Irish-born children forced out of the country or left behind if their parents are deported.

This morning’s ruling follows a High Court decision last year in which two families, from the Czech Republic and Nigeria, lost their challenges against deportation. The parents had argued that they were entitled to remain in the State because their children were born here.

The High Court found that the State was entitled to deport the parents even if that meant an Irish citizen would be forcefully removed from the State or left parentless.