Nigerian woman loses legal challenge

Woman issued proceedings on legality of her detention by gardaí

A Nigerian woman who was brought to jail after she lashed out at gardaí in what was described as a ploy to avoid her imminent deportation has lost a legal challenge into the legality of her detention.

Mr Justice Bernard Barton said the woman, a failed asylum seeker who cannot be identified, claimed her arrest by the Garda National Immigration Bureau (GNIB) to be deported had been illegal and therefore, her detention in prison was unlawful. She had issued proceedings under Article 40 of the Constitution.