McEntee warned deportations 'highly litigious' as injunction sees asylum seeker flown back to Dublin

Helen McEntee was briefed that just one in four deportation cases would likely succeed.  Picture: PA

The Department of Justice said deportations in Ireland were “highly litigious”, with one asylum seeker having to be flown back to Dublin after injunction proceedings began while they were airborne.

A briefing for Minister Helen McEntee said that as a rule of thumb, only one out of every four cases selected for deportation was likely to be successful.