Minister ordered to decide on passport application for boy with two male parents

The application had been refused on the basis that "a parent was understood to mean either the mother or father of the child or a male adopter"

The boy has UK citizenship and his fathers' wish is that they get him an Irish passport.

The Minister for Foreign Affairs has been ordered by the High Court to make a decision on a passport application for a boy who has two male parents.

The parents were told a parent is "understood to mean either the mother or father of the child or a male adopter". Mr Justice Max Barrett found the boy is an Irish citizen under our citizenship law following a challenge over a refusal to issue a passport for him by his parents, referred to as Mr A and Mr B.