State to appeal High Court ruling on UK status as 'safe third country'

A judge last month ruled that the Irish law underpinning the designation did not contain the full suite of safeguards required by EU law

The matter is to come before the court again in two weeks. File Image. 

The State is seeking to appeal against a High Court decision that held that Ireland’s designation of the UK as a “safe third country” is unlawful, the High Court heard on Tuesday.

Ms Justice Siobhan Phelan last month ruled that the Irish law underpinning the designation did not contain the full suite of safeguards required by EU law.