High Court denies State's bid to delay case over homeless asylum seekers

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission alleges Ireland is failing to provide suitable reception conditions to meet the basic needs of all asylum seekers

The court heard an operation conducted on Wednesday to move asylum seekers from Mount Street, Dublin, close to the site of the International Protection Office, required an “enormous amount of planning”. Photo: Sasko Lazarov / © RollingNews.ie

The High Court has refused the State’s request to delay the hearing of a human rights body’s challenge over male asylum seekers being left homeless.

Ms Justice Niamh Hyland directed that the hearing of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission's (IHREC) case will go ahead as planned at the end of this month and not be postponed by two or three weeks.