Man can be deported after failed attempts to stay in Ireland that spanned 16 years

On  January 11, 2010, he gave notification of an intention to marry a Latvian national resident in the State and the two got married that month

Ms Justice Nessa Cahill said the significance of the man's claim lay in the fact that it is only if the applicant was 'undocumented' for that continuous period that he would be eligible to avail of a scheme regularising the status of long-term undocumented people in the State.

A Nigerian man who married and got separated in Ireland — in what was described as a "marriage of convenience" — and who sought to remain in Ireland can be deported.

His latest attempt to remain here failed in a process he began over 16 years ago.