Judges found parts of 1937 Seanad Electoral (University Members) Act 1937 were inconsistent with Constitution
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Attorney General Rossa Fanning, representing all the respondents, said there should be a deferral until July 2027 because of the time required to bring in the necessary legislation. At a minimum, he said, the deferral should be until July next year with further extensions if required, he said. However, he said, it was clear the court has, in rare cases, a jurisdiction to defer, postpone or suspend a declaration of constitutional invalidity in circumstances where an immediate declaration would “imperil the rule of law and remove the possibility of the invalidity being capable of being remedied”.
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