Questions tagged [ireland]
For questions about the Republic of Ireland (Eire).
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I want to leave Islam, but they would execute and kill me. What do I do?
I live in an Islamic country, but I don't want to be a Muslim. I have no choice but to claim to be a Muslim: If I leave Islam, they will execute me according to Muslim law.
Where can I go to have a ...
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Is there a law against signing a contract to do something illegal?
Inspired by this question over on workplace.SE - Severance contract requires a lie. Is this enforceable?
If you sign a contract wherein you agree to do something illegal, but have no intention of ...
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Someone has a video of me doing drugs. Is there legal protection against its release?
It's a bit like slander, except there is no false information. I wanted to Google whatever this may be called to see what my options are if this video is ever released. I'm stumped as to what to ...
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Is this "Bait-And-Switch" defence possible?
I was kind of inspired by a television programme I was watching recently - I won't spoil it by saying its name.
Let's say my friend committed a murder and wanted to get away with it. So together we ...
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What is the purpose of a settlement agreement including a clause that it was signed, "voluntarily and without any duress whatsoever?"
If a settlement agreement includes a clause that it was signed, "voluntarily and without any duress whatsoever":
If a person signing the settlement agreement done so voluntarily and without ...
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When do I own a car (private sale)
Let's say I buy a car in a private sale. I pay the seller, and we fill out the change of ownership form. Some time later (or perhaps the next day), the seller will post the form, and it will probably ...
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Irish citizenship revoked if I live abroad after naturalization?
I have been searching about Irish naturalization requirements on the internet since quite some time and I see all the usual requirements: 5 years residence, Good character, Attend a citizenship ...
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Can I argue in a court that initial conditions which were agreed, are broken? (by a Country)
Have a look at this hypothetical case:
Assume that I apply for Irish Immigrant Investor Program. See page number 15, where in bold font, it is mentioned:
The Immigrant Investor Programme recognises ...
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What are the implications of the Good Friday Agreement for customs controls?
After the Good Friday Agreement was concluded, customs and security controls between the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom were removed (From Wikipedia). The Irish border is one of the major ...
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In 1940 Ireland, can a woman marry a divorcee from the USA?
My questions arise from a (possible) scenario in Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, published in 1939, and hence pertain to Irish and US divorce law around or before 1939.
I understand that at this time ...
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Reasons for UK citizen to not get an Irish passport?
The United Kingdom has opted to leave the European Union, this may make travelling and visiting my holiday home abroad more difficult, or even stop me from working abroad in the future.
My mother is ...
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Could vigilante anti paedophile sting operations actually result in a conviction?
There is a lot in the news in Ireland currently about vigilante groups posing as children online in order to catch paedophiles "grooming" and ultimately meeting with the fictional child, which turns ...
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Can the Supreme Court of Ireland overrule itself?
The President of Ireland may, under Article 26 of the Constitution of Ireland, refer a bill to the Supreme Court of Ireland to decide on its constitutionality before he signs it.
Article 34.3.3 of the ...
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What happens if I accept work contracts in two EU countries at the same time?
I am going to accept a job in Dublin, Irealnd but I also have an opportunity of getting a work contract in the Czech Republic. The latter job would be mostly remote (it would require me to visit the ...
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Do child support payments apply in the case of a paid sexual encounter?
In the UK and/or Ireland, is child support payable by someone who fathers a child with a paid escort?
Assume the scenario where the condom broke, and the escort assured the "customer" that ...
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Irish naturalisation as British citizen?
Reading about the Common Travel Area, it looks like I, as a British citizen, can live and work in Ireland without restrictions. What I can't see is whether this can eventually lead to naturalisation ...
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Can my employer take money from my wages?
I live and work in Ireland. The hotel I work for recently had to pay for an item a guest left in the room because the cleaner deemed it rubbish and threw it in the bin.
Now my employer is asking ...
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Is there a site that lists all EU members' Statutory Instruments for specific laws (like MLD4, UCITS etc.)
I'm new here and don't have a law background but my field (finance) often overlaps with legal aspects quite a bit.
I was hoping someone might be able to steer me in the direction of a good (free!) ...
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What laws govern obtaining receipts for construction work carried out 16 years ago?
In 2006, I had a mason perform work on a house I own in County Meath. I spent 12,000 euros but never got a receipt. Now, 16 years later, can I demand a receipt as I am selling and need the receipt for ...
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Who is liable for damage to a rented house not caused by tenant?
Towards the end of a lease of a house, the glass in a sliding door was shattered and cost €300 to repair (which was paid by the landlord).
When the tenant was leaving, the landlord deducted the cost ...
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Invoice from work done years ago
I bought a house in 2013 in Ireland, all well and good.
Before everything went ahead, I got a structural survey (recommended, not mandatory).
Conversation with the surveyor went as follows:
Me: I ...
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What is the Irish equivalent of a German UG entity?
I am looking at some options for eventually starting a small business in Ireland (several years from now, I'm at a very early stage).
In Germany, from what I understand, there is an entity type called ...
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Is there a way to avoid double-VAT when delivering from UK to Ireland?
For non-business customers, I'm wondering there is a way to avoid being double-vatted on products purchased from the UK and imported from UK to Ireland?
An example would be if I ordered a €500 laptop ...
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Reclaim hotel costs from landlord
I was renting a room from a live-in landlord. My girlfriend came from Japan to stay with me for a few weeks. While she was here, the landlord asked for an extra €100 per week while she was here to ...
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Left item in an Airbnb, host no longer available. Responsibility lies with owner, host or Airbnb?
After staying one night in an Airbnb, my friend realised he left an item in the property (not expensive, cost of around €50).
I immediately contacted the Host over Airbnb messaging, she confirmed she ...
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Is the Belfast Agreement a treaty?
How does the Belfast Agreement
take legal effect?
Is it a treaty?
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Do contracts require pages or clauses numbered?
A question asked by another member about missing pages in a lease brings to my mind the question of whether there is a legal requirement for contract pages to be numbered so that it is e.g. obvious ...
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Employee intimidation
A relative of mine has worked at a small company for the past 10 years as a senior design engineer.
The MD (and owner) of the company asked him to go and spend the day with another employee filling ...
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Can liability for data disclosure be waived by T&Cs under GDPR?
I live in Ireland, an EU county subject to the GDPR.
I see in a service T&Cs the line:
"Despite our use of commercially reasonable efforts to protect your
Personal Information from ...
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GPDR: Are third party companies alowed to track my e-mails
I live in Ireland and I've been doing business with an Irish company. That company has using a third party for its main IT system and this system has been sending me e-mails.
Just recently I've had a ...
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Is it legal for a shop to deny sale of age-restricted products to someone who shows two valid forms of I.D.?
I've read that a shop can refuse for any reason but I have a suspicion this may be discrimination in my case.
I'm a 23yr old black guy and I live in Ireland. I'm frequently told by family, friends, ...
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Question regarding the 1 year residence for Naturalization
I am French and I have been living in Ireland for 7 years. Firstly as a student, then working in the country.
As you probably already know, since July 2019, there is a law that says "This ...
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Indian father, Bangladeshi mother, a baby expect to be born in Ireland [closed]
This is my first post in this community.
I am an ordinary Indian passport holder, I am in Dublin, doing full-time Ph.D. studies since October 2018 on a stamp 2 student visa. http://www.inis.gov.ie/en/...
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What counts as a surrounded perimeter in Ireland?
According to the 2004 amendment to the 2002 Public Health (Tobacco) Act, which I believe is still legally binding, smoking tobacco is prohibited except in certain conditions. Among them are the ...
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On the Use of a Modified Refrain from "The Orange and the Green"
I would like to use in a new song a modified version of the refrain:
Oh, it is the biggest mix-up that you have ever seen.
My father, he was orange and me mother, she was green.
My refrain is not ...
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Keeping irish citizenship through Naturalisation after living abroad
I have seen online that if I live abroad and in order to maintain irish citizenship through Naturalisation I need annually inform the irish immigration of my intention to keep the citizenship. Now is ...
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Born in Northern Ireland, children born in Scotland, are they entitled to Irish citizenship?
I was born in Northern Ireland in 1983 and lived there until an adult when I moved to Scotland. I am a UK citizen. I understand that I am entitled to Irish citizenship. However, less clear is whether ...
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What are legal ways to get a persons address (Person living in Ireland, I'm living in The Netherlands)?
This is a follow-up to my previous question.
I filed for a European small claims procedure but the only address I had of that person, seems invalid. The people at the address in question claim they ...
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Are women only scholarships legal under Irish / EU law?
As a student of a software engineering course I tend to receive tech related emails. Over the last year I've received 3 scholarship related emails of which all were titled with something along the ...
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Terminating a freelance contract before completion
What are the potential legal ramifications of ceasing work on a web development contract which had no voluntary early termination clause, but which I believe the Client to be in breach of?
The ...
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Legality of charging customer service for one’s time spent dealing with them
An acquaintance has a practice of charging companies’ customer service departments £50 per 30 minute increments of his time spent addressing issues with them on the phone. I don’t think he’s ever ...
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Does the NI Police have any powers in the Republic of Ireland?
I imagine that if they do, then they would be significantly limited compared with what is enjoyed in their native NI, but are there any limited powers? For example interstate “hot pursuit” type ...
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I'm Irish but have an English birth cert. What are my rights regarding dual citizenship and getting an English passport?
I'm an Irish citizen and passport holder, and both my parents are Irish, and I've lived in Ireland pretty much my whole life.
But, I was born in London. My parents were living and working there in the ...
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What is the legal principle which requires Apple to pay the Irish State €13 billion?
In 2016, the EU ruled that the Irish State provided state aid to Apple, which was deemed to be illegal.
As a result of this, Apple are required to back-pay €13 billion to the Irish exchequer.
From a ...
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Does a product marked with a certain price have to be sold at that price (Ireland)?
This question is already answered here for the US but I'm wondering about the same case in Ireland. (apologies if this is a duplicate but I wasn't sure what to do in this case)
My wife and I were ...
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If I became a naturalized UK citizen, would I lose my Irish citizenship?
I was born in the United States, as were both of my parents. My father is an Irish citizen by descent - his grandmother was from Ireland. I was registered as an Irish citizen when I was about 9 or 10 ...
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How long should I wait for a Data Access Request in Ireland
A few weeks ago I made a Data Access request to an Irish company I've been doing business with for just over 10 years. I've not received any sort of response - not even an acknowledgment of my e-mail. ...
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What happens to business customers when you don't register for VAT?
From my understanding, if you are permitted to and choose not to register for VAT:
You do not add VAT to the prices you charge to customers.
You do not have the right to reclaim VAT on business ...
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Irish citizenship or Permanent residence after 5 years of residence for EU citizen and their non-EU Family?
European Union law secures EU Citizens' right to travel in the member countries freely. They can also bring their non-EU family member(s) with them in certain instances.
This page mentions that:
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Irish Passport through Great Grandparent
Say the family tree looks like this:
Great Grandfather <- Born in what is now Northern Ireland
Grandmother <- Born in Britain
Mother <- Born in Britain
Son <- Born in Britain
From a ...
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