Patrick Brennan and Others v The Governor of Portlaoise Prison

Core Citations

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CONSIDERS

• Breathnach v DPP & Ag & Manager of Wheatfield Place of Detention
• Hardy v Ireland

CONSIDERS

• Courts of Justice Act, 1924 - Articles : S-29
• Explosive Substances Act 1883 - Articles : S-4
• DPP v Kehoe

RESUELVE RECURSO

• Patrick Brennan and Others v The Governor of Portlaoise Prison

DISTINGUISHES

• Breathnach v DPP
• Hardy v Ireland
• Barry O'Brien v Special Criminal Court

REFERS TO

• State (McDonagh) v Frawley
• Gilligan v Special Criminal Court

CITES

• DPP v Hardy

APPLIES

• DPP v Gilligan

FOLLOWS

• A v Governor of Arbour Hill Prison

AFFIRMS

• Patrick Brennan and Others v The Governor of Portlaoise Prison

REPORTED OPINION OF in

• [2008] 3 IR 364
• [2008] 3 JIC 1202
• [2008] 3 IR 364

REFERRED in

• Allen v The Governor of St Patrick's Institution
• Connors v Governor of Limerick Prison
• O'Brien v Special Criminal Court & DPP

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• DPP (at the suit of Detective Garda Barry Walsh) v John Cash

CONSIDERED in

• DPP v Gerard Varian and Others
• O'Farrell v The Governor of Portlaoise Prison
• DPP v Wade

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• Caffrey v The Governor of Portlaoise Prison
• Caffrey and Others v Minister for Justice and Others
• F.X. v Clinical Director of Central Mental Hospital and Another
• McMahon v Law Society of Ireland

CITED in

• O'Farrell v Governor of Portlaoise Prison
• Foley v Governor of Portaloise Prison
• Georghe Cirpaci v Governor of Mountjoy Prison

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• Re Article 40.4.2 of the Constitution: Brien Applicant
• Re Article 40.4.2 of the Constitution: Doolan Applicant

FOLLOWED in

• Caffrey v Governor of Portlaoise Prison
• Dowling v an Bord Altranais

This document cites

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• Gilligan v Special Criminal Court
• A v Governor of Arbour Hill Prison
• A v Governor of Arbour Hill Prison
• Barry O'Brien v Special Criminal Court
• Patrick Brennan and Others v The Governor of Portlaoise Prison



See all quotations

• DPP v Kehoe
• Hardy v Ireland
• Breathnach v DPP & Ag & Manager of Wheatfield Place of Detention
• State (McDonagh) v Frawley
• Breathnach v DPP
• DPP v Hardy
• DPP v Gilligan
• Hardy v Ireland
• Criminal Procedure Act, 1993
• Criminal Justice Act, 1984
• Offences Against the State Act, 1939
• Explosive Substances Act 1883
• Courts of Justice Act, 1924
• Place of Detention