A High Court judge has adjourned for a week the making of further orders arising from his significant and controversial decision that applicants for citizenship must have "unbroken" residence here for a year before they apply. Mr Jones, having lost the case, is entitled to appeal but, because the State won the case, legal sources consider it is not entitled to seek an appeal. The judge found section 15.1 allows the Minister no discretion in relation to the "continuous" residence requirement. While disagreeing with how the Minister concluded Mr Jones is ineligible at this time for a certificate of naturalisation under section 15.1, the refusal conclusion was still correct, he found. There was thus no point in granting Mr Jones the reliefs sought because of the court's interpretation of the word "continuous" in section 15.1.

Source: Irish Examiner July 18, 2019 12:00 UTC