In this article I argue that an accommodationist approach to Church-State relations provides the most appropriate interpretation of the Irish Constitution. This accommodationist interpretation is however incompatible with Ireland's system of almost exclusively denominational education, in which...

This chapter centres on the protection of socio-economic rights under the Irish constitution. Having provided an overview of the relevant constitutional provisions, the author examines both the historical and contemporary approaches of the Irish courts to socio-economic rights claims. She...