El Presidente - What Does The Irish President Actually Do?
Legally Fond2 Dec 2020

El Presidente - What Does The Irish President Actually Do?

Although many consider the Irish Presidency a largely ceremonial role, one significant constitutional power which the President has is the right to refer bills to the Supreme Court to check their constitutionality before they are made law. One such case considered whether a law requiring property developers to sell up to 20% of their new houses to the state for use as social housing. We discussed the merits of this case and the pitfalls of letting the President get involved. This episode is b...

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