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Fri 07 Jul 2009ICCL 'regrets' gangland legislation signed into law
THE IRISH Council for Civil Liberties (ICCL) director Mark Kelly said the group “respectfully” noted the President’s decision to sign the legislation on gang crime into law.
Mr Kelly, who has been one of the most persistent critics of the legislation, said: “The President has chosen to avoid the ‘nuclear option’ of referral to the Supreme Court; however, this Act remains riddled with legal pitfalls.
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