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Tue 12 Dec 2008Granting Supreme Court consultative powers is a thorny issue
ANALYSIS:The question is posed regularly: why doesn't the Government consult the Supreme Court? Because no mechanism exists for it to do so , writes Oran Doyle
IN THE Irish constitutional system, the three organs of government - the Oireachtas, the Executive and the Courts - must act in accordance with the Constitution.
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