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Security at Dublin Port is a joke

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  • #92
    Capt'n Midnight
    Moderators, Recreation & Hobbies Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators, Technology & Internet Moderators Posts: 95,754 Mod ✭✭✭✭Capt'n Midnight


    BlatentCheek wrote: »
    Really I never heard of that (and I'm not saying that because I doubt you).
    I take it you mean specific people, did they have to be convicted of a crime first, was it perhaps part of a recognizance on which they were released from prison?

    I would have thought such restrictions on a persons movements within a country would be difficult to defend on legal and constitutional grounds, and probably would run foul of some international agreements the UK would be bound by
    http://hansard.millbanksystems.com/commons/1980/mar/04/prevention-of-terrorism
    Under section 4 I am empowered to prohibit a person from being in or entering this country if I am satisfied that he or she has been or may be involved in the commission, preparation or instigation of acts of terrorism.

    Between 29 November 1974 and 29 February this year a total of 220 exclusion orders had been made, 54 of them in the past 12 months. The power to exclude is an executive one and is not subject to judicial scrutiny. I have to weigh the need to protect the public against the adverse consequences for the individual of preventing him from entering Great Britain or the United Kingdom. Therefore, I must be absolutely satisfied on each application that the person concerned has been involved in terrorism and that the safety of this country requires his exclusion.
    ...
    Of the 199 people removed under exclusion orders since November 1974, 167–44 in the past year—went to Northern Ireland and 32—five in the past year—to the Republic of Ireland.
    NB Great Britain or the United Kingdom


    https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Martin_McGuinness
    On 9 December 1982, McGuinness, Gerry Adams and Danny Morrison were banned from entering Great Britain under the Prevention of Terrorism Act by William Whitelaw, by then Home Secretary


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