State-funded IHREC issued its challenge in December of 2023 after the Government announced for the second time that it could not accommodate all single adult male arrivals amid “unprecedented pressure” on services.

Mr McCullough told the High Court that the circumstances of the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission’s (IHREC’s) lawsuit are “highly unusual”

The proposals are contained in a second set of recommendations from the IHREC as part of an ongoing review of equality legislation

IHREC has been joined as a participant in the Supreme Court appeal of Patrick Quirke against his conviction for the murder of DJ Bobby Ryan.