The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission has been granted leave by the Supreme Court to exercise its amicus curiae function in a significant case examining the right to silence when a person is questioned as part of a criminal investigation.
The case, Sweeney v Minister for Justice, Ireland and the Attorney General, has been referred directly from the High Court to the Supreme Court due to the important constitutional issues at question. It will explore the nature and extent of the right to silence, and the offence of withholding information under section 9(1)(b) of the Offences Against the State Acts.
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