The Irish parliament had passed an act that allowed detention without trial for anyone the minister deemed dangerous. However, such a bill (under the constitution) would have required a referendum to be set in place, unless both houses resolved that it was immediately necessary for the preservation of public peace/safety. However the governor-general had made a declaration to that effect. Nevertheless the old Irish CA said that without the relevant declarations the act was invalid unless either the relevant declarations/ referendum, was forthcoming.
