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"Reinstate 48" campaign launches action against council over poster removal
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In February 2016 the Reinstate 48 Initiative, led by Stephen Mulcahy, filed a High Court action against Dublin City Council (DCC) after the council removed posters that promoted the group's campaign to restore Article 48 of the Irish Free State Constitution. The initiative seeks to re‑introduce a clause that would allow a constitutional referendum to be triggered by 50,000 voter signatures, a mechanism that existed in the 1922 constitution but was removed in 1929. The group has spent about €30,000 on six posters and a social media campaign, and claims it is entitled to display them during the election campaign. Mulcahy's lawyers requested declarations that the posters are lawful, that their removal was unlawful, and that the removal breaches the Irish Constitution and the European Convention on Human Rights. They also sought an injunction to prevent further removal of the posters.
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What: Report matter: "Reinstate 48" campaign launches action against council over poster removal. Procedural stage: hearing_or_decision
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- 2016-02-18 Publication
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