The High Court has refused to extend a stay preventing the deportation of an Egyptian national while he pursues an application for leave to appeal to the Supreme Court.
A.M.A. is challenging a deportation order dated 3 October 2025 and served on him six days later. He had previously sought permission to bring judicial review proceedings and an injunction preventing his removal, but both applications were refused by Mr Justice Conleth Bradley on 16 December 2025.
The court also refused to certify an appeal to the Court of Appeal on 20 December. Because the courts were entering the Christmas vacation, a temporary stay on deportation was nevertheless granted until 19 January 2026 to allow A.M.A. to seek admission of an appeal to the Supreme Court.
His Supreme Court application was ultimately filed on 15 January and also required an extension of time. A.M.A. then sought a further High Court stay pending that process.
In a ruling delivered on 30 January 2026, Mr Justice Bradley refused the application. Applying Supreme Court principles governing interim relief, he said the court had to minimise the risk of injustice while giving significant weight to the orderly implementation of a presumptively valid deportation order.
A.M.A. remained in immigration detention and his lawyers said the statutory 56-day detention period was due to expire on 14 February. The judge held that detention and the prospect of deportation before that date arose from the operation of the Immigration Act 1999 and did not favour granting a stay.
The court also found that A.M.A. had not established particular adverse consequences from being returned to Egypt, which the judgment described as a designated safe country, or shown that his presence in Ireland was required for the Supreme Court proceedings.
The proposed order therefore refuses the stay. The judge also provisionally indicated that the Minister should recover the costs of the application, subject to any further submissions.