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The High Court has spoken − time to stop dancing around Palestinian student visas

Or else let us call the Government’s stance out for what it actually is

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The Irish Times - Letters to the Editor.
Thu Oct 29 2026 - 06:00

Sir, – The High Court has spoken. Hasn’t the Government done sufficient dancing around the issue at this point? It is time to either approve the visas for the brilliant Palestinian students who have earned the right to study here, or call this situation out for what it actually is: a feeble response to political and diplomatic coercion. – Yours, etc,

DR ANDREW FORDE,

Deputy director, Dublin European Law Institute,

Dublin City University.

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