Third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, permitted the state to join the European Communities and provided that European law would take precedence over the constitution
The High Court is a court of first instance with general original jurisdiction, hearing the most important cases in civil law and criminal law (in the latter case sitting as the Central Criminal Court).
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Before the adoption of the amendment, the Supreme Court had mandatory jurisdiction—civil cases decided by the High Court were directly appealable to the Supreme Court, which had no choice over which appeals it heard.
Twenty-third Amendment of the Constitution of Ireland, which permitted the state to recognise the International Criminal Court
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