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flag Irish couple loses Supreme Court bid for new certificates under assumed names, despite real hardships.

flag A couple in Ireland’s Witness Protection Programme has lost a Supreme Court appeal seeking new birth and marriage certificates under their assumed names after surrendering original documents. flag The court ruled that while the inconvenience caused real distress, especially in enrolling their children in school, there is no constitutional right to a birth certificate under a false identity. flag The justices emphasized that policy decisions on such matters belong to the Oireachtas, not the courts, though they acknowledged the possibility of future statutory reform.

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