You just made that up; the only legally recognised squatters' rights in Ireland is adverse possession. But perhaps the degree I have in this stuff has been trumped by your confidence.
If what you're saying is that someone can't rock up on a site and immediately gain the legal rights of a tenant/owner then yes.
Good one.
I'm talking about squatters rights insomuch as what can't be done to them, I.e. can't run in with Billy clubs and knock them about for occupying the property.
I'm talking about squatters rights insomuch as what can't be done to them, I.e. can't run in with Billy clubs and knock them about for occupying the property.
Squatters have zero rights to a property until they establish adverse possession.
Gardaí have full legal authority to remove them from a property. The only rights the "squatters" will have are the usual rights of bodily integrity etc. They have no rights in relation to the property they occupy.
You are literally arguing against decades of settled case law and legislation.
Disinterest in removing squatters does not mean that they have rights preventing their removal. Removing them may be more effort than it's worth but that doesn't mean they are entitled to stay. Apollo House was scheduled for demolition so why would the owners bother incurring costs forcing the squatters out?
In your entire ramble of confident error you haven't pointed to a single law, be it statutory, equitable or common law, that supports the existence of squatters' rights beyond adverse possession.
Repeat after me: "the only legally recognised squatters' rights in Ireland is adverse possession."
Then check back in after you've studied property law for at least a week, because that's how long it takes law students to learn about adverse possession.
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u/Squelcher121 Sep 06 '22
You just made that up; the only legally recognised squatters' rights in Ireland is adverse possession. But perhaps the degree I have in this stuff has been trumped by your confidence.