The High Court has ruled that the direct provision system does not breach the human rights of 2 asylum seekers based in Galway.

However the woman and her son have won their claim that there is no justification for some of the house rules in their accommodation.

Our Courts Correspondent Francesca Comyn reports:

The woman and her son are asylum seekers who have been living in state provided accommodation in Galway since mid 2011.

In this legal action they claimed their rights have been breached because over a lengthy period of time the direct provision system amounts to inhuman and degrading treatment.

Mr Justice Colm MacEochaidh has rejected their claim - which he said was doomed not because the proposition is wrong, but because they didn't call witnesses to give evidence that direct provision was harmful and they failed to cross examine the state witnesses who said that it wasn't.

However the judge has found there is no justification for some of the house rules in direct provision accommodation – like signing on daily, unannounced inspections and the ban on guests in residents' rooms.

The case will come back to court next month to see what further steps may be taken.