Remote hearings no substitute for real courtroom experience – reportStudy looks at issues arising from greater use of tech in legal sector due to pandemicTue Feb 23 2021 - 01:00
Judicial Council adjourns discussion on personal injury awards until MarchAlliance for Insurance Reform expresses concern about what draft report may be advocatingSat Feb 20 2021 - 12:45
Mother and baby homes: Destruction of records was designed to aid confidentialityAssurance of anonymity crucial to encouraging survivors to tell their storyThu Feb 18 2021 - 02:00
Judges’ meeting on personal injuries plan set to be delayed againIsme chief airs concerns over crunch meeting on personal injury awardsThu Feb 18 2021 - 01:45
Senior judges argue against proposed guidelines on personal injury awardsJudicial Council guidelines would lead to reductions in personal injury awardsWed Feb 17 2021 - 03:00
Guidelines expected to cut personal injuries awardsOireachtas had directed judiciary to set up a Personal Injuries Guidelines CommitteeWed Feb 17 2021 - 01:00
Dublin property firm bought Stardust site on behalf of foreign investors groupXestra to promote site as retail development under name of Artane PlaceSat Feb 13 2021 - 01:00
Law on naming child victims of criminal offences to changeCabinet approves adoption of Private Member’s Bill to change lawTue Feb 09 2021 - 20:14
Irish lawyer in running for senior role at International Criminal CourtFergal Gaynor has been working on international criminal justice since 2001Tue Feb 09 2021 - 14:50
Covid-19 tax headache awaits people stuck working overseasTravel restrictions leave employees stranded abroad in ambiguous tax jurisdictionsTue Feb 09 2021 - 05:36
Barristers concerned about income as pandemic bites, survey findsMajority in survey worried about their ability to stay in profession, says Bar CouncilFri Feb 05 2021 - 04:17
Confidential records destroyed ‘without consent’, TD claimsAppeal made for terms of Mother and Baby Homes commission to be extendedThu Feb 04 2021 - 21:30
Séamus Woulfe sits for first time as Supreme Court judge todayWoulfe will also sit as member of Court of Appeal next monthThu Feb 04 2021 - 01:00
Irish and Hungarian ministers clash over EU action on rule of lawHungarian minister claims Hungary and Poland are being subjected to ‘political blackmailing’ by EUTue Feb 02 2021 - 22:37
Rules on credit card spending of serious concern for charities, seminar hearsDifficulties can arise when body dominated by single trustee or family, conference toldFri Jan 29 2021 - 22:11
‘Heroic’ farmers praised for keeping food supplies going during pandemicTaoiseach tells IFA agm Government will support producers amid trading uncertiantyThu Jan 28 2021 - 18:06
Mandatory Covid confinement in hotels for arrivals not ruled out – VaradkarHotels used for such purposes would in effect be like detention centres, says TánaisteTue Jan 26 2021 - 00:30
Pre-trial hearings could lead to guilty pleas before criminal trials begin, say barristersMinister for Justice expects Bill providing for such hearings to be passed by summerMon Jan 25 2021 - 01:02
Traveller who tried to book hotel wedding awarded €15,000 for discriminationWRC issues award as it finds hotel treated woman in ‘dismissive’ and discriminatory mannerMon Jan 25 2021 - 00:01
Press Photographer of Year Awards to be broadcast live online next monthIncrease in number of entries, with 109 photographers entering over 2,000 imagesSun Jan 24 2021 - 18:18
‘Nothing is being ruled out’ in relation to tightening incoming travel rulesIntroduction of mandatory quarantine would likely survive constitutional challengeFri Jan 22 2021 - 01:00
Co-founder of tech group employing 500 in Dublin is large donor to US RepublicansJeffrey Yass gave almost $25 million to Republican superpacs in recent election cycleWed Jan 20 2021 - 05:03
‘No attempt’ to get consent for vaccine trials in mother and baby homesCommission of investigation investigated seven vaccine trials that came within remitMon Jan 18 2021 - 20:26
Practice of vaccine trials makes for ‘difficult reading’, says GSKPharmacuetical firm was involved in vaccine trials in 7 mother and baby homesMon Jan 18 2021 - 18:35
Nuns who ran the Bessborough home in Cork sold part of site for €6.85mCommission investigating homes was informed of last year’s sale, says congregationMon Jan 18 2021 - 08:09
Change to remote working would raise a range of legal issues, expert saysIssues for employers include tracking working hours, health and safety and taxFri Jan 15 2021 - 17:30
Daughters of Charity already paid €19m under 2002 redress dealCongregation expected to contribute to mother and baby redress donated to earlier schemeFri Jan 15 2021 - 04:50
Right to information complicated by constitutional right to privacy of some mothersWoulfe warned Zappone referendum needed for unrestricted access to birth informationWed Jan 13 2021 - 18:33
Commission into mother and baby homes recommends two redress schemesOne scheme would be for children born in the homes and another for women who gave birth in the homesWed Jan 13 2021 - 18:20
Not a takeaway pint to be found in Dublin after Taoiseach’s last ordersDiageo and Heineken stopped delivering draft beers and stouts to pubs last weekSun Jan 10 2021 - 17:43
Inside an Irish ICU: ‘We are nowhere near the Covid-19 peak’St Vincent's Hospital is racing to treat a surge of Covid cases, as the vaccine arrivesSat Jan 09 2021 - 06:00
Up to half of calls to ‘overwhelmed’ legal advice helplines go unansweredService has seen spike in domestic violence cases, family law issues since pandemic beganSun Jan 03 2021 - 05:19
Graham Dwyer, ‘Mr Moonlight’ and Leaving Cert grades: Big Irish court cases in 2021In court: the Kevin Lunney assault, Michael Lynn’s trial and Cervical Check claimsSat Jan 02 2021 - 06:00
Vaccine rollout in Ireland taking place amid heightened litigation concernsTaoiseach says Government is planning a compensation scheme to cover all vaccinesWed Dec 30 2020 - 11:22
Criminal trials at Croke Park worth over €400,000 to GAASports venue is ‘not unused to great adversarial battles’ says stadium headTue Dec 29 2020 - 00:01
Eamon Ryan says case for extending Western Rail Corridor to Claremorris is weakMinister also asserts Covid-19 pandemic is linked to huge stress on natural worldSun Dec 27 2020 - 18:06
Séamus Woulfe is not listed for any Supreme Court hearing up to early MarchNew judge is, however, listed to deal with leave to appeal mattersSun Dec 27 2020 - 16:11
State should ring-fence funding for investigative journalism, says TaoiseachSupport should be provided to media in general, not just public service broadcastingSun Dec 27 2020 - 15:14
District Court president appointed to Circuit CourtJudge Colin Daly fills vacancy that arose after retirement of Judge Gerald KeysWed Dec 23 2020 - 20:13
Flashback to the Christmas story of our childhoodWe might as non-believing adults conclude these stories we were told and teachings we were given still holdSun Dec 20 2020 - 20:00
Alan Shatter wants Taoiseach to apologise fully for ‘damage done’ by Guerin reportEx-minister responds as Martin says redacted report will be placed in Oireachtas librarySat Dec 19 2020 - 15:54
Market, not State, best placed to solve Brexit issues, committee hearsAgency denies being ‘complacent’ in its preparations for forthcoming disruptionsWed Dec 16 2020 - 15:18
Five names to be forwarded under new judicial appointment processMcEntee’s Bill proposes commission of nine but strong legal influence criticised by RossTue Dec 15 2020 - 20:59
Review to examine availability of grants for part-time third-level studentsSimon Harris confirms review of student grant scheme has been approvedMon Dec 14 2020 - 00:01
Nothing is straightforward in the controversy over symphysiotomyIreland’s Catholic ethos a factor in why maternity hospitals continued to use procedureFri Dec 11 2020 - 01:00
95,000 summonses awaiting listing date at District CourtMinister tells Dáil of drive to clear backlog of minor cases due to pause caused by Covid-19Thu Dec 10 2020 - 15:56
European case taken by Irish women over symphysiotomies declared inadmissibleThree claim they were not informed about the procedure and did not give full consentThu Dec 10 2020 - 12:29
Council climbs down after demanding barristers repay pandemic grantsLocal authority had written to 150 barristers who had been paid out just over €750,000Thu Dec 10 2020 - 06:00
Alleged fuel smuggler questions ‘crazy figure’ for unpaid taxesDamien McGleenan’s company DMG Energy Ltd on tax defaulters’ list as owing €9.1mThu Dec 10 2020 - 01:00
Ireland should ‘take lead role’ against China’s treatment of Uighur peopleChairman of Uighur World Congress calls on Ireland to use its position on UN Security CouncilSat Dec 05 2020 - 12:25
