Majority of Ireland’s barristers ‘facing huge drop in income’ during pandemicChair Bar council most barristers making modest or ordinary incomesThu Oct 01 2020 - 09:30
Reform group backs measures to tackle ‘paracetemol injury’ payoutsNew legislation will put a cap on personal injury insurance claimsWed Sept 30 2020 - 09:46
Plan for court personal injury cap guide likely to be constitutional – reportLaw Reform Commission examines four types of legislative model for capping damagesWed Sept 30 2020 - 01:00
New courts and judges as family law system set for major reformMinister says reforms will result in a more efficient system with families at the centreWed Sept 30 2020 - 01:00
Highly-disturbed teenager who has threatened to kill mother due for release18-year-old arrested by gardaí on release from secure care unitFri Sept 25 2020 - 12:25
Road traffic law ‘extremely difficult’ to follow because of additions and amendmentsLaw Reform Commission says laws should be available in consolidated formFri Sept 25 2020 - 10:49
FinCEN Files: Scale of challenge facing financial regulators revealed in leaked documentsTwo former IFSC-based firms mentioned in a Suspicious Activity Report on multi-billion euro wire transfers filed by Wall Street bankFri Sept 25 2020 - 05:51
FinCEN Files: Dublin-listed fund sent $23m to firm suspected of links to Russian crime bossUS bank became concerned that company may be linked to notorious gangsterFri Sept 25 2020 - 04:00
Gardaí seize 85 cars worth €2m as part of money-laundering investigationCab suspects crime gang was laundering cash through used-car outlet in TipperaryThu Sept 24 2020 - 21:09
Belfast mailbox address used by account holder in Russian money-laundering schemeThe network processed hundreds of millions of US dollarsMon Sept 21 2020 - 20:00
FinCEN Files: Dublin business features in leak of US treasury documentsFinancial crime agency leaks contain references to firm set up from Ranelagh houseSun Sept 20 2020 - 18:15
The FinCEN files: The billion dollar a month money trailA labyrinthine network of bank accounts over many years has moved enormous amounts of capital out of Russia and into the West. Some of those accounts began life in DublinSun Sept 20 2020 - 18:01
‘I’ve put hours upon hours into my studies, I am gutted with the grades’Leaving Certificate student calls for comprehensive appeals systemTue Sept 15 2020 - 13:40
Legal challenges over Leaving Cert results must clear high barLegal test is high for challenges to decision to disregard schools’ Leaving Cert track recordTue Sept 15 2020 - 02:54
Court system could be changed for the better by pandemicHead of service says technology is reducing wait times for cases and will lead to savingsThu Aug 27 2020 - 03:00
Jay Bourke: ‘The last recession, it changed everybody’Critics and past creditors of the talented publican-restaurateur ‘could fill a small bar’Sat Aug 22 2020 - 06:00
Séamus Woulfe apology fails to quell criticism over ‘reckless actions’Supreme Court judge understood event would be within public health guidelinesFri Aug 21 2020 - 19:54
Judge criticises Justice Department for not implementing part of refugee regimePanel of medics to assess those seeking protection not assembled after almost five yearsFri Aug 21 2020 - 01:00
Gardaí arrest two men in shop thefts investigationCo Kildare house is searched as part of inquiry into robberies in Dublin, Wicklow, Galway, Meath and KilkennyTue Aug 18 2020 - 11:42
Court cuts whiplash compensation, says injury awards should ‘not be a lottery’Judge reduces €76,000 award to €41,000, says some judges viewed as ‘more generous or parsimonious’Tue Aug 18 2020 - 10:03
Call for immediate closure of pubs, hotels in ‘flagrant breach’ of rulesHospitality sector representatives say businesses breaching Covid-19 regulations should be ‘named and shamed’Mon Aug 17 2020 - 19:51
Further restrictions to protect vulnerable from Covid-19 to be consideredSharp increase in confirmed cases prompts ‘deep concern’ in national emergency teamMon Aug 17 2020 - 01:00
‘This cannot continue’ warns Dr Ronan Glynn as 66 new cases of Covid-19 reportedSome are socialising recklessly, he warns, as Nphet prepares to meet Monday to consider ‘any necessary recommendations’Mon Aug 17 2020 - 00:16
NPHET to discuss effect of rise in Covid-19 cases on re-opening of schoolsDr Ronan Glynn says new cases across every county and region in ‘significant escalation’Sun Aug 16 2020 - 19:57
Dramatic action needed to reduce spread of Covid-19 – infectious disease expertProf Sam McConkey warns of widespread infection in elderly if approach not changedSun Aug 16 2020 - 19:46
John Hume: Key leaders in build-up to Belfast Agreement pay tributeHume ‘committed to pursuing objectives by exclusively peaceful and democratic means’Mon Aug 03 2020 - 18:54
Donald Trump declares ‘income’ of €11.4m from Doonbeg resortUS president reports slight drop in revenue from Clare business in latest disclosureSun Aug 02 2020 - 21:24
Cervical cancer controversy: ‘Why are they fighting these women so badly?’Campaigner Lorraine Walsh: ‘We are all wondering if we have to go through torture just to get justice’Sat Aug 01 2020 - 06:00
Covid-19: Too early to see case spike as serious threat to healthPublic anxiety triggered by surge but precautions and next few days will shape patternSat Aug 01 2020 - 01:35
Court’s quashing of climate plan a cause for international embarrassmentChief Justice criticises aspects of statutory plan as ‘excessively vague or aspirational’Fri Jul 31 2020 - 17:17
Bankruptcy: ‘play ball and it's very easy’Retired official assignee Chris Lehane on unmanageable debt, hidden assets and ‘acting the maggot’Wed Jul 29 2020 - 05:36
Coronavirus: Criminal trial backlog equates to half a year’s casesCourts Service is looking at use of non-court buildings to allow for social distancingFri Jul 17 2020 - 14:00
Second ever woman elected to chair of Bar CouncilMaura McNally SC follows in footsteps of Ms Justice Mella Carroll who held role in 1979Thu Jul 16 2020 - 17:16
Two of three CervicalCheck Tribunal judges no longer availableProcess to deal with claims cannot be established until new members chosenThu Jul 16 2020 - 01:50
Court extends period of bankruptcy of farmer whose cattle were shot to 2024Money found hidden behind radiator when house searched was not listed in statement of personal information, court toldMon Jul 13 2020 - 15:45
Varadkar ‘doesn’t fully trust’ banks amid profiteering claimsMinisters to meet chief executives of banks next week over Covid-19 mortgage breaksSat Jul 11 2020 - 16:03
FF, FG should know Greens willing to walk away from government – Catherine MartinGreen party deputy leader says other parties know ‘how hard a deal maker’ she isSat Jul 11 2020 - 14:30
Many politicians remaining silent over online personal abuseOver half of TDs and Senators say they have received threats of physical violenceSat Jul 11 2020 - 03:51
All parties to High Court hearings told to wear facemasksDirections issued by Ms Justice Mary Irvine also stipulate negotiations cannot take place on court premisesMon Jul 06 2020 - 21:03
Restaurants file court actions against insurers over lockdown lossesAbout 25 cases being taken against insurers and underwritersSat Jul 04 2020 - 07:12
Minister urged to set up committee to examine social media regulationLawyer tells Helen McEntee State has obligation to look at issue ‘as a matter of urgency’Sat Jul 04 2020 - 01:00
Solicitors can now become senior counsel after 300-year-old law is overturnedLegal regulator invites applications for role from solicitors, with closing date July 24thThu Jul 02 2020 - 01:00
RTÉ faces drop in revenue of 25-35% amid Covid-19Abbey Theatre warns of ‘full-blown crisis’ facing Irish theatre sectorTue Jun 30 2020 - 01:00
Ceann Comhairle writes to Bríd Smith over comments about judgeMinister for Justice says Deputy’s comments in the Dáil ‘highly personalised’ and ‘an attack on democracy itself’Fri Jun 26 2020 - 20:44
Parties urged to try to settle personal injury cases amid High Court backlogAccommodation issues related to Covid-19 likely to persist, High Court president saysFri Jun 26 2020 - 00:01
‘Personalised attack’ on High Court judge strongly criticisedBríd Smyth TD commented on Mr Justice Garrett Simons’ minimum wage rulingThu Jun 25 2020 - 17:22
Irish Times crime journalist Conor Gallagher wins media award for Ana Kriégel storyKathleen Harris wins broadcast journalism award for video on NI campaignsThu Jun 25 2020 - 15:41
Ireland’s Covid victims: Anna O’Sullivan was a nurse during the blitzLives lost to Covid-19: Born in Cavan, married in Kerry and retired in Dublin, Anna would have been 100 this yearThu Jun 25 2020 - 11:30
James (Jem) Cleary obituary: A born storytellerLives Lost to Covid-19: A man of faith with a fantastic sense of humourThu Jun 25 2020 - 11:30
Carmel Callis obituary: ‘A wonderful voice which brought joy to everyone’Lives lost to Covid-19: Carmel loved her job and if people were working late she would buy bread and meat and make them sandwichesThu Jun 25 2020 - 11:30
