‘Marc Godart believes he can defy the laws of this country’: Judge orders landlord appear before High CourtMarc Godart should answer questions on oath about why award has not been paid to tenant illegally evicted, judge saysMon May 13 2024 - 15:38
La vie en rose – Colm Keena on bohemian days in Paris We limped home, penniless, but richer nonethelessSun May 12 2024 - 18:55
HSE approves new treatment option for people with breast cancer at high-risk of recurrenceThe drug, called abemaciclib, reduces chance of cancer returning by more than 30%Sun May 12 2024 - 18:39
‘Trailblazer’ former Fine Gael MEP Mary Banotti has diedTaoiseach Simon Harris says former Fine Gael presidential candidate was ‘smart, wise and funny’Sat May 11 2024 - 15:08
Northern Lights set to return to Irish skies on Saturday nightIn pictures: aurora borealis spark excitement with rare sightings across Ireland on Friday nightSat May 11 2024 - 13:36
Man jailed for ‘ferocious assault’ on former partner while locked inside taxiJudge tells victim ‘none of this is her fault’ as she sentences man who had ‘treated her like a possession’ to 11 years imprisonmentFri May 10 2024 - 15:48
‘Dodgy box’ service is still operating, court told as sentencing of man is deferredRequest for bail to deal with continuing operation of the illegal service denied by judgeFri May 10 2024 - 13:32
‘We got a ring, it looked like a washer’: Irish victims lose thousands in global online shopping scam centred in China‘Franchise’ system with roots in China has almost no Chinese victims, German researchers sayThu May 09 2024 - 06:00
RTÉ funding by hybrid model may be ‘worst of both worlds’, Catherine Martin saysThree reports outline litany of operational and management flaws at MontroseTue May 07 2024 - 22:12
‘No valid basis’ for several transactions paid through RTÉ barter accountPolitical failures to fill board vacancies and provide RTÉ with a sustainable funding model core to crisis, separate review findsTue May 07 2024 - 22:00
Former Godart tenant says residents paid rent in cash to live-in agent of landlordWoman who was illegally evicted was awarded €15,000 by RTB, but has not received the moneyTue May 07 2024 - 14:35
Ireland drops six places in Press Freedom index because of politicians using ‘judicial intimidation’Index compiled by organisation that wrote to Mary Lou McDonald last year expressing ‘alarm’ at case being taken against The Irish TimesFri May 03 2024 - 18:35
Nicaraguan journalist running media outlet in exile due to crackdown on independent pressWorld Press Freedom Day: ‘There is a process of absolute total criminalisation of freedom of the press, of freedom of expression’ in Nicaragua, says Carlos ChamorroFri May 03 2024 - 06:00
John Waters cannot ‘go around defaming people’, hearing toldJudgment reserved in case where Kitty Holland of The Irish Times is suing over comments made in 2017Wed May 01 2024 - 21:00
British Virgin Islands-based company buying up portfolio of premium Dublin properties Dublin offices of Davy linked to complex network of international finance and property investment and development groupsWed May 01 2024 - 06:00
John Waters claims he faces ‘ruination’ should he lose defamation action taken by Kitty HollandCircuit Civil Court hears Waters has taken 12 defamation cases but has never sued a journalist directlyTue Apr 30 2024 - 20:14
Report in The Irish Times initiated ‘lie’ about death of Savita Halappanavar, court toldJohn Waters being sued by journalist Kitty Holland over remarks at political event in 2017 which Holland says meant she was not fit to be a journalistMon Apr 29 2024 - 19:33
Son of the soil – Colm Keena on the occasional delights of getting our hands dirty Weeding soon progressed to work requiring a shovel and a pitchforkMon Apr 29 2024 - 18:59
Stephen Donnelly: closing of hospital emergency services in midwest ‘not done correctly’Minister ‘taken aback’ by testimony at Aoife Johnston inquest on conditions at UHL’s emergency departmentSun Apr 28 2024 - 14:00
Controversial landlord Marc Godart ordered to explain apparent non-compliance with High Court directionsApplication over unpaid debt hears separate case involving Godart due before the District Court next weekTue Apr 23 2024 - 19:51
Mother-and-baby-home investigation to include DNA profiling using genetic material from maternal lineUse of next-generation sequencing technology for examining mitochondrial DNA material will represent a new departure for State laboratoryMon Apr 22 2024 - 06:01
Stardust verdicts could have civil and criminal implications, legal observers sayFormer Stardust manager made two unsuccessful High Court attempts to stop the jury being allowed come to verdicts of unlawful killingSat Apr 20 2024 - 06:00
‘Age is no barrier’, says journalist Peter Murtagh at launch of travel bookAuthor’s new book is based on his retirement adventure with a motorbike and a tentThu Apr 18 2024 - 20:45
Man convicted of operating ‘dodgy box’ service remanded in custody Court told further charges brought against Ciaran Donovan relate to investigator's subscription being renewed in MarchWed Apr 17 2024 - 17:55
Irish spending more on alcohol at home than in pubs as consumption drops, report findsNew law proposed by Government is in conflict with legislation introduced in 2018 to drive down drinking, particularly among young people, review saysWed Apr 17 2024 - 00:01
DPP suspects €6m in property and cash may be linked to Michael Lynn’s €80m bank theft, court toldJudge adjourns to July bid to put questions to former solicitor who is serving five-and-a-half years for theft from banksTue Apr 16 2024 - 13:22
Gardaí investigating assaults in Co Clare that left man with serious injuriesMan (20s) being treated in hospital after alleged assault in retail premisesMon Apr 15 2024 - 06:29
Man (40s) arrested after body found in Naas housing estatePortmortem to be carried out on Monday after discovery of man’s body in residence in Co KildareSun Apr 14 2024 - 21:46
Gardaí investigate fire at Wicklow property being considered for housing asylum applicantsTrudder House facility site of protests last month by people concerned about tents proposalSun Apr 14 2024 - 18:19
Paddy Cosgrave’s high-risk return: ‘He is a fascinating figure ... I think he relishes the notoriety’Sponsors will want to hear from Cosgrave about posting of a Palestinian flag by the Ditch on October 7th, says businessmanSat Apr 13 2024 - 06:00
Former Christian Brother accused of multiple sex abuse offences in Dublin schoolJudge grants legal aid to former teacher who is scheduled to enter a plea at a hearing in JuneFri Apr 12 2024 - 12:09
Chinese trafficking victim not paid €28,000 award from Workplace Relations CommissionWork permit scheme can result in people being trapped ‘like a slave’, says Jinxiu ZhengTue Apr 09 2024 - 06:00
The beat goes on – Colm Keena on music, evolution and societyIt is odd that collective music-making has now become such a parcelled-off activityMon Apr 08 2024 - 20:45
Grafton Street: What does it cost to rent a building there? It depends which part of it you want International brands keen to get footholds in Dublin, says real-estate expert, even as business group says planners should broaden options for city-centre thoroughfareFri Apr 05 2024 - 06:00
Who owns Grafton Street? Wealthy Irish families and faceless funds control 119 of Dublin’s most valuable buildingsFrom large pension funds to wealthy private investors, the owners of Dublin’s most famous shopping street enjoy large rent rolls from some of the biggest names in the Irish retail sectorMon Apr 01 2024 - 06:00
Wealthy Irish families buy up Grafton Street property from investment fundsLimerick billionaire JP McManus, founder of Panda waste collection Eamon Waters and the Brennan family among owners on Grafton StreetMon Apr 01 2024 - 00:00
Woman in her 30s dies and four others injured in Tipperary road crashTwo car collision also saw man in his 40s and three teenagers taken to hospital with non-life threatening injuriesSat Mar 30 2024 - 12:57
Government ‘cashing in’ on fuel price rises, Aontú leader saysIncrease in excise due on Monday is to be followed by further increases in AugustThu Mar 28 2024 - 17:56
Illegal sales of bodybuilding steroids, Botox and cancer-causing fake tan drugs on the rise, latest data indicatesAmong products seized by HPRA last year were sedatives, erectile disfunction and weight loss drugsThu Mar 28 2024 - 13:46
Family Courts Bill will create ‘two-tier’ system for people seeking divorce or legal separation, say barristersHaving cases where family home is worth less than €1m heard in District Court will create ‘summary’ system for less well-offThu Mar 21 2024 - 06:00
Asylum seekers told to pitch tents ‘anywhere on the mountain’ in Crooksling return to Dublin city centreMen were told to pack belongings before 8am on Saturday morning, with cleaners on site by 10.30amSat Mar 16 2024 - 17:52
Asylum seeker camp in Dublin clearedThe International Protection Accommodation Services cleared all the tents on Mount Street - while being offered new accommodation in tents at Crooksling.Sat Mar 16 2024 - 16:37
Landlord Marc Godart engages senior counsel to fight former tenant in High Court over €15,000 debtCase involving nonpayment of debt to former tenant not properly before court, counsel for Green Label Short Lets Ltd saysFri Mar 15 2024 - 14:54
‘You feel it is inflating property values’: south Dublin homes targeted by rich Chinese buyersSurge in applications from Chinese multimillionaires to live in Ireland coincides with increase in live streamed viewings of Dublin propertiesSat Mar 09 2024 - 06:00
Wealthy Chinese buyers snapping up south Dublin homes ‘sight unseen’Attraction of south Dublin fee-paying schools is driving interest in the area among ‘top-tier’ business families in China, says Dublin agentSat Mar 09 2024 - 06:00
British agents inside Provisional IRA knowingly killed others in organisation, Kenova report findsThose inside PIRA who gave information ‘significantly degraded and debilitated the effectiveness of terrorist groups’Fri Mar 08 2024 - 18:27
Metrolink compensation cap rises to €75,000 after criticism of ‘inadequate’ fundConservation specialist to carry out surveys on qualifying properties, with commercial properties includedWed Mar 06 2024 - 15:26
Marc Godart: Landlord’s company pleads guilty to breach of fire safety law at Dublin propertyCity centre property used for short-term letting was a ‘potentially dangerous’ according to fire safety noticeTue Mar 05 2024 - 11:55
‘An appalling litany of behaviour’: Judge says Marc Godart firm’s treatment of tenant ‘completely unacceptable’Legal team for former tenant want Godart and parents ordered to answer questions in court about company’s failure to pay compensationTue Mar 05 2024 - 06:00
Landlord Marc Godart says all Irish revenue has to be sent to Luxembourg as part of family corporate structureJudge says Godart will have to answer questions about transfer of funds from Irish company to parent company in LuxembourgTue Mar 05 2024 - 05:00
