Constitutional rights to life and equality cited in High Court challenge to Government climate planDublin law centre and co-plaintiffs allege plan is too weak to comply with carbon budget programme and international obligationsMon Sept 09 2024 - 18:23
Rags to riches: Girl (16) transformed neglected rescue pony into Dublin Horse Show qualifierEmily O’Neill said ‘blood, sweat and tears’ went into breaking and training Da Vinci for the eventSat Aug 17 2024 - 16:22
‘Horses are our lives’: Equine enthusiasts descend on RDS for 149th Dublin Horse ShowMore than 120,000 people and 1,600 horses and ponies are expected to attend the five-day eventWed Aug 14 2024 - 19:00
Landlord’s move to pressurise and evict 92-year-old tenant ‘unconscionable’, says RTBA tribunal held that a termination notice was issued out of frustration when the tenant challenge a rent reviewWed Aug 14 2024 - 06:15
Court grants parentage to man in donor eggs caseJudge draws inferences from messages between the pair that made specific reference to man’s involvement exceeding that of a sperm donorTue Aug 13 2024 - 06:00
‘Sharp increase’ in prevalence of blackleg seen in cattle postmortemsThe factors behind the large outbreaks are unclear, but prevention is through vaccines, the agriculture department saidMon Aug 12 2024 - 19:06
Road safety: Small ‘correction’ to law could be ‘game changer’ in dealing with disqualified driversAmendment to Road Traffic Act would allow gardaí instant access on whether motorist disqualified, uninsured or carrying penalty pointsFri Aug 09 2024 - 06:00
Man who claims wife forged his signature for loans secures Supreme Court appeal over repayment orderThe top court said Brian Murray’s appeal raises issues of “significant” public importanceThu Aug 08 2024 - 16:03
Road users encouraged to report bad driving through new online portalThe Irish Cycling Campaign welcomed the initiative as a “significant step towards modernising traffic incident reporting”Thu Aug 08 2024 - 14:41
Man who saw abuser jailed says trial was ‘like being abused all over again’Judge criticises disclosure of medical information in trial, during which defence put to victim ‘extraordinary assertion ... that he enjoyed the abuse’Thu Aug 08 2024 - 12:45
Phonewatch billboard citing burglary statistics was ‘misleading’, ad watchdog findsThe authority released a series of reports on Wednesday holding that 11 ads breached the advertising codeWed Aug 07 2024 - 20:51
Girl seriously injured in Parnell Square stabbing visits new home for first time, says motherGirl (5) was one of three children injured in Dublin city centre incident last November along with a care workerWed Aug 07 2024 - 16:03
‘He was my best friend, my love and the best father’: Helicopter crash victim had courage to strive, funeral toldJillian Crosby said becoming a helicopter pilot was her late husband Niall Crosby’s ‘lifelong dream’Tue Aug 06 2024 - 14:54
State found guilty of breaching homeless IP applicants’ rights but no sanction issuedJudge denies IHREC’s request for order forcing Government to establish system that vindicates the fundamental rights of all international protection applicantsFri Aug 02 2024 - 06:00
Rights of homeless asylum seekers: No immediate changes likely after court ruling, Coalition figures indicateInternational protection applicants obliged to make ‘unacceptable’ choices due to Republic’s failure to meet obligations to themFri Aug 02 2024 - 06:00
Man loses damages claim for injuries sustained following ‘hazardous’ climb over gateJudge says the defendant was entitled to assume trespassers would take all reasonable care for their own safetyThu Aug 01 2024 - 17:30
Homeless asylum seekers’ right to human dignity breached by State, court rules Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission challenged lack of accommodation for many adult male International Protection applicantsThu Aug 01 2024 - 13:23
Appeal court finds ‘no legal basis’ for order preventing firm extracting peat from part of Midlands bogsHarte Peat argued some land considered by High Court not being extracted when EPA brought applicationThu Aug 01 2024 - 13:03
Man allegedly living rent-free for 15 years-plus in Dublin house overturns quit noticeJohn O’Gara claims ownership of the Rathfarnham house by adverse possessionWed Jul 31 2024 - 22:02
High Court extends orders restraining people from interfering with workers accessing Coolock siteCourt hears the site developer’s chief executive has left the country with his family on the advice of gardaíWed Jul 31 2024 - 21:06
Supreme Court to rule on Wednesday on Graham Dwyer’s conviction appealDwyer has been serving a life sentence after being convicted in 2015 for the murder of Elaine O’HaraTue Jul 30 2024 - 17:21
Bloxham liquidator asks court to approve offers of €195,000 from two partnersCourt hears four former partners do not have funds to contribute to stockbroker’s €16.7m wind-up costs and another is missingTue Jul 30 2024 - 16:42
Drink driving conviction correctly quashed due to garda’s technical error, Supreme Court rulesMajority of five-judge panel agreed that court bound by a 2014 ‘letter of the law’ decisionTue Jul 30 2024 - 11:59
Widower settles action over delay in diagnosing late wife’s cancerThe court heard Mary Gilroy died aged 71 in May 2020 after being diagnosed with terminal cancerFri Jul 26 2024 - 19:18
High Court challenges brought over tented accommodation for asylum seekersLatest case before court brought by Somalian national initially homeless upon arrival in State last DecemberFri Jul 26 2024 - 17:52
Judge justified in concluding child’s rights not properly considered by Minister for Justice, Supreme Court rules The five-judge court dismissed the appeal by Helen McEntee in relation to deportation case involving child’s fatherThu Jul 25 2024 - 20:03
Debt purchasing firm granted injunction restraining owner from re-entering houseMr Justice Rory Mulcahy said Everyday Finance is “clearly” entitled to possession of the north Dublin propertyThu Jul 25 2024 - 15:41
High Court to ask European forum to decide issues linked to validity of nitrate derogation measuresMr Justice Richard Humphreys said An Taisce’s case raised novel, complex and important issues of EU lawWed Jul 24 2024 - 18:44
Drones being used to deliver unlit petrol bombs to Coolock site, High Court hears‘Crackle of violence’ could spark into flames at site being developed as accommodation for mainly UkrainiansWed Jul 24 2024 - 15:47
Minister’s power to issue binding planning conditions constitutional - courtOireachtas ‘fully entitled’ to ensure local authority powers are exercisable in a way that conforms to national policy standards, judges saidTue Jul 23 2024 - 16:57
Bitter disputes between Web Summit co-founders to be heard over nine weeksThe parties involved in the five cases have spent more than two years sifting through files as part of the discovery processMon Jul 22 2024 - 18:10
Court rejects Philip Nolan’s application to be treated as not dismissed from Science Foundation IrelandProf Nolan contends the High Court gave a ‘fundamentally incorrect’ decision in his caseFri Jul 19 2024 - 17:31
Ryanair’s challenge to competition authority’s search warrant set for hearing next OctoberCourt hears there is an ‘urgency’ to the case, as competition investigations should be resolved quicklyFri Jul 19 2024 - 15:59
High Court awards €66,000 to barista discriminated against when dismissed while pregnantJudge concludes issuing of Renata Karpicz’s P45 constituted dismissal in all the circumstancesThu Jul 18 2024 - 17:52
Court grants order restraining ‘persons unknown’ from attending Coolock site to engage in threatening behaviourThe court heard there are plans to build more than 500 units to accommodate mainly Ukrainian familiesThu Jul 18 2024 - 16:19
Farming couple allege Pepper Finance is pursuing them over debts fully repaid 12 years agoA judge said that a 2012 letter, if proved correct, makes the case ‘truly astonishing’Wed Jul 17 2024 - 16:17
Supreme Court dismisses appeal by initiator of plan to rob man later subjected to ‘barbaric’ attackEdward McAndrew set upon by men who beat him with iron bars and demanded moneyTue Jul 16 2024 - 19:39
Man accused of unlawfully reoccupying his Dublin home says footage will debunk debt purchaser’s claims A man who identified himself as Joseph Kennedy said Everyday Finance’s claims are ‘not true’Tue Jul 16 2024 - 18:49
Solar panel firm with €800,000 debts wound up by High CourtKampai Solar Ireland said it encountered considerable issues including labour costs three times that budgeted forMon Jul 15 2024 - 16:50
Marc Godart made personally liable for 80 per cent of ex-tenant’s legal costsA High Court judge said the landlord acted “in bad faith and with impropriety” during litigationThu Jul 11 2024 - 14:08
Hospital not liable for psychiatric injury of woman who witnessed late husband’s rapid health decline, judge rulesCarmel Germaine alleged she would have been spared ‘nervous shock’ if her husband’s condition was diagnosed following an October 2018 x-rayWed Jul 10 2024 - 21:21
Woman loses claim for damages against council for pavement slip injuriesBreda Long was a ‘most honest witness’ but did not prove council was responsible for a danger, judge findsWed Jul 10 2024 - 15:34
Robbery gang member fails to convince Supreme Court to hear appeal over order on homeStefan and Tammy Saunders did not meet the constitutional threshold for being heard in top courtTue Jul 09 2024 - 17:53
Hearing date pushed back in case against ex-Nationwide boss Fingleton Supreme Court is yet to rule on Michael Fingleton’s request for the case to be haltedFri Jul 05 2024 - 16:37
Marc Godart’s lawyers urge court not to make him pay ex-tenant’s legal costsCourt to rule next week on liability for legal costs in fight over €15,433 paymentFri Jul 05 2024 - 15:20
Prof Philip Nolan appealing judge’s refusal to extend injunction preventing dismissal from SFIHigh Court does not rule on costs as it may be unjust for academic to pay for failed application with a wider case to followThu Jul 04 2024 - 13:30
Former mother and baby home resident alleges she was given wrong child at birthExpected bill for outstanding legal claims against the State has surpassed €5 billion for the first timeWed Jul 03 2024 - 19:55
Supreme Court to consider use of contempt jurisdiction in cases about care owed to vulnerable childrenThe High Court refused to declare that the Child and Family Agency was in contempt of a court orderTue Jul 02 2024 - 17:56
High Court hears all challenges to Residential Zoned Land Tax decisions now mootLawyers for An Bord Pleanála said 25 challenges were taken over RZLT targeting certain landsTue Jul 02 2024 - 16:19
Man prohibited from taking legal actions against ex-partner without judge’s permissionMr Justice Séamus Woulfe said permitted man an unrestricted right to litigate against woman would be ‘unfair and oppressive’ to herMon Jul 01 2024 - 17:54
