Academic's challenge upheld by Supreme CourtTHE SUPREME Court has upheld a challenge by Prof Connell Fanning, head of the economics department of University College Cork…Wed Oct 29 2008 - 00:00
Waste firm says council seeking to 'remonopolise' serviceTHE PANDA waste collection company has claimed before the High Court that Dublin City Council is seeking to "remonopolise" the…Wed Oct 29 2008 - 00:00
Council accused over waste collection servicesA waste collection company has claimed before the High Court that Dublin City Council is seeking to “re-monopolise” the household…Tue Oct 28 2008 - 00:00
Bus operator settles High Court actionA private bus company has settled its High Court action against the Minister for Transport over a decision allowing Dublin Bus…Tue Oct 28 2008 - 00:00
Docklands authority will accept north quays rulingTHE DUBLIN Docklands Development Authority has told the Commercial Court it is not appealing against a court decision that it…Sat Oct 25 2008 - 01:00
Legal move to make developer pay €7.5m adjournedA LEGAL action to compel developer Bernard McNamara to pay €7Sat Oct 25 2008 - 01:00
Court appoints provisional liquidator to Windsor TilesA PROVISIONAL liquidator has been appointed by the High Court to Windsor Tiles and two related companies after the court was …Sat Oct 25 2008 - 01:00
State undertakes to house destitute asylum seekerTHE STATE has told the High Court it will provide interim accommodation from today for a mentally ill refugee from Afghanistan…Sat Oct 25 2008 - 01:00
McNamara €7.5 million legal action adjournedA legal action to compel developer Bernard McNamara to pay €7Fri Oct 24 2008 - 01:00
Dunne seeks court order to pull down €83m docklands buildingDEVELOPER SEÁN Dunne is pursuing an application for a High Court injunction requiring rival developer Liam Carroll to pull down…Fri Oct 24 2008 - 01:00
Refugee who sleeps in factory seeks subsistence aidTHE HIGH Court yesterday heard the case of a refugee from Afghanistan who is destitute and has been sleeping in a factory building…Fri Oct 24 2008 - 01:00
State to provide shelter for mentally ill refugeeThe State has told the High Court it will provide interim accommodation from tomorrow for a mentally ill refugee from Afghanistan…Fri Oct 24 2008 - 01:00
Couple ordered to repay €4.5m loansA BANK has secured a court order requiring a couple to repay loans of €4Fri Oct 24 2008 - 01:00
Winding-up petition on builder injunctedA BUILDING company which says it is "wholly solvent" with an annual turnover of some €100 million has secured a temporary High…Thu Oct 23 2008 - 01:00
Judge appoints examiner to Tuskar Asset ManagementA HIGH Court judge has appointed an examiner to a group of property development and investment companies with liabilities of €…Wed Oct 22 2008 - 01:00
Girl secures €2.45 million in High Court actionA seven year-old girl with cerebral palsy has secured €2Tue Oct 21 2008 - 01:00
Ryanair berated over late paymentsA HIGH COURT judge has described as “thoroughly unattractive” a “tactic” by Ryanair to withhold until “the last possible moment…Tue Oct 21 2008 - 01:00
Shareholders sue McNamara over €7.5m holding in property companyTHREE BUSINESSMEN, a tax consultant and a banker have brought legal proceedings to compel developer Bernard McNamara to pay them…Tue Oct 21 2008 - 01:00
Council loses case over Eyre Square renovationGALWAY CITY Council has lost a High Court case about its handling of €6Sat Oct 18 2008 - 01:00
Drink-driving prosecution halts over breath test 'technical flaw'A CO DUBLIN man has won a Supreme Court order halting his prosecution for drink driving in a case which has exposed what the …Fri Oct 17 2008 - 01:00
'Slab' Murphy hands over cash, properties to authoritiesThomas “Slab” Murphy and his two brothers have agreed to allow the Criminal Assets Bureau hand over to the State some €630,000…Fri Oct 17 2008 - 01:00
Desmond case against 'Irish Mirror' allowedTHE SUPREME Court has by a two to one majority cleared the way for businessman Dermot Desmond to pursue his libel action over…Thu Oct 16 2008 - 01:00
Dublin man wins Supreme Court order to halt drink driving caseA Co Dublin man has won a Supreme Court order halting his prosecution for drink driving in a case that has exposed what the court…Thu Oct 16 2008 - 01:00
Psychiatric patient takes case against involuntary detention in hospitalA WOMAN with a history of psychiatric illness whose doctors believe she would fare best in supported accommodation outside hospital…Thu Oct 16 2008 - 01:00
Father and two sons to pay €1m owed for property services at Greystones hotelA FATHER, his two sons and their company, who were restrained from reducing their assets below €1 million and had to surrender…Wed Oct 15 2008 - 01:00
Woman awarded €5m after car crashTHE HIGH Court has approved a settlement of €5 million for a woman (28) who is brain damaged and will never live independently…Wed Oct 15 2008 - 01:00
CAO loses challenge to designate it a 'public body'THE CENTRAL Applications Office has lost a High Court challenge to a ministerial decision to designate it a "public body" under…Wed Oct 15 2008 - 01:00
Supreme Court clears way for Desmond libel caseThe Supreme Court has by a two to one majority cleared the way for businessman Dermot Desmond to pursue his libel action over…Wed Oct 15 2008 - 01:00
Builders say council owes them €6.2mTWO CONSTRUCTION companies have brought Commercial Court proceedings aimed at compelling Cork County Council to pay €6Tue Oct 14 2008 - 01:00
Judge says court 'littered' with performance contracts claimsTHE COMMERCIAL Court is being littered with claims for specific performance of contracts, including many contracts for the sale…Tue Oct 14 2008 - 01:00
Couple drop lands case against former tánaisteA COUPLE who are disputing a court claim by a construction company that it is not obliged to pay them €7Tue Oct 14 2008 - 01:00
No extension in legal complaints caseA COUPLE whose complaints about well-known lawyer Gerald Kean were rejected by the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal, have been…Sat Oct 11 2008 - 01:00
Property investors seeking examiner for TuskarTHREE INVESTORS in companies involved in purchasing and developing land for investment have told the High Court that the companies…Sat Oct 11 2008 - 01:00
Ex-bank employee faces questioning in AIB's US lawsuitTHE HIGH Court has ordered the examination here of an Irishman and former employee of Bank of America described as a "crucial…Fri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
Lynn evidence hearing re-scheduledRogue solicitor Michael Lynn’s video-link evidence in a High Court action has been re-scheduled to November 3rd, Mr Justice Frank…Fri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
Court quashes exemption status for €200m projectDUBLIN DOCKLANDS Development Authority acted outside its powers and breached fair procedures in how it certified that a €200 …Fri Oct 10 2008 - 01:00
Omagh suspect's appeal hearing opensAn appeal by building contractor Colm Murphy aimed at stopping his re-trial on a conspiracy charge connected with the Real IRA…Thu Oct 09 2008 - 01:00
Judge casts doubt on Lynn's illnessA High Court judge has said it appears fugitive solicitor Michael Lynn has not told the truth about being unable to testify by…Thu Oct 09 2008 - 01:00
Court issues warrant for construction firm directorsA HIGH Court judge has issued a warrant for the arrest of two construction company directors believed to have fled to Canada …Thu Oct 09 2008 - 01:00
HSA fails in road safety test caseTHE HEALTH and Safety Authority (HSA) has no power to compel local authorities to implement specific safety measures on roads…Wed Oct 08 2008 - 01:00
Court told of progress in property company rowTHE COMMERCIAL Court has heard that "significant progress" has been made in talks between lawyers for solicitor Ivor Fitzpatrick…Wed Oct 08 2008 - 01:00
Law term opens with sermons on bank crisisTHE MORAL implications of the banking crisis at home and abroad were discussed by churchmen at the traditional religious services…Tue Oct 07 2008 - 01:00
Court upholds 12-year-old land dealA 12-YEAR-OLD contract for the sale of lands intended for use as a waste management facility in Co Tipperary has been upheld …Tue Oct 07 2008 - 01:00
Hearing adjourned on new Stardust inquiryA HEARING to decide if there should be a fresh inquiry into the 1981 Stardust nightclub inferno in north Dublin which caused …Thu Sept 25 2008 - 01:00
Swan put down after 'barbaric' incidentA YOUNG swan has had to be put down after his bill was destroyed when a firework deliberately inserted into bread given to him…Wed Sept 24 2008 - 01:00
Stardust hearing convenes to decide on new inquiryAN EXAMINER appointed by the Government has begun a hearing to decide if there should be a fresh inquiry into the 1981 Stardust…Tue Sept 23 2008 - 01:00
Solicitors to pay €500 on conflict of interestTWO CO Mayo-based solicitors have been ordered to pay €500 to the Law Society Compensation Fund after being convicted of professional…Fri Sept 19 2008 - 01:00
New charity regime expected to become lawCHARITIES ARE finalising preparations for a tough new charity regulatory regime expected to become law before the end of this…Thu Sept 18 2008 - 01:00
Government urged to invest €4bn on housing for the homelessTHE GOVERNMENT has been urged to invest €4 billion in social and affordable housing to meet its own target of eliminating homelessness…Wed Sept 17 2008 - 01:00
Hotel ordered to pay €3,000 to gay menA GALWAY city hotel has been ordered to pay €3,000 to two gay men after the Equality Tribunal upheld their complaints of discrimination…Tue Sept 16 2008 - 01:00
