Flynn begins challenge to legislation on undischarged bankruptcyIndependent Co Mayo TD Beverley Flynn has initiated a constitutional challenge to provisions of the Electoral Act 1992 which …Sat Jun 16 2007 - 01:00
Judge calls for legal framework on child detentionA High Court judge has stressed the urgent need for a legal framework governing how the courts deal with exceptional cases where…Sat Jun 16 2007 - 01:00
Judge rules sugar aid package must be reallocatedThe High Court has overturned as unlawful the government's decision on how €145Fri Jun 15 2007 - 01:00
Judgment reserved in Portuguese transfer caseThe High Court has reserved judgment on an attempt by a Portuguese man, who is serving a life sentence here for the murder of…Fri Jun 15 2007 - 01:00
Flynn challenges threat to seatIndependent Co Mayo TD Beverly Flynn has initiated a constitutional challenge to provisions of the Electoral Act 1992 which prevent…Fri Jun 15 2007 - 01:00
Action seeking schooling for deaf girl (11) settledA High Court action aimed at compelling the State to provide for a young deaf and mute girl to be taught the curriculum through…Thu Jun 14 2007 - 01:00
Court halts Esat phone licence actionsThe State has won a High Court order halting legal challenges by two unsuccessful bidders for the State's second mobile phone…Thu Jun 14 2007 - 01:00
Prisoner serving life seeks transfer to Portuguese jailA man serving a life sentence for the murder of a young woman in a Limerick hotel has asked the High Court to overturn the Minister…Wed Jun 13 2007 - 01:00
Consultants admit liability over 'horrific' stillbirthLiability has been admitted by two consultants in a High Court action by a woman who claimed her baby girl was born dead at a…Tue Jun 12 2007 - 01:00
Date set for RTÉ case against FlynnThe RTÉ bankruptcy case against recently elected Independent TD for Mayo Beverly Flynn will come before the High Court on June…Fri Jun 08 2007 - 01:00
IMO settles action on alleged price-fixingThe High Court has received terms of settlement of an action by the Competition Authority against the Irish Medical Organisation…Fri Jun 08 2007 - 01:00
Court dismisses claim over revision of constituenciesThe High Court has dismissed claims by two politicians that the Oireachtas breached its constitutional obligations in the way…Fri Jun 08 2007 - 01:00
Right to seek residency stressedThe Irish Human Rights Commission has told the Supreme Court that immigrants have a "freestanding" right to apply at any time…Fri May 25 2007 - 01:00
July date set for tribunal case against 'Irish Times'Important issues relating to press freedom are expected to dominate the hearing in July of a High Court action over publication…Fri May 25 2007 - 01:00
Court told of 'best interests' of Irish-born childrenThe Minister for Justice had an obligation to have regard to "the best interests" of an Irish-born child before refusing the …Thu May 24 2007 - 01:00
Rights of disabled Travellers breachedThree severely disabled young Travellers are living in "appalling" and "unacceptable" conditions with seven other family members…Wed May 23 2007 - 01:00
Minister challenges court ruling on Irish-born childrenThe Minister for Justice was not required to and did not consider the rights of Irish-born children when dealing with applications…Wed May 23 2007 - 01:00
Bid to stop Treasury 'spoiling' saleAn Allied Irish Banks trust company has initiated High Court proceedings seeking to stop development company Treasury Holdings…Tue May 22 2007 - 01:00
Ombudsman faces Quinn Direct legal action over rulingInsurance company Quinn Direct has initiated a legal challenge to the powers of the Financial Services Ombudsman to direct the…Tue May 22 2007 - 01:00
Supreme Court rules rape trial may proceedThe Supreme Court has cleared the way for the trial of a prison officer for the rape and indecent assault of two of his sisters…Tue May 22 2007 - 01:00
Autistic boy gets €61,000 over delay in handling caseA six-year-old autistic boy has been awarded almost €61,000 damages by the High Court against the Health Service Executive because…Thu May 17 2007 - 01:00
Travellers settle action to secure suitable caravanAn elderly Traveller couple in poor health living in a "temporary" decrepit caravan on a halting site for seven years have settled…Wed May 16 2007 - 01:00
Family seeks to overturn baby verdictThe Dublin county coroner was biased in his conduct of an inquest resulting in a unanimous jury verdict that an unidentified …Tue May 15 2007 - 01:00
Greencore judgment to be given on June 14thThe High Court will give judgment on June 14th on the challenge by Greencore to the Government's decision on how €145Sat May 12 2007 - 01:00
ESG settles action against DeloitteA Bermuda-based reinsurance company has settled its High Court action against three Deloitte and Touche accountancy companies…Sat May 12 2007 - 01:00
Challenge to inquest verdict on identity of dead babyA High Court challenge has been initiated aimed at overturning the unanimous verdict of an inquest jury that an unidentified …Sat May 12 2007 - 01:00
Judge told AG 'very alive' to issue of high risk childrenA High Court judge who stressed the desirability of having one, not several, courts monitor the care provided by the HSE to avoid…Fri May 11 2007 - 01:00
Judge praises maturity and courage of Miss DMiss D has shown courage, integrity and maturity in dealing with her very distressing plight and by not claiming to be suicidal…Thu May 10 2007 - 01:00
Judge says HSE did not put welfare of pregnant girl firstThe HSE seemed to have tried to "shoehorn" Miss D into an X-case situation although it had no evidence that she was ever suicidal…Thu May 10 2007 - 01:00
High Court rules that girl can travel for abortionA pregnant 17-year-old girl in care, whose baby has a fatal condition meaning it cannot survive after birth, is free to travel…Thu May 10 2007 - 01:00
League of Credit Unions wins Supreme Court appealThe Irish League of Credit Unions has won its Supreme Court appeal against claims by the Competition Authority that some of its…Wed May 09 2007 - 01:00
Hearing on care orders for childrenA High Court judge has begun a hearing to determine the extent of the court's powers to detain troubled children in long-term…Wed May 09 2007 - 01:00
Right to life 'continues until death'The right to life of Miss D's unborn child continues until it is dead and the courts cannot engage in "a measuring exercise" …Tue May 08 2007 - 01:00
High Court to rule tomorrow on Miss D's leave to travelThe High Court will decide tomorrow whether a pregnant 17-year-old girl in care may travel to the UK for an abortionTue May 08 2007 - 01:00
Judge to rule tomorrow in Miss D caseA High Court judge will rule tomorrow afternoon on whether a 17-year-old pregnant girl can travel to the UK for an abortion.Tue May 08 2007 - 01:00
State lawyers insist Miss D does not require HSE permission or court order to travelThe Miss D case is not about the right to life of the unborn, it is about the right to travel and there is no law preventing …Tue May 08 2007 - 01:00
Miss D 'not suicidal' over her pregnancy, court toldThe 17-year-old pregnant girl at the centre of the latest abortion controversy told a psychiatrist she was happy with being pregnant…Fri May 04 2007 - 01:00
High Court grants order freezing Simple accountsThe High Court has granted an order restraining a company director and three Spanish property companies from reducing their assets…Thu May 03 2007 - 01:00
AG tells court girl has right to travel for abortionThe State does not have any power to stop a teenage girl travelling to the UK for an abortion, the High Court was told yesterday…Wed May 02 2007 - 01:00
Greencore challenges Minister's orders on €145m aidThe Government had no power to "dictate" to Greencore how it should spend some €145Wed May 02 2007 - 01:00
Girl seeking abortion challenges HSEA four months' pregnant 17-year-old girl in the care of the Health Service Executive (HSE), whose foetus has a stated after-birth…Tue May 01 2007 - 01:00
Spanish property deal ends up in courtA man has brought High Court proceedings against a businessman and three companies involved in the sale of properties in Spain…Sat Apr 28 2007 - 01:00
Judgment reserved on birth cert caseThe High Court has reserved judgment on a bid by a dentist, who was registered at birth as male but who has undergone a sex change…Fri Apr 27 2007 - 01:00
High Court told of separated wife's 'alarm'The separated wife of a dentist, who was registered at birth as male but later underwent a sex change operation, is "alarmed" …Thu Apr 26 2007 - 01:00
Schoolboy in High Court to challenge expulsionA schoolboy has brought a High Court challenge to his expulsion from a school over an incident during a school charity football…Tue Apr 24 2007 - 01:00
Danone loses court action against GlanbiaFrench dairy giant Danone has lost its High Court action against Irish dairy company Glanbia over the introduction by Glanbia…Sat Apr 21 2007 - 01:00
Shell faces €1m costs after ending actionShell E&P Ireland is facing a legal costs bill of more than €1 million after the High Court yesterday agreed to allow it …Thu Apr 19 2007 - 01:00
Dentist tries again to have birth registered as femaleA dentist who underwent a sex change operation has begun a further stage of a 10-year legal battle to be registered as female…Wed Apr 18 2007 - 01:00
Jackson Way seeks to stop Cab action on land saleJackson Way Properties Ltd (JWP) has asked the High Court to stop an action by the Criminal Assets Bureau aimed at securing some…Tue Apr 17 2007 - 01:00
Businessman challenges Dartmouth park orderBusinessman Noel O'Gara has brought a High Court challenge to an order preventing him using Dartmouth Square park in Ranelagh…Tue Apr 17 2007 - 01:00
