Request for NIB scandal papers refusedThe High Court has refused to grant an order permitting Paul Appleby, the director of corporate enforcement, to get a wide range…Sat Feb 11 2006 - 00:00
Scheme 'a barrier to trade' for BupaThe introduction of the risk equalisation scheme in the health insurance market would be a barrier to trade and would hinder …Sat Feb 11 2006 - 00:00
Ex-wife to receive €510,000 plus €40,000 a yearThe Supreme Court has upheld an order directing a wealthy semi-retired Irish businessman, who held a senior position with a US…Fri Feb 10 2006 - 00:00
Court prevents deportation of Nigerian motherThe High Court has made an interim order restraining the deportation of a Nigerian mother and her two children.Wed Feb 08 2006 - 00:00
Court challenge to refusal of visa for internet brideA divorced Irish man who married a woman from Ghana whom he met over the internet has brought a High Court challenge to the refusal…Tue Feb 07 2006 - 00:00
Act on vagrancy biased in favour of rich, court toldA Dublin man has argued before the High Court that a 19th century Act which provides for a mandatory prison sentence for people…Sat Feb 04 2006 - 00:00
Protest at client costs ruling rejectedA complaint was made to the Master of the High Court yesterday that he had delivered, without notice to lawyers involved in the…Sat Feb 04 2006 - 00:00
Solicitor ordered to pay court costs of his clientIn what he called "a wake-up call" to solicitors about high legal costs, the Master of the High Court has issued a unique order…Fri Feb 03 2006 - 00:00
Life destroyed by abuse, court toldA woman who was convicted of begging at the age of two in Dublin city and ordered to be detained at an industrial school until…Thu Feb 02 2006 - 00:00
'Farmers Journal' hearing opensA printing company in the Independent Newspapers group has claimed before the High Court that the purported termination of its…Wed Feb 01 2006 - 00:00
Court to rule on €18m costs bill in Fyffes caseThe High Court will rule next week on who is to pay up to €18 million in costs as a result of the marathon and ultimately unsuccessful…Fri Jan 27 2006 - 00:00
Prison officer wins appeal in assault caseThe Supreme Court has ruled that disciplinary proceedings cannot be brought against a prison officer who was acquitted after …Fri Jan 27 2006 - 00:00
Headstone firm sues operator of five graveyardsA company that makes and sells headstones has brought a High Court challenge claiming a charity that operates five Dublin graveyards…Thu Jan 26 2006 - 00:00
Information officer erred in denying father access to recordsIn a decision addressing important issues under the Freedom of Information legislation, the Supreme Court has ruled the Information…Wed Jan 25 2006 - 00:00
Ruling due in March on M3 caseThe High Court will give its decision on March 1st on the challenge by an environmentalist to the proposed route of the M3 motorway…Wed Jan 25 2006 - 00:00
DPP seeks legal decision on delayed complaints of sex abuseIn a move with implications for hundreds of sex abuse cases, the Director of Public Prosecutions has applied to have a final …Tue Jan 24 2006 - 00:00
Court to hear 'magic mushrooms' caseThe owner of a Cork shop who claims she is legally selling unprocessed "magic mushrooms" imported from Holland will ask the High…Tue Jan 24 2006 - 00:00
Nigerian mother facing deportation freedThe High Court has ordered the release from Mountjoy Prison of a Nigerian mother who was arrested earlier this month in Co Sligo…Mon Jan 23 2006 - 00:00
M3 alternative route described as 'alarming'An alternative route between Navan and Dunshaughlin, which an environmentalist has proposed as more suitable for the M3 than …Fri Jan 20 2006 - 00:00
Tara site 'carried a message from the past', court toldA leading archaeologist has said Tara could only be understood within its landscape and socio-historical context, the High Court…Thu Jan 19 2006 - 00:00
No legal costs for Howlin in Garda inquiryA Dáil committee has been ordered to pay the legal costs of Labour TD Brendan Howlin, who tried unsuccessfully to keep confidential…Wed Jan 18 2006 - 00:00
Pfizer manager's action against company settledA High Court action by a long-serving manager with pharmaceutical giant Pfizer's Irish operation, who claimed he was singled …Tue Jan 17 2006 - 00:00
Chief Justice praises Ms Justice Carroll as a 'modern leader'The Chief Justice, Mr Justice John Murray, yesterday paid tribute to Ms Justice Mella Carroll, who died at the weekend.Tue Jan 17 2006 - 00:00
Environmentalist challenged in Tara caseAn environmentalist who is challenging the proposed routing of the M3 motorway near the Hill of Tara is urging a form of "archaeological…Sat Jan 14 2006 - 00:00
Oireachtas has 'flunked' its duty to protect Tara, court toldThe Oireachtas has "flunked" its constitutional responsibility to protect the Hill of Tara and other national monuments by enacting…Fri Jan 13 2006 - 00:00
Court halts termination of land dealAn interim order restraining termination of an alleged agreement for the sale of lands in Co Meath, said to have a potential …Thu Jan 12 2006 - 00:00
Court limits prison site inspectionThe High Court has permitted a local man to have archaeological experts carry out a limited inspection of the site at Thornton…Thu Dec 22 2005 - 00:00
Court finds Flavin's deals lawfulJudgment: DCC chief executive Jim Flavin did "deal" in Fyffes shares in relation to the February 2000 €106 million sale of the…Thu Dec 22 2005 - 00:00
TD must hand over files to tribunal, court rulesA Supreme Court decision yesterday means that Labour Party TD Brendan Howlin must hand over to the Morris tribunal documents …Wed Dec 21 2005 - 00:00
TEAM workers win on appealFifty-five former workers with TEAM Aer Lingus have won a seven-year legal battle to be treated on the same basis as comparable…Wed Dec 21 2005 - 00:00
Appeal against UK extradition rejectedA Limerick man wanted in Britain for questioning in connection with a murder in London has lost a Supreme Court attempt to secure…Tue Dec 20 2005 - 00:00
Court reserves judgment on NIB documentsThe High Court has reserved judgment on a bid by the Director of Corporate Enforcement to get documents from the inspectors who…Thu Dec 15 2005 - 00:00
Scheme will put Bupa 'out of business'Health insurance company Bupa will go out of business if the Minister for Health, Mary Harney, triggers the controversial risk…Thu Dec 15 2005 - 00:00
Appleby accused of fresh NIB inquisitionThe Director of Corporate Enforcement is seeking documents from the inspectors who investigated the National Irish Bank tax evasion…Wed Dec 14 2005 - 00:00
Court reserves judgment on O'Brien pleaThe High Court has reserved judgment on an application by businessman Denis O'Brien to restrain the Moriarty tribunal from calling…Sat Dec 10 2005 - 00:00
Pfizer 'singled out' manager for dismissalA long-serving manager with the Irish operation of the pharmaceutical giant Pfizer has claimed before the High Court the company…Sat Dec 03 2005 - 00:00
Former nun was wrongly convicted, court saysA nine-year ordeal for former nun Nora Wall ended yesterday when the Court of Criminal Appeal declared a miscarriage of justice…Fri Dec 02 2005 - 00:00
Woman admits her graphic account "never happened"The young woman who gave critical evidence at the trial of Nora Wall that she saw a young girl being held down by Ms Wall while…Fri Dec 02 2005 - 00:00
Official settles case against EBS over alleged bullyingA senior employee of the Educational Building Society (EBS) who claimed she was bullied and harassed after allegedly discovering…Wed Nov 30 2005 - 00:00
O'Callaghan given leave to seek Mahon reviewCork property developer Owen O'Callaghan has secured leave from the High Court to bring proceedings aimed at preventing the Mahon…Tue Nov 29 2005 - 00:00
Sterilisation case settled for €200,000The woman who became pregnant with her sixth child after a sterilisation procedure, during which a vaginal dilator was left inside…Sat Nov 26 2005 - 00:00
Morris tribunal may hear Burnfoot moduleThe Supreme Court has cleared the way for the Morris tribunal to proceed with a private inquiry into the circumstances surrounding…Sat Nov 26 2005 - 00:00
'Life of misery' followed failed sterilisationA woman who had a sterilisation operation after being advised another pregnancy could put her life at risk later became pregnant…Fri Nov 25 2005 - 00:00
Court rejects final appeal by GilliganDublin criminal John Gilligan has lost his last legal bid to overturn his 20-year conviction on drug trafficking charges.Thu Nov 24 2005 - 00:00
O'Brien says Bacon report inadmissibleMillionaire businessman Denis O'Brien has asked the High Court to restrain the Moriarty tribunal from calling economist Peter…Wed Nov 23 2005 - 00:00
Supreme Court to rule on Gilligan appealThe Supreme Court will deliver its judgment today on a final attempt by convicted drug dealer John Gilligan to secure his freedom…Wed Nov 23 2005 - 00:00
Ruling today on challenge to Morris inquiryThe High Court will rule today on a bid by a detective sergeant to prevent the Morris tribunal inquiring into the circumstances…Tue Nov 22 2005 - 00:00
Ruling reserved on order to seize Gilligan's assetsThe Supreme Court has reserved judgment on a challenge by the State to a ruling that the Special Criminal Court was not entitled…Fri Nov 18 2005 - 00:00
Contest over Gilligan's millionsAn attempt by the State to confiscate €17 million from convicted drug-dealer John Gilligan as alleged profits from his drug operations…Thu Nov 17 2005 - 00:00
Man sues bank for #1m life insurance payoutA company director who claims he is entitled to a £1 million life insurance payout following the death of his wife is rejecting…Wed Nov 16 2005 - 00:00
