Candidates may face legal action on spending after court rulingA High Court decision yesterday that provisions of the 1997 Electoral Act are unconstitutional has opened the possibility of …Fri May 17 2002 - 01:00
Miscarriage of justice suit adjournedAn application by a Co Donegal night-club owner for a certificate declaring a miscarriage of justice in his case has been adjourned…Wed May 15 2002 - 01:00
Detective gave his firearm to woman, court toldA detective garda gave his personal issue firearm to a Co Donegal woman for her to produce in a car-park where another man handed…Wed May 15 2002 - 01:00
Carty team wanted to bury sisters' evidence, court toldMembers of the Carty inquiry into alleged corruption by gardaí in Co Donegal told two women that information supplied by one …Tue May 14 2002 - 01:00
Judge criticises failure to produce documentThe Court of Criminal Appeal has strongly criticised the failure of the Garda authorities to disclose an "immediately relevant…Sat May 11 2002 - 01:00
Garda told wife he 'perjured himself'A detective garda told his wife that he had perjured himself during the trial of Co Donegal nightclub owner Mr Frank Shortt in…Sat May 11 2002 - 01:00
Wife of garda was told about bomb for NorthA garda sergeant told the wife of Det Garda Noel McMahon that Mr McMahon and Supt Kevin Lennon had allowed a bomb to go into …Sat May 11 2002 - 01:00
No McGlinchey prosecution - DPPA woman who has made serious allegations against senior gardaí in Co Donegal has been told by the DPP she will not be prosecuted…Fri May 10 2002 - 01:00
Gardai 'stored bomb material in flat'Garda Insp (now Supt) Kevin Lennon and Det Garda Noel McMahon stored fertiliser and sugar in a woman's flat in Buncrana which…Thu May 09 2002 - 01:00
Detective asked woman to 'plant drugs'A Garda detective asked a woman to go into a Co Donegal nightclub and plant drugs there prior to the club being raided by gardaí…Wed May 08 2002 - 01:00
Stay on trial of sex assault accused is deniedA man facing 12 charges of sexual assault of four girls has failed to get a High Court order to prevent his trial permanently…Sat May 04 2002 - 01:00
Aspiring candidates fail in challenge to election lawThree aspiring Independent Dáil candidates last night failed to get a High Court order directing Returning Officers to include…Fri May 03 2002 - 01:00
Ex-director of carpet firm must pay Revenue €3.6mThe Revenue Commissioners have come to an agreement with a Dublin businessman, Mr Matthew Kelly, a former director of Kelly's…Thu May 02 2002 - 01:00
Hospital unsuitable for disturbed boy, court toldAn adult psychiatric hospital has warned the continuing placement of a troubled 16-year-old boy with it is detrimental to the…Tue Apr 30 2002 - 01:00
Ansbacher pair lose plea to stay anonymousSurprise application by Attorney General to have two individuals identified will be heard tomorrow, writes Mary CarolanThu Apr 25 2002 - 01:00
Doctor questioned on womb operationsThe rate of Caesarean hysterectomies carried out at a Drogheda hospital by a Co Louth consultant gynaecologist was 20 times that…Thu Apr 25 2002 - 01:00
High Court told of concern for welfare of four young childrenA Barrister expressed concern at the High Court yesterday about the plight of a family of four young children in Dublin city, …Tue Apr 23 2002 - 01:00
Man accused of sex abuse refused bail as court is told his children are at riskA father of 10, described as a "paedophile of long standing", was found sitting on the edge of a bed with no trousers or underwear…Tue Apr 23 2002 - 01:00
Ruling allows gardai to seek Abbeylara damagesThirty-six gardaí who last week won their legal challenge to the Oireachtas sub-committee inquiry into the shooting dead of John…Sat Apr 20 2002 - 01:00
Court orders health board to care for boyA 10-year-old boy who has no place to live and has been sleeping on the balconies of flats, in a car and in an underground car…Sat Apr 20 2002 - 01:00
State is criticised as violent boy remandedAn extremely disturbed and violent 14-year-old who is regarded as a serious danger to himself and others was sent to St Patrick…Sat Apr 20 2002 - 01:00
Arguments set out in Ansbacher anonymity caseTwo unidentified persons have taken High Court proceedings to prevent their names from being published in the report by court…Tue Apr 16 2002 - 01:00
Majority of the Supreme Court judges ruled against State's appeal over Carthy inquiryThe Supreme Court has ruled that the Oireachtas has no explicit, implicit or inherent power to conduct an inquiry into the fatal…Fri Apr 12 2002 - 01:00
Ruling today on Abbeylara inquiry appealThe Supreme Court will rule today if politicians are entitled to inquire into the nature of the Garda operation at Abbeylara, …Thu Apr 11 2002 - 01:00
Dunnes Stores claims appointment of officer is unconstitutionalIn a final legal bid to prevent the appointment of an authorised officer to two of its companies, Dunnes Stores has argued that…Thu Apr 11 2002 - 01:00
Expert says BTSB wrong to have used risky donorA US expert on transfusion medicine told the High Court yesterday there was "absolutely no justification" for the BTSB using …Wed Apr 10 2002 - 01:00
Supreme Court to rule this week on State appeal over Abbeylara inquiryA seven-judge Supreme Court will give judgment on Thursday on the State's appeal against a High Court judgment which halted the…Tue Apr 09 2002 - 01:00
Asylum plea by parents of Irish-born children again refusedIn a judgment with major implications for many asylum-seekers, the High Court has ruled that the non-national parents of Irish…Tue Apr 09 2002 - 01:00
Evidence of meeting after murder was of 'primary concern'Charles Bowden's evidence about a meeting alleged to have been held on June 28th, 1996, two days after Veronica Guerin's murder…Sat Mar 23 2002 - 00:00
Appeal court overturns Ward's conviction and sentence for murder of Veronica GuerinThe Court of Criminal Appeal has overturned the conviction and life sentence imposed on Paul Ward for the murder of the journalist…Sat Mar 23 2002 - 00:00
Concert promoter blocks judgment over allegedly unpaid legal feesGolf and concert promoter Oliver Barry has succeeded in blocking execution of a judgment made against him in the Circuit Court…Sat Mar 23 2002 - 00:00
'Siege mentality' alleged over asylum-seeker issueThe Department of Justice had a "siege mentality" about asylum-seekers and persisted in seeing them as a problem, the High Court…Sat Mar 23 2002 - 00:00
State defends deporting family of Irish babyWhere the non-national parents of children born in the State are being deported, the constitutional rights of their Irish-born…Fri Mar 22 2002 - 00:00
Court ruling expected on Ward murder appealThe Court of Criminal Appeal will deliver its judgment today on the appeal by Dubliner Paul Ward against his conviction for the…Fri Mar 22 2002 - 00:00
Non-national families with Irish babies seek to stayThe High Court is hearing two cases to determine if children born here to non-nationals are entitled to have their parents and…Thu Mar 21 2002 - 00:00
Malocco challenges move to strike him off rollA solicitor who has served a jail sentence for defrauding the Irish Press group of newspapers has brought a High Court challenge…Wed Mar 20 2002 - 00:00
Detention of pregnant vulnerable girl orderedA vulnerable and out-of-control girl who was allegedly brutally raped and forced to take drugs by an older man is now pregnant…Sat Mar 16 2002 - 00:00
Lawlor in challenge to €560,000 legal billThe Dublin West TD, Mr Liam Lawlor, has challenged the €560,000-plus legal bill presented to him by the Flood tribunal in relation…Fri Mar 15 2002 - 00:00
Hearing opens on Lawlor's legal billsThe High Court Taxing Master, Mr Charles Moran, will today deal with five bills of legal costs against Dublin West TD Mr Liam…Thu Mar 14 2002 - 00:00
Troubled boy returned to insecure State centreThere is no appropriate place available for a troubled teenage boy who is abusing heroin, has tried to kill himself and is regarded…Wed Mar 13 2002 - 00:00
Court reserves judgment on Ward appealThe Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgment on the appeal by Dubliner Paul Ward against his conviction for the murder …Fri Mar 08 2002 - 00:00
Bowden not credible, says Ward's counselA letter from State protected witness Charles Bowden to the Department of Justice, written after the trial of Paul Ward for the…Fri Mar 08 2002 - 00:00
Bowden felt his security depended on Ward trial, court toldA letter from State protected witness Charles Bowden to the Department of Justice, written after the trial of Paul Ward for the…Thu Mar 07 2002 - 00:00
Bowden lied to implicate Ward, counsel claimsState witness Charles Bowden was a "supergrass" and "vicious criminal" who told lies aimed at involving Paul Ward in the murder…Thu Mar 07 2002 - 00:00
Bowden a ‘supergrass’ and ‘vicious criminal’, court toldState witness Charles Bowden is a "supergrass" and "vicious criminal" who told deliberate lies aimed at involving Paul Ward in…Wed Mar 06 2002 - 00:00
Man begins appeal of Guerin murder convictionA Dublin man jailed for life for the murder of journalist Veronica Guerin has begun an appeal against his conviction.Tue Mar 05 2002 - 00:00
Move to halt abortion poll is rejectedThe Supreme Court yesterday rejected a challenge by Limerick lecturer Mr Denis Riordan aimed at halting tomorrow's abortion referendum…Tue Mar 05 2002 - 00:00
Man fails in bid to quash conviction related to kidnap of bank chiefThe view of a United Nations Human Rights Committee that the decision to try a Dublin man before the non-jury Special Criminal…Sat Mar 02 2002 - 00:00
Ryanair is sued by 'free travel' winnerA woman who was told she would have free flights for life when she became Ryanair's millionth passenger in 1988 was told by the…Fri Mar 01 2002 - 00:00
'Real sense of grievance' on transfer of Irish Life business to LiverILA, in response to that concern, said its entire business in the industrial fund was being transferred to RLAThu Feb 28 2002 - 00:00
