State is sued over failure to educate handicapped autistic manThe mother of an autistic and profoundly handicapped man has taken an unprecedented High Court action alleging the State has …Wed Nov 03 1999 - 00:00
Disturbed boy again returned to St Patrick'sA 16-year-old boy with psychiatric and psychological difficulties was returned to St Patrick's Institution again yesterday by…Wed Nov 03 1999 - 00:00
Dispute on £130,000 solicitors' bill in medical case settledA YOUNG woman who was awarded damages of almost £600,000 in January for the misdiagnosis of a growth condition in her leg, yesterday…Sat Oct 30 1999 - 01:00
Judgment on RTE appeal reservedRTE has urged the Supreme Court to "consider carefully" the consequences of upholding a High Court decision that the station'…Fri Oct 29 1999 - 01:00
Equality at referendum `a basic requirement'The State was seeking to reverse the Supreme Court decision in the McKenna case which prevents the Government from using public…Thu Oct 28 1999 - 01:00
Appeal as wetlands action is dismissedThe coastal campaigner Karin Dubsky complained in the High Court yesterday that works aimed at creating alternative feeding grounds…Sat Oct 23 1999 - 01:00
High Court case unable to go ahead as no judge is availableAn action by the parents of a brain-damaged man against the Southern Health Board could not proceed at the High Court yesterday…Fri Oct 22 1999 - 01:00
Promoters of Kilkenny firm sue IDA for negligenceThe English promoters of a company in Co Kilkenny have sued the Industrial Development Authority for more than £2 millionThu Oct 21 1999 - 01:00
Glen of the Downs ruling challengedWicklow County Council was not entitled to construct a dual carriageway through the Glen of the Downs without changes to legislation…Wed Oct 20 1999 - 01:00
Former care worker appeals abuse convictionA former care worker at Trudder House residential centre, Co Wicklow, has appealed his conviction and seven-year jail sentence…Tue Oct 19 1999 - 01:00
Drug nearly killed patient, court toldA pregnant woman almost died and remains seriously brain-damaged after bleeding heavily because she was wrongly given a drug …Fri Oct 15 1999 - 01:00
Eircom brings High Court appeal against regulator's decisionEircom has brought a High Court appeal against a decision of the Director of Telecommunications Regulation on how the company…Tue Oct 12 1999 - 01:00
`Disturbed' girl who absconded from EHB care concerns judgeA high court judge expressed concern yesterday that a "profoundly disturbed" girl had absconded from Eastern Health Board care…Tue Oct 12 1999 - 01:00
Supreme Court rejects tribunal appeal against Lawlor rulingThe Flood tribunal failed at the Supreme Court yesterday to overturn a High Court ruling in favour of Dublin West TD Mr Liam …Sat Oct 09 1999 - 01:00
Council defends conditions and standard of facilities at west Dublin Travellers' siteSouth Dublin County Council yesterday defended a temporary site for Travellers in west Dublin as an appropriate place for temporary…Thu Oct 07 1999 - 01:00
`Slovenly' Garda investigation cuts short sex assault trialThe trial of a man on sex charges relating to an alleged assault on a teenage boy in 1977 was stopped by a High Court judge yesterday…Wed Oct 06 1999 - 01:00
Mobile licence process biased to favour Meteor over Orange, says judgeDraft reports from the evaluators of applicants for the State's third mobile phone licence were altered to generate a result …Wed Oct 06 1999 - 01:00
Man on welfare to challenge court feesA Dublin man in receipt of social welfare payments was given leave at the High Court yesterday to challenge the constitutionality…Tue Oct 05 1999 - 01:00
Regulator to appeal as Orange wins action on licenceThe High Court last night overturned the decision to award the third national mobile phone licence to Meteor Communications and…Tue Oct 05 1999 - 01:00
Revenue may appoint liquidatorAn application by the Revenue Commissioners for the appointment of a provisional liquidator to Transgold, a Dublin haulage firm…Tue Oct 05 1999 - 01:00
X case offender is reported accused of sexual assault while driving taxiA garda spokeswoman yesterday would neither confirm nor deny reports that the man at the centre of the 1992 X case was again …Mon Sept 20 1999 - 01:00
Mountjoy violence to hasten opening of Cloverhill jailViolence at Mountjoy prison during the weekend, after which seven prison officers received hospital treatment, could speed up…Mon Sept 20 1999 - 01:00
Republic policy can aid Irish in North - expertA question mark hangs over the development of the Irish language in Northern Ireland if the Republic "continues with policies…Mon Sept 20 1999 - 01:00
Seven killed in weekend road accidentsSeven people died in separate road accidents, North and South, over the weekend.Mon Sept 20 1999 - 01:00
Father of 3 falls to his death from tower blockA father of three who fell to his death from the fifth floor of a Ballymun tower block early yesterday was the eldest son of …Sat Sept 18 1999 - 01:00
Methadone is a factor in many Dublin deaths linked to drugsA pioneering study of the mortality risks of methadone has raised concern about the number of deaths in Dublin city in which …Thu Sept 16 1999 - 01:00
TDs write to Moderator over demolition of churchTDs in the Dublin South East constituency have written to the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland urging him to intervene…Thu Sept 16 1999 - 01:00
Decision to demolish church criticisedThe Green Party TD for Dublin South East, Mr John Gormley, has accused the Presbyterian Residential Trust (PRT) of being "less…Wed Sept 15 1999 - 01:00
CORI wants new arrangements for social partnershipAlternative procedures for negotiating social partnership arrangements, which would ensure "maximum benefits for the State and…Wed Sept 15 1999 - 01:00
Clonakilty adds to Cork's 1999 trophy haulClonakilty, the west Cork town famous for its black pudding, has won this year's Tidy Towns competition with a record number …Tue Sept 14 1999 - 01:00
A Green Town competition for the millenniumA new Green Town 2000 competition, to promote environmental sustainability at local level, has emerged from a review of the Tidy…Tue Sept 14 1999 - 01:00
IFPA asks how soon problem will finally be confrontedThere was a general welcome for the Green Paper from pro-choice advocates yesterdaySat Sept 11 1999 - 01:00
Catholic bishops to read paper carefully, but want referendumThe Catholic bishops are to study the Green Paper carefully and will obviously be contributing to the public discussion on it…Sat Sept 11 1999 - 01:00
Divorce applications increase significantly during the first three months of this yearApplications for divorce rose significantly in the first three months of this year, particularly in Dublin where 475 couples …Thu Sept 09 1999 - 01:00
AA seeks proper bus corridors, not `glorified lanes'The Automobile Association has urged Dublin's road users to demand proper Quality Bus Corridors, not "glorified bus lanes".Tue Sept 07 1999 - 01:00
Conservationists seek costs after defeatA limited company formed by conservationists which lost a legal challenge to a hotel and office development in central Dublin…Fri Jul 30 1999 - 01:00
Baileys and Bovale win costs of action against Flood tribunal discovery orderDeveloper Michael Bailey, his wife and his company Bovale Developments Ltd were yesterday awarded the costs of their successful…Fri Jul 30 1999 - 01:00
9-year sentence for robbing elderly neighbours confirmedA man involved in a spate of burglaries and in an incident in which his elderly neighbours were tied up and robbed of their life…Thu Jul 29 1999 - 01:00
Drugs sentence reducedA Dublin man serving 13 years for having heroin for sale or supply had his sentence reduced to eight years at the Court of Criminal…Thu Jul 29 1999 - 01:00
Court upholds sentence for rape of child by stepfatherA German man who raped his young stepdaughter after forcing her and her brother to watch pornographic videos failed yesterday…Thu Jul 29 1999 - 01:00
Court to hear Philip Sheedy sentence appeal in OctoberAn appeal by Philip Sheedy against his four-year sentence for dangerous driving causing death will be heard by the three-judge…Tue Jul 27 1999 - 01:00
Young Derry engineer was disabled for life by road accident, court toldA young Derry man was left quadriplegic and disabled for life following a road accident in Co Donegal in which his best friend…Wed Jul 21 1999 - 01:00
British place for disturbed boy now in doubtA place in an English institution for a 12-year-old mildly mentally handicapped Irish child, who is from a disturbed background…Sat Jul 17 1999 - 01:00
Court reserves judgment in contempt case appealThe Supreme Court yesterday reserved judgment on a challenge by The Irish Times to a decision that an article about a Dublin …Wed Jul 14 1999 - 01:00
Appeal court overturns conviction for assaultThe Court of Criminal Appeal has overturned the conviction and eight-year sentence imposed on a Limerick man in connection with…Tue Jul 13 1999 - 01:00
Provide for our troubled children - judgeState resources should be used to provide accommodation and facilities for troubled children rather than paying the costs of …Sat Jul 10 1999 - 01:00
Eircell not unfair, High Court toldEircell, the Telecom Eireann subsidiary, has "nothing whatever" against service provider Meridian Communications Ltd, the High…Sat Jul 10 1999 - 01:00
Judge's dismissal of drink driving charge was correctThe dismissal of a case against a man charged with drink driving was correct as the defendant was not validly arrested, the High…Fri Jul 09 1999 - 01:00
Eircell hostile to service provider, High Court toldA Telecom Eireann subsidiary is seeking to put a telecommunications service provider, Meridian Communications Ltd, out of business…Thu Jul 08 1999 - 01:00
Court told man intended to plead guilty to murderA Co Donegal man "unequivocally" instructed his lawyers that he would plead guilty to the murder of an elderly pensioner, his…Wed Jul 07 1999 - 01:00
