Judge rules local objector is out of time to challenge planning permissionProposed development is for apartment blocks and 81-bedroom aparthotel in SantryMon Jan 25 2021 - 16:44
Woman who said she had death threats due to sexuality, loses refugee status appealProtection officer rejected claims of being married as a child and entering into lesbian relationships in ZimbabweFri Jan 22 2021 - 16:41
Supreme Court rejects appeal by parents of brain-injured boy over control of treatmentJudgment sets general principles for cases about withholding medical treatmentFri Jan 22 2021 - 14:45
Judge overturns refusal of Irish residency card for Pakistani womanCourt rules Minister erred in denying document to widow (70s) who lives with sonThu Jan 21 2021 - 19:33
Cairn Homes’ RTÉ site plans delayedPlanners say they will consent to court order quashing permission granted in SeptemberThu Jan 21 2021 - 19:04
Anorexic woman being tube fed at home due to Covid-19 hospital pressuresCourt told woman has made some progress but there are concerns about her over-exercisingThu Jan 21 2021 - 16:04
Court overturns €56,000 award over glass jug filled with hot water shatteringNo evidence to support view that Dunnes was negligent in selling item to woman, judges findWed Jan 20 2021 - 18:14
Woulfe formally listed for first time to work as Supreme Court judgeControversy followed attendance last August at the Oireachtas golf society dinnerWed Jan 20 2021 - 15:48
Appeal by prisoner who claimed food being contaminated to be heard by Supreme CourtCourt will consider if damages due over failure to take 50 day hunger stike seriouslyTue Jan 19 2021 - 15:34
Court allows transfer of elderly man to hospital against his wishesMan who suffers with cancer and psychiatric illness has history of refusing treatmentMon Jan 18 2021 - 17:35
Galway fish farm no longer allowed to bathe diseased salmon in lake waterPermission to pump freshwater from lake on Gorumna Island overturned by High CourtMon Jan 18 2021 - 16:11
Further payment of €3.9m over Setanta Insurance collapse approvedSum approved by High Court includes €1.97 million for third-party legal costsMon Jan 18 2021 - 16:10
Mother who sued daughter's national school over fall on steps loses actionCourt heard woman (36) fractured both ankles in fall at Co Louth schoolFri Jan 15 2021 - 16:57
Law student loses High Court damages action over road accidentJudge finds 22-year-old failed to prove liability on part of taxi driver over collision on unlit country roadFri Jan 15 2021 - 14:52
Residents seek to overturn permission for Rathcoole developmentApplicants are concerned about the protection of bats in hedgerows and treesFri Jan 15 2021 - 10:09
Environmental group wins leave to challenge Trim planning permissionDevelopment of 320 units was approved last OctoberThu Jan 14 2021 - 18:08
Kerry council very concerned over impact of court challenges to greenwayJudge grants stay on works concerning the 32km cycle and pedestrian projectThu Jan 14 2021 - 16:26
High Court to decide on Facebook’s data commissioner challenge as soon as possibleSeparate action by data rights activist Max Schrems resolvedWed Jan 13 2021 - 15:08
Excluding home-schooled students from Leaving Cert calculated grades ‘justifiable’, court hearsCourt of Appeal begins hearing appeals by Minister and State over High Court decisions in two casesTue Jan 12 2021 - 19:00
Hines challenges council’s demand for €31.4m contribution for Cherrywood developmentDLRCC claims payment due for public infrastructure and facilities at town centre complexMon Jan 11 2021 - 17:01
Court urges family to make efforts to mediate in dispute over hotel businessFoxfield Inns owns hotels in Dublin and Galway employing 180 peopleMon Jan 11 2021 - 16:17
Successor to Chief Justice must be chosen as Supreme Court reels from GolfgateFrank Clarke’s last year of term follows an annus horribilis of Woulfe controversyThu Jan 07 2021 - 05:55
Graham Dwyer, ‘Mr Moonlight’ and Leaving Cert grades: Big Irish court cases in 2021In court: the Kevin Lunney assault, Michael Lynn’s trial and Cervical Check claimsSat Jan 02 2021 - 06:00
Supreme Court defers sale of couple’s home until after their deathsJames Kenny must put holiday home up for sale to pay off some of €663,000 judgments owedMon Dec 21 2020 - 22:50
Fund seeks judgment for €61m against property company Balmoral and 50 associated companiesEveryday says there was a dispute between the parties as to whether outstanding amounts of loans were repayable on demandMon Dec 21 2020 - 21:47
Wards of court to get Covid-19 vaccine in line with flu vaccine procedure, court toldDepartment was replying to queries raised by High Court president, Ms Justice Mary IrvineMon Dec 21 2020 - 21:13
Supreme Court asks EU court to decide issues affecting free movement rightsTwo men took legal proceedings after Minister for Justice refused application for residencyMon Dec 21 2020 - 17:08
Topshop and other Arcadia companies in Ireland to be wound upGroup employs 487 people across 14 shops and concessions in the RepublicMon Dec 21 2020 - 12:07
Woman gets barring order against ex over ‘most damaging’ behaviourMan had ‘remarkably’ sought to justify striking wife during their marriage, judge saidFri Dec 18 2020 - 11:24
Insulation installer to appeal ruling on chemical exposureCouple sustained life-altering injuries due to negligence in foam spraying, judge decidesThu Dec 17 2020 - 18:52
Referendum lowered bar for State intervention in child welfare, court hearsAmendment key to Supreme Court case about care of catastrophically injured boyThu Dec 17 2020 - 16:35
Public servant who slipped on leaves in unlit car park awarded €75,000Shirley Farrell sued Minister for Agriculture after fracturing ankle at offices in Co KildareThu Dec 17 2020 - 16:06
Hospital not seeking to ‘accelerate’ child’s death, Supreme Court toldBoy is in a ‘dire’ situation with no prospect of a meaningful recovery, judges hearWed Dec 16 2020 - 16:44
Court urges ‘open minds and hearts’ in appeal over treatment of brain-injured boyCase raises significant issues about when State may intervene on medical decisions about childrenTue Dec 15 2020 - 19:03
Court appoints interim examiner to Dublin cold storage companyJudge agrees to appoint Neil Hughes as interim examiner to VF Cold Stores LtdMon Dec 14 2020 - 20:32
Court confirms two-month suspension of well-known vetTimothy Brennan pleaded guilty in 2018 to having unauthorised animal medicationsMon Dec 14 2020 - 16:42
Widow secures €282,500 over husband’s death in farm accidentTwo men killed six years ago when a punctured tractor tyre became overinflatedMon Dec 14 2020 - 16:35
Family of woman who died of sepsis secures €68,000 in court actionCourt heard claim that Rose O’Malley’s death was due to having PEG feeding tube removedMon Dec 14 2020 - 14:03
High Court president writes to Holohan over Covid-19 vaccine for wards of courtJudge says she is concerned wards will get vaccine, on direction of their clinicians, without undue delayFri Dec 11 2020 - 16:09
Farmer fails in bid to compel developer pay €1m due under €4m land sale contractMan sold lands in Co Donegal at a ‘remarkable’ €204,000 an acre, court toldFri Dec 11 2020 - 15:53
Investors cleared to pursue AIB over Belfry fund lossesPlaintiffs allege bank was negligent in operation of funds investing in property in UKThu Dec 10 2020 - 18:30
Sean Dunne’s High Court application heard in privateBankrupt businessman applied to vary order to pay €7,000 per month to creditorsThu Dec 10 2020 - 17:48
Court overturns finding relating to recognition of marriages of refugeesSupreme Court disagrees with High Court ruling over section 56.9 of International Protection Act 2015Tue Dec 08 2020 - 17:45
Vegan cafe owner challenges validity of prosecution for selling hemp productsPlaintiff granted leave to bring judicial review proceedingsMon Dec 07 2020 - 17:35
Supreme Court to rule later on constitutionality of workplace disputes processCase centres on administration of justice which is reserved to judgesMon Dec 07 2020 - 16:27
Criminal’s character can be taken into account in compensation claim, court rulesPaul Doyle’ inability to access information deemed a breach of constitutional rightsFri Dec 04 2020 - 23:59
Sexual assault accused fails in challenge over change of pleaMan had been on trial pleading not guilty to assaulting two womenFri Dec 04 2020 - 23:44
Judge hopes ruling on treatment of boy may also help determine law for othersHospital says boy has no hope of making any meaningful recovery from injuries sustained in road accidentFri Dec 04 2020 - 16:53
Judge overturns refusal of permission for 81-bed hotel in Co GalwayJudge says he proposed to return planning application to board for reconsiderationFri Dec 04 2020 - 16:29
Ruling due in May on Leslie Buckley bid to have INM inspectors withdrawnJudge says he needs time to consider large volume of material brought before courtFri Dec 04 2020 - 15:09
