Mother refused meaningful access to teenage daughter in ‘profoundly sad’ caseCourt hears woman has serious alcohol problem and was violent to her childrenThu Sept 24 2020 - 21:28
Home-schooled Leaving Cert student wins case over calculated grades exclusionMinister’s policy did not live up to its own stated principle of ‘fairness and equality’, judge saysThu Sept 24 2020 - 18:08
Minister loses important Supreme Court appeals over approach to deportation casesCase concerned refusals to allow Nigerian spouses of two Irish citizens enter or remain in StateWed Sept 23 2020 - 16:49
Belevedere College student and St Kilian’s German school take Leaving Cert casesHigh Court judge says ‘lead’ case concerning standardisation of grades will be heard next monthWed Sept 23 2020 - 13:46
Leaving Cert student withdraws court challenge after getting place on dentistry courseMartha Woods had claimed standardisation had unfairly impacted on her ambition to pursue careerWed Sept 23 2020 - 11:07
Scrapping court oath would ‘materially increase’ false evidence, judge saysMr Justice Humphreys says pledge may seem outdated but has ‘a powerful role in bringing out the truth’Tue Sept 22 2020 - 18:42
Judge to rule next week on ‘unprecedented’ application over brain-injured childHospital seeking orders to withhold life preserving interventions from child injured in collisionTue Sept 22 2020 - 16:48
Judge orders release of woman who poses ‘imminent’ risk to motherNo legal basis for ‘dangerous’ woman’s continued detention, rules High CourtTue Sept 22 2020 - 12:19
Mother and son fined €6.2m over failure to clean up illegal farm dumpsEileen and Fred Hendy ordered to pay out to Meath County Council over contempt of court ordersMon Sept 21 2020 - 21:04
Judge urged to find novel way to legally detain ‘traumatised and dangerous’ womanTusla withdrawing wardship proceedings as 18-year-old does not any longer meet criteriaMon Sept 21 2020 - 16:46
Wife not entitled to deceased husband's entire estate, High Court rulesCouple married in a hospice four days before husband died of cancerFri Sept 18 2020 - 18:27
Judge orders gardaí be given material on ‘traumatised, dangerous’ woman18-year-old could be released into community as there is no legal basis to continue detentionFri Sept 18 2020 - 13:02
‘Give him time,’ mother urges court about severely brain-injured child‘He is not able to talk but he has a heartbeat and a pulse,’ says woman opposing palliative care for sonThu Sept 17 2020 - 17:27
Leaving Cert 2019 student who missed out on 2020 course, takes court caseWoman claims way grades standardised unfairly impacted ambitions for dentistry careerThu Sept 17 2020 - 14:29
Report on Séamus Woulfe to go to Chief Justice this weekSusan Denham tasked to carry out review into judge’s presence at golf dinnerThu Sept 17 2020 - 00:52
New Look examiner case adjourned on landlords’ disquietCourt hears of concerns company had sought to ‘contrive’ insolvencyWed Sept 16 2020 - 17:44
Brain-injured boy will make no meaningful recovery after road collision, High Court toldParents oppose hospital’s application for orders effectively allowing it to administer palliative care regimeWed Sept 16 2020 - 17:07
Parents oppose palliative care application for brain-injured sonYoung boy suffered catastrophic brain injury in a car crash earlier this yearTue Sept 15 2020 - 17:33
Traumatised woman who is a serious risk to others agrees to stay in detentionHigh Court hears 18-year-old woman is concerned she might harm herself and othersTue Sept 15 2020 - 15:37
Shannon gas terminal’s prioritisation cannot be referred to European court, judge rulesFriends of Irish Environment’s case focused on the decision-making procedure involving Commission and StateMon Sept 14 2020 - 18:43
No legal basis to detain traumatised woman regarded risk to mother, CFA acceptsWoman’s declared intention to harm a category of other females taken very seriously by doctors and gardaíMon Sept 14 2020 - 17:49
Developer alleges ‘astounding’ conflict of interest from consultantsShorevale claims consultants provided report to company appealing its permissionFri Sept 11 2020 - 16:20
Gardaí can examine calls, texts, social media, photos, videos on journalist’s phone, court rulesJudge notes there is strictly speaking no such thing as journalistic privilegeFri Sept 11 2020 - 13:46
Mother at ‘serious’ risk from daughter must be rehoused, court toldJudge says mother’s position should top any local authority priority listWed Sept 09 2020 - 15:04
Séamus Woulfe meets former chief justice over Oireachtas dinner controversySupreme Court judge was accompanied by Senior Counsel for meeting with Susan DenhamWed Sept 09 2020 - 14:55
Woman with dementia made a ward of court despite her objectionHigh Court hears woman lacks capacity to make decisions about her welfare and financesTue Sept 08 2020 - 17:37
Vet's registration suspended for six months over professional misconductPatrick O’Halloran created impression farmer’s animals complied with quality assuranceTue Sept 08 2020 - 16:44
Solicitor should be struck off over ‘fictitious’ land sale contract, judge rulesHigh Court finds against Daniel J Coleman over Co Galway land deal in 2004Tue Sept 08 2020 - 12:46
Further €900,000 payment approved for boy ‘defied all odds’ despite brain injuryJack Hegarty (5) previously got an interim payment of €1.7m over treatment in hospitalMon Sept 07 2020 - 12:38
Traumatised woman (18) a ‘serious risk’ to her mother and others, court toldPresident of High Court to decide if any medical basis for continuation of wardship proceedingsFri Sept 04 2020 - 21:56
Ailesbury Road residents fail to stop ruling on housing plan for RTÉ landDublin City Council planners separately recommend approval of 614-home schemeFri Sept 04 2020 - 18:12
Action over valuable horses being moved to Ireland is settledTwo of the horses being sent to Belgium have estimated value of €5mThu Sept 03 2020 - 14:40
Dublin waste firm loses challenge over information disclosure decisionUnder its permit, M50 Skip Hire had to provide an annual environmental report to the council, judge saysWed Sept 02 2020 - 16:47
Judge says State’s delay in deporation decision ‘no way to treat people’Court refuses State’s leave to appeal decission on quashing order for Pakistani woman and daughterWed Sept 02 2020 - 16:41
Woman made ward of court after presenting to nursing homeNeighbours separately raise objection with the High Court wards of court officeTue Sept 01 2020 - 22:15
Court rules in favour of developer in Raheny housing scheme caseChallenge is upheld after permission had been refused for 536-unit development next to St Anne’s ParkSat Aug 01 2020 - 11:09
Court ruling on State climate plan ‘demands’ political attentionNational agenda derailed by judgment, but Minister notes decision key to political focusSat Aug 01 2020 - 01:09
Former prisoner to get one third of €1m legal costs of taking caseGary Simpson was awarded €7,500 over his conditions of detention in Mountjoy PrisonFri Jul 31 2020 - 16:32
Supreme Court quashes Government’s plan to reduce greenhouse gasesCoalition will have to devise new plan following ruling of seven-judge courtFri Jul 31 2020 - 10:21
Intellectually disabled couple bring separate challenges over marriage banOrder prohibiting man proceeding with a civil marriage was made by High Court in 2019Thu Jul 30 2020 - 21:42
Disabled children affected by ‘extraordinary’ failure to bring 2004 law into force - judgeCourt rejects test cases by three children concerning the assessment processThu Jul 30 2020 - 16:59
Leaving Cert student’s challenge over calculated grades gets urgent hearingMinister for Education conceded Elijah Burke was entitled to leave to bring judicial review proceedingsWed Jul 29 2020 - 19:41
Court rules on case with implications for unaccompanied learnersMan cannot be convicted for driving without insurance on basis he was on learner permit, says judgeWed Jul 29 2020 - 16:50
High Court challenge to housing development in Meath GaeltachtLocal development group suggests language impact statement (LIS) was inadequateWed Jul 29 2020 - 13:35
Solicitor who allowed deficit in client funds is struck offTribunal also found the solicitor had failed to stamp and register 10 deeds despite being in funds to do soMon Jul 27 2020 - 20:44
Home-schooled Leaving Cert student seeks to challenge exclusion from calculated gradesElijah Burke says unless the court intervenes he cannot progress to third level for another yearMon Jul 27 2020 - 15:48
Marriage of convenience finding does not make marriage a legal nullity, court rulesSupreme Court overturns far-reaching High Court findingMon Jul 27 2020 - 15:35
State wins ruling on refugee applications affecting over 250 peopleSupreme Court says Minister has discretion on transfer of application from another EU stateFri Jul 24 2020 - 17:19
Objector to wind-farm development brings legal challengeAction centres on planning board’s decision that the development constitutes strategic infrastructure developmentFri Jul 24 2020 - 16:33
Garda who harassed State solicitor loses appeal over convictionSupreme Court urges updating of law on harassment to provide ‘effective’ statutory protectionFri Jul 24 2020 - 15:30
