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
Ailesbury Road residents challenge handling of housing plan for former RTÉ landsResidents tell High Court plans should not be considered under Strategic Housing ActThu Jul 23 2020 - 20:41
Tragic aspects of Ruth Morrissey’s case have ‘come to fruition’, Chief Justice saysSupreme Court offers sympathy to family of cancer campaignerThu Jul 23 2020 - 14:16
Plan for high-rise development on former Premier Dairies site quashedHigh Court overturns permission for 245 apartments and childcare facility in FinglasThu Jul 23 2020 - 01:00
Former accountant consents to High Court orders in liquidation caseLiquidator’s investigation is into the running of three insolvent companiesWed Jul 22 2020 - 19:05
Cleaner who fractured ankle after fall from ladder sues for damagesBefore incident employee had sought a scaffold for work instead of ladderWed Jul 22 2020 - 17:26
Disabled woman awarded €200,000 after claim she had to leave home due to mine collapseCourt told woman and elderly mother were compelled to leave Monaghan home due to subsidenceWed Jul 22 2020 - 17:04
Judge queries if woman had adequate notice of wardship applicationMs Justice Niamh Hyland expresses concern over rights of intellectually disabled womanTue Jul 21 2020 - 20:51
Parents of profoundly autistic man find situation ‘untenable’, judge hearsHSE approves support for man in his 20s who is sometimes violent to his family membersTue Jul 21 2020 - 14:38
Court confirms appointment of liquidators to Drumcondra credit unionAbout 95 per cent of members have received payments in relation to their depositsFri Jul 17 2020 - 20:09
David Drumm consents to €7.5m judgment on unpaid loansProceedings initiated by Anlo Irish Bank in 2009Fri Jul 17 2020 - 12:20
Judge strikes out Clontarf residents case against MinisterAssociation out of time to challenge failure to designate fields a special protection areaThu Jul 16 2020 - 17:51
CervicalCheck: Ruth Morrissey and husband paid €2.16m damages, Supreme Court toldFull sum given despite appeal allowed by one of the labs over €575,000 of award to Paul MorrisseyThu Jul 16 2020 - 15:46
Second legal action over swine flu vaccine listed for NovemberBenjamin Blackwell, now aged 15, claims he contracted narcolepsy after getting Pandemrix jabWed Jul 15 2020 - 22:38
Man not entitled to be paid disability allowance after return to RomaniaSupreme Court appeal by seriously ill man who worked in Ireland for three years failsWed Jul 15 2020 - 15:27
Chilean student ‘happy to be free’ after being detained for nearly two weeks in MountjoyImmigration officials had refused Estefany Carolina Alquinta Gonzalez entry into the StateWed Jul 15 2020 - 00:05
Father of five Irish citizen children wins appeal over refusal of citizenshipFinding had been made by Minister for Justice on basis he was ‘not of good character’Mon Jul 13 2020 - 22:56
Lidl goes to court over Aldi price surveySupermarket alleges methodology of report conducted by Grant Thornton is flawedMon Jul 13 2020 - 18:10
Owners of Cork shopping centre sue for €30m after car causes fireDouglas Village Shopping Centre has been closed since the fire of August 31st, 2019Mon Jul 13 2020 - 16:33
Dispute between Bewley’s cafe and landlord goes to mediationCompany controlled by developer Johnny Ronan says it is owed €747,000 by shuttered business after refusing rent holidayMon Jul 13 2020 - 15:24
Property owners lose challenge over new Croke Park access routeFour people sought to overturn decision clearing way for development of new routeFri Jul 10 2020 - 15:12
Examinership of Apple reseller Compu b confirmedCompany has 395 employees in Ireland and BritainFri Jul 10 2020 - 13:13
Provisional liquidator appointed to Caritas centre on Merrion RoadFacility has been closed since end of MarchThu Jul 09 2020 - 19:26
Provisional liquidator appointed to Caritas centre on Merrion RoadFacility has been closes since end of MarchThu Jul 09 2020 - 18:01
Failure to sanction Gaelcoláiste on Harold’s Cross site breaches rights, court toldPatron of Irish-medium schools and two parents taking action against StateWed Jul 08 2020 - 17:42
ESB could face huge bill over UCC flood damageSemi-State company faces about 400 proceedings in relation to Cork city floodingWed Jul 08 2020 - 13:45
Proceedings begin against Clonshaugh waste-water facility planApproval given with ‘no assessment of what comes out of pipe’, High Court hearsTue Jul 07 2020 - 18:03
Bula mine co-founder fails in bankruptcy appealMichael Wymes declared bankrupt in 2018 over €4.8m bill from long-running legal action over failure of mineTue Jul 07 2020 - 15:45
Court told hearing into dispute over Setanta Centre redevelopment not so urgentWork on project is pausing for six months due to Covid-19 uncertaintyMon Jul 06 2020 - 18:58
