Vulnerable youth at risk from birth parents, court toldChild and Family Agency seek court protection amid concerns of sexual abuse and violenceThu Mar 21 2019 - 19:31
Supreme Court clears way for challenge to gender quotas lawFianna Fáil activist Brian Mohan challenging law linking quotas to fundingThu Mar 21 2019 - 11:30
Man entitled to challenge constitutionality of new workplace dispute proceduresSupreme court finds Tomasz Zalewski has legal standing to pursue challengeWed Mar 20 2019 - 22:20
Ex-Quinn Group executives ‘very reluctant’ witnesses, court toldSean Quinn Snr ‘recklessly gambled’ hundreds of millions of euro on shares in Anglo via an investment company owned by his children, court toldWed Mar 20 2019 - 18:00
€63,000 for woman left with forehead scar after ‘negligence’ in careConcepta Anderson (58) fell during episode in hosptial toilet after pacemaker removedWed Mar 20 2019 - 12:49
Man fails to quash conviction for obstructing water meter installationJudge rules there was no want of fair procedures in how case of Stephen Bennett handledTue Mar 19 2019 - 17:52
Seán Quinn’s family used group as ‘personal bank’ to fund lifestylesHigh Court told family members extracted €1.95bn, including €1m for a weddingTue Mar 19 2019 - 16:26
Man (30s) with mild disability appeals to judge for chance to live independentlyReports from three doctors all expressed view man lacks capacity to make decisions about his welfare and financesFri Mar 15 2019 - 19:05
Lawyers accused of using litigation to stop deportation to face no further actionJudge says ‘wholly unsubstantiated case that was entirely without merit’ wasted scarce resourcesThu Mar 14 2019 - 17:01
Court hears ‘benchmark’ appeal over right of disabled employees to workSpecial needs assistant urges court to overturn decision she cannot resume work in schoolThu Mar 14 2019 - 16:55
Anglo ‘morally reprehensible’ in behaviour to Quinn childrenJudge asks why siblings did not follow advice to seek independent advice on guaranteesWed Mar 13 2019 - 16:50
High Court to review detention of man in psychiatric hospital after 16 yearsVulnerable man has been in care since he was a child and is ‘entirely on his own’Wed Mar 13 2019 - 15:47
Quinn children unknowingly put ‘heads in the noose’ for €415m liabilityCounsel for five siblings says Anglo Irish Bank ‘not just a bad bank, it was the worst bank’Tue Mar 12 2019 - 13:18
Case between IBRC and children of Sean Quinn due to last six monthsUp to 49 witnesses expected in long-running dispute about loans for €2.34bnMon Mar 11 2019 - 20:44
Judge criticises fund’s ‘cavalier’ attitude to dairy farm ownerKenmare Property Finance seeking €3.48m from Tipperary woman for land and costsMon Mar 11 2019 - 17:54
‘I don’t want to have a dead body on my hands at the end of the week’Judge seeks urgent assessment of woman (18) allegedly subjected to ‘devastating’ abuseMon Mar 11 2019 - 15:00
‘Window of opportunity’ to save woman missed, court hearsDoctors failed to follow up treatment of Ruth Morrissey, who is now terminally ill, expert saysFri Mar 08 2019 - 18:03
Supreme Court to consider rights in marriage of convenience casesAppeal brought by a Pakistani man, an EU citizen woman and her childFri Mar 08 2019 - 16:34
Judges no longer able to view bank records ‘without suspicion’Judges uncritically favouring banks ‘should resign’, High Court master Honohan saysFri Mar 08 2019 - 14:50
Judge says property poses a ‘risk to human life and limb’Michael James Stamp told to move residents out of attic flat and four mobile homes at rearThu Mar 07 2019 - 18:20
Family of woman in ‘vegetative state’ in dispute with HSE over careWoman has exceeded life expectancy on which a €2.5m settlement was reached in 2013Thu Mar 07 2019 - 17:05
Supreme Court to consider if children entitled to same enhanced remission as adultsCase taken by youth during detention at Obesrtown raises issue of ‘public importance’Thu Mar 07 2019 - 13:47
Minister wins appeal over release of data to journalistInformation Commissioner had ruled Gavin Sheridan entitled to data on fibre optic networkWed Mar 06 2019 - 17:36
Court to rule later on An Bord Pleanála’s handling of Apple data centre planTwo locals have taken case over decision to approve Athenry proposal, since scrapped by firmWed Mar 06 2019 - 17:06
Denis O’Brien appeal result proves privilege to be ‘seriously robust’Parliamentary immunity not absolute, but ‘means a great deal’, says legal expertWed Mar 06 2019 - 00:35
Denis O’Brien loses Supreme Court appeal over Dáil statements on his bankingAt issue was whether courts can intervene when committee allegedly fails to obey rulesTue Mar 05 2019 - 10:25
Supreme court refuses to hear appeal in Glencree valley right of way disputeCourt of Appeal ruled last year hillwalkers failed to prove public right of way existed in Wicklow areaMon Mar 04 2019 - 16:42
Judge rejects bank’s objections to man’s personal insolvency dealBank of Ireland would do better than if the man was made bankrupt or if the bank tried to enforce a possession order, court rulesMon Mar 04 2019 - 15:52
New judge named to hear Quinn v IBRC caseMr Justice Garrett Simons will hear loans case after previous judge recused himselfMon Mar 04 2019 - 15:17
Supreme Court’s first annual report notes dramatic drop in appeal wait timesReport shows waiting times for appeals fell from up to seven years to an average one yearMon Mar 04 2019 - 11:21
Denis O’Brien could face legal bill of up to €1m for lost caseBusinessman loses defamation case against Sunday Business PostSat Mar 02 2019 - 01:00
Denis O’Brien libel case hard fought for high stakesNeither businessman nor Sunday Business Post gave an inch in cross-examinationsFri Mar 01 2019 - 18:09
Denis O’Brien loses defamation case against Sunday Business PostMr O’Brien could face bill of up to €1m after costs order made by judge against himFri Mar 01 2019 - 16:23
Quinn High Court case delayed after judge recuses himselfJudge in €2.34bn loan case knows one of the witnesses, a former Anglo official, sociallyThu Feb 28 2019 - 14:45
Jury to resume deliberations in Denis O’Brien defamation case tomorrowDenis O’Brien is suing the publisher of Sunday Business Post over articles in 2015Thu Feb 28 2019 - 13:17
Woman would probably not have cancer if referred for colposcopy, court toldRuth Morrissey continuing action against HSE, two US labs over alleged smears misreadingWed Feb 27 2019 - 20:56
Judge tells jury in O’Brien defamation case to consider nine questionsJury to begin considering their verdict on ThursdayWed Feb 27 2019 - 17:49
Court orders Roadstone to allow quarry inspections over pyriteEvidence whether sites were source of damaging building materials soughtWed Feb 27 2019 - 17:25
Former Rehab head Angela Kerins wins key parts of appeal against PACSupreme Court says committee acted outside remit during questioning of charity bossWed Feb 27 2019 - 13:42
Supreme Court to deliver judgment today in Angela Kerins appealFormer Rehab CEO took case over her treatment before Dáil Public Accounts CommitteeWed Feb 27 2019 - 06:00
Appeal over Alan Shatter’s successful challenge to Guerin report dismissedSupreme Court judges find in favour of former minister for justice but do not criticise barristerTue Feb 26 2019 - 15:12
O’Brien defamation action deserves to be thrown out on its backside – McDowellPaul O’Higgins SC said Denis O’Brien is ‘not out to destroy’ anyone in bringing caseTue Feb 26 2019 - 13:18
Couple removed from social housing list resolve dispute with Dublin councilWoman who bought €2,000 flat in Latvia to be placed on list under resolution of court caseMon Feb 25 2019 - 22:07
Court to rule on appeal over Shatter’s successful challenge to Guerin reportReport concerned former Minister’s handling of Sgt Maurice McCabe complaintsMon Feb 25 2019 - 17:09
Supreme Court clarifies law over jailing for contemptMan wins appeal over District Court judge decision to jail him for a weekMon Feb 25 2019 - 14:05
Donegal councillor seeks to join action aimed at halting ethics inquiryJohn O’Donnell wants to be joined to judicial review proceedings by Hugh McElvaneyFri Feb 22 2019 - 18:45
Judge questions man’s credibility as €60,000 crash claim dismissedCourt told of inconsistencies in case of Patrick Ward, who told GP he was ‘ok’ two weeks after accidentFri Feb 22 2019 - 14:04
Denis O’Brien case: closing arguments to be heard next weekBusinessman claims he was defamed in articles in the Sunday Business Post in 2015Fri Feb 22 2019 - 12:15
O’Brien on front page as he is ‘Barcelona’ in football terms, jury toldFormer Sunday Business Post editor said articles did ‘no damage’ to businessmanThu Feb 21 2019 - 18:20
Former Irish Life & Permanent chief loses appeal over convictionSupreme Court unanimously rejects appeal by Denis CaseyThu Feb 21 2019 - 11:33
