Man sent to industrial school as boy for stealing food and coin wins Supreme Court caseMan sought redress over abuse by named Brothers in 1960sThu Dec 06 2018 - 13:45
Lithuanian man wins Supreme Court bid against extraditionJudge cites need for ‘legislative reassessment’ of sections of the European Arrest WarrantWed Dec 05 2018 - 18:05
Supreme Court to sit in Galway to hear appeal over Apple data centreAppeal concerns legal obligations of An Bord Pleanála in approval of €850m planWed Dec 05 2018 - 11:53
HSE urged to speed up effort to find place for brain injured womanWard of court was sent to UK in February for three month assessment but remains thereTue Dec 04 2018 - 18:21
‘Slopping out’ case could have huge consequences, State arguesCourt reserves judgment on appeal by man who went months without in-cell sanitation in MountjoyTue Dec 04 2018 - 16:22
Solicitor struck off by High Court over failure to honour undertakingsThomas O’Donoghue closed his Co Galway practice in 2011 ‘leaving it to others to pick up the pieces’Tue Dec 04 2018 - 11:11
Judge restricts vulnerable man’s use of social mediaMan’s situation has deteriorated since he got a smartphone as a present, court toldMon Dec 03 2018 - 18:06
Supreme Court hears appeal over slopping out in prisonsHearing could have important implications for as many as 1,000 other casesMon Dec 03 2018 - 18:02
Minister wins appeal over payment to Co Tipperary farmerCourt rules man overstated area of lands eligible under Single Payment SchemeThu Nov 29 2018 - 16:28
IBRC wins €121m judgment against Patricia QuinnWife of Seán Quinn will no longer be involved in action denying liability for €1.24bn loansThu Nov 29 2018 - 15:52
Limerick man loses appeal over murder convictionJonathan Fitzgerald jailed for life for killing Noel Crawford in case of mistaken identityThu Nov 29 2018 - 13:59
Mother of forcibly removed newborn seeks damages against agencyWoman gripped baby tightly but he was eventually removed using minimal force, court hearsWed Nov 28 2018 - 13:55
Judge overturns ‘nuclear option’ emergency care order for newbornRemoval of day old baby from mother into public care ‘an extremely harsh measure’Tue Nov 27 2018 - 15:07
Dublin Port Company seeks removal of haulage firmIt is alleged in the Commercial Court that Automation Transport is overholding on it leaseMon Nov 26 2018 - 20:31
Troubled youth to stay in UK unit, judge ordersCourt hears concerns over the potential impact of Brexit on Irish wards of courtMon Nov 26 2018 - 17:45
Cavan-based insulation board company sues insurer for €6.5mBallytherm taking action over alleged refusal to indemnify it for claimsMon Nov 26 2018 - 17:26
Ballaghaderreen solicitor’s account deficit may exceed €500,000There is ‘nothing satisfactory’ about situation of suspended Declan O’Callaghan, says judgeMon Nov 26 2018 - 17:26
Downward ‘recalibration’ of personal injury awards sees garda receive €8,000Garda received soft tissue injury in fall while chasing suspectFri Nov 23 2018 - 17:44
Minister must reconsider family reunification request, judge rulesIrish citizen caring for disabled son wants son and daughter to travel here from AfricaFri Nov 23 2018 - 15:43
Newborn taken from mother over concerns of serious harm or deathChild and Family Agency explains motivation for taking day-old child at High CourtFri Nov 23 2018 - 15:05
Father claims ‘draconian’ taking into care of son breaches his rightsMr Justice Séamus Noonan told case is first chance for High Court to review how emergency care orders are madeThu Nov 22 2018 - 17:19
‘Incomprehensible’ that new specialist facility for children only half openHigh court judge said her concerns should be drawn to ‘urgent attention’ of MinisterThu Nov 22 2018 - 13:34
Mother felt ‘torture’ when newborn forcibly taken from herBoy taken from woman in hospital by gardaí and social workers over fears for his safetyWed Nov 21 2018 - 17:33
Separated father loses challenge against one-bedroom flat allocationMan who has shared custody of his three children took case against Dublin City CouncilWed Nov 21 2018 - 15:40
Woman insists friends gave her €280,000 as gift rather than loanJacqueline Keenaghan says sum offered ‘totally out of the blue’ in August 2010Tue Nov 20 2018 - 17:55
Court approves €20m-plus payouts to meet Setanta shortfallInsurance Compensation Fund to pay out awards for collapsed Malta-based insurerMon Nov 19 2018 - 22:08
Solicitor who failed to repay money borrowed from client is struck offHigh court told Paul Cunningham (50) owed the money to woman caring for elderly husband with Alzheimer’sMon Nov 19 2018 - 19:13
Solicitor to hold part of €20,000 award to woman who fell into freezerDunnes Stores appeals ruling that it must pay compensation to 70-year-old shopperMon Nov 19 2018 - 17:44
Public to be banned from tweeting and texting in courtUse of social media will be limited in court to ‘bona fide journalists’ and lawyers, says Chief JusticeSat Nov 17 2018 - 11:39
Couple ordered to remove seawall ‘blocking access’ to Co Cork beachDepartment claimed breakwater, built in 1990, was ‘an effort to privatise the foreshore’Fri Nov 16 2018 - 14:45
Developer Garrett Kelleher loses appeal on Nama files discoveryCourt confirms it cannot order compliance with existing order in face of sworn statementsFri Nov 16 2018 - 13:26
Ireland should ‘look after our own sick’, says High Court presidentMr Justice Peter Kelly warns of reliance on UK facilities for wards of court ahead of BrexitFri Nov 16 2018 - 12:44
Woman with advanced breast cancer secures urgent court hearingAction against HSE over alleged delay in cancer diagnosis will be heard in JanuaryThu Nov 15 2018 - 18:40
Woman gets €600k settlement over alleged negligence in knee careElderly patient requires 24-hour care after procedure it is claimed was unnecessaryThu Nov 15 2018 - 14:40
Peat harvesting firm says 50 jobs at risk over EPA orderEnvironmental agency says Harte Peat is causing ‘irreparable damage’ to raised bogWed Nov 14 2018 - 20:36
Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal over Drew Harris’s appointmentCiaran MacAirt claimed appointment was unlawful because he was not, it was alleged, an appropriate person to serve as Garda CommissionerWed Nov 14 2018 - 18:00
Case over forcible removable of newborn to get urgent hearingBreast-feeding mother’s son taken from her on foot of order by Child and Family AgencyWed Nov 14 2018 - 13:53
Four daughters, two sons settle actions over death of parents in 2011 crashPassenger allegedly grabbed steering wheel of car that crashed into vehicle carrying Tipperary coupleWed Nov 14 2018 - 13:06
Doctor involved in conspiracy to forge will is struck offHigh Court told conditions attached to his registration when he was found guilty of professional misconduct were ignoredTue Nov 13 2018 - 18:53
Baby forcibly removed from breastfeeding mother by gardaí and social workersMother has secured leave for judicial review over how emergency care order was made for newbornTue Nov 13 2018 - 13:13
Mother of brain injured boy a ‘prisoner’ due to nurse shortageCourt hears 17-year-old granted €2.4m settlement was meant to have 24 hour nursing careMon Nov 12 2018 - 17:13
Publican contests efforts by fund to take over Dublin barDes Markey leases O’Donoghue’s of Suffolk Street whose owner owes €6.2mMon Nov 12 2018 - 16:59
Man must be jailed for interfering with work of receiver, judge rulesCourt told Pat Carty suspected of collecting rents linked to disputed Co Wexford propertyMon Nov 12 2018 - 15:46
Dispute between friends over whether €280,000 was loan or gift ends in courtWoman who gave the money hurt when she heard friend hired limousine for daughter’s debsFri Nov 09 2018 - 18:18
Credit Union withdraws allegations against chief executiveEugene Kearns had challenged his dismissal from roleFri Nov 09 2018 - 18:02
Woman faces €500k legal bill after court case over €64k feesJudge said Mason Hayes Curran was entitled to judgment for fees plus costsFri Nov 09 2018 - 15:50
European court judgment may be good news for Kilkenny road objectorsHigh Court sought a preliminary ruling from the EU Court of JusticeThu Nov 08 2018 - 21:23
Fred Forsey Jnr has corruption conviction quashed by Supreme CourtFormer Fine Gael councillor from Waterford was jailed for four years in 2012Thu Nov 08 2018 - 15:01
Defective doctor recruitment poses danger to patients, judge saysHigh Court hears medic hired by HSE had no experience and made ‘wild’ assessmentsWed Nov 07 2018 - 16:52
Supreme Court rules operation of Co Galway quarry is unauthorisedSix month stay put on court order handed down for material breach of planning code and in public interestWed Nov 07 2018 - 16:47
