North-south interconnector decision ‘failed to consider Brexit’Landowners claim at start of legal challenge they were ‘excluded’ from planning processTue Jul 18 2017 - 20:01
Commission investigating ‘Grace’ case wants urgent solution over legal costsHealth Minister must devise ‘administrative solution’ to problem, court hearsTue Jul 18 2017 - 13:20
Solicitor struck off for running up €500,000 deficit on client’s accountMichael H O’Neill had practised as a sole practitioner in Naas, Co KildareMon Jul 17 2017 - 21:29
Grandmother sues Tusla over alleged neglect of three childrenWoman says her daughter is involved in ‘dysfunctional and abusive’ relationshipMon Jul 17 2017 - 17:47
Army captain who lost out on promotion due to maternity leave awarded €824,000Capt Diane Byrne was on leave while interviews for commandant were heldSat Jul 15 2017 - 11:18
Accidents ‘not always someone else’s fault’, High Court judge saysDriver claimed he lost control of car because of loose chippings on Tipperary roadFri Jul 14 2017 - 16:42
State not liable after man lost job over mistaken application of directiveCourt rules while Nigerian man ‘injured’ by State’s error he was not entitled to damagesThu Jul 13 2017 - 21:50
Supreme Court quashes man’s conviction for burglaryAlan Wilson charged with different offence to the one he was questioned over, judges findThu Jul 13 2017 - 13:32
Cerberus subsidiary secures €8m in judgments against ex-bankersJudge refuses to stay orders arising from property and development loansWed Jul 12 2017 - 21:30
Leopardstown owners win appeal over row with sports clubCourt hears mediation agreement with businessman Philip Smyth cannot be rescindedTue Jul 11 2017 - 17:23
Revenue secures orders of €5.2m against father and son businessmenJudge said the cases of Annino and Corrado Forte appeared to involve ‘some element of tax evasion’Tue Jul 11 2017 - 16:08
Greystones school loses McDonald’s planning challengePermission for fast food restaurant near three schools allowed but firm has ‘lost interest’Tue Jul 11 2017 - 13:44
Anorexic woman ‘stable but critical’, High Court toldOrders for detention of woman refusing consent for treatment are continuedMon Jul 10 2017 - 19:53
There ‘can be no place for solicitors found guilty of dishonesty’ - High Court judgeLaw Society granted declaration Daniel Downes not fit person to be in professionMon Jul 10 2017 - 18:05
Award to severely disabled boy increased to €13.3 millionBoy to get additional €3.5 million after court decision affecting interest rates on awardsMon Jul 10 2017 - 14:44
Sean FitzPatrick’s wife claims entitlement to ‘substantial’ assetsFormer Anglo Irish Bank chairman declared bankrupt in 2010 with debts of €147mFri Jul 07 2017 - 16:26
State will not appeal declaration visually impaired man should get secret ballotFather of two complained he must ask polling station officer to complete his ballotThu Jul 06 2017 - 21:50
Appeal by man arrested for breach of deportation order dismissedMan’s claim gardaí had no power to stop and arrest him while driving defied logicThu Jul 06 2017 - 17:56
Man to be made ward of court despite his oppositionJury says man with schizophrenia should be placed under protection of the High CourtWed Jul 05 2017 - 17:54
Homeless family of seven in hotels 18 months to be housed, court toldUnemployed couple and five children have had 10 temporary abodes in last four yearsTue Jul 04 2017 - 17:05
Woman loses insolvency deal case after dispute over house valueLender Start Mortgages rejected €180,000 valuation of the woman’s Co Offaly homeMon Jul 03 2017 - 20:50
Vulnerable woman must stay in ‘inappropriate’ psychiatric unitIntellectually disabled woman traumatised after leaving care to live with man in traveller campMon Jul 03 2017 - 15:22
Homeless woman denied jobseeker’s allowance over ‘address issue’Court hears woman had to leave her Clondalkin accommodation due to delayFri Jun 30 2017 - 22:22
Schoolboy expelled for smoking joint wins fresh hearingPupil, expelled last year aged 14, has been unable to find a school to sit his Junior CertFri Jun 30 2017 - 17:50
Woman traumatised by husband’s road crash settles actionCourt hears Wexford woman was a second victim by witnessing her husband’s painThu Jun 29 2017 - 20:30
Guerin seeks to appeal Shatter’s challenge to whistleblower reportBarrister opposing Court of Appeal ruling that review put ex-minister’s rights in jeopardyWed Jun 28 2017 - 13:02
Settlement of €1.5m for severely disabled woman approved by courtOpera singer Elaine Lennon suffered severe injuries due to failures to properly diagnose headachesTue Jun 27 2017 - 18:42
Medical negligence action by man who killed landlord may not go aheadSaverio Bellante was taken off anti-psychotic medication three days before death of Tom O’GormanTue Jun 27 2017 - 18:24
‘Challenging’ man with €750,000 must stay in ward for mentally illMan who suffered head injury in crash is not mentally ill but has no suitable place to goTue Jun 27 2017 - 14:42
Mentally ill woman ‘may be given’ contraceptive injectionMedics believe woman, who exhibits a ‘child-like quality’, at risk of another pregnancyMon Jun 26 2017 - 16:50
Anorexic woman ‘will die’ without treatment, judge saysCare for 18-year-old, who weighs some 40kg and is ‘living on’ tea and cigarettes, approvedMon Jun 26 2017 - 15:21
Brexit could threaten Irish immigration policy, expert warnsCommon Travel Area focus could exclude migrants, Piaras Mac Éinrí claimsSun Jun 25 2017 - 17:26
Judge confirms sanctions against anaesthetistLawyer suffered catastrophic brain injury during surgeryFri Jun 23 2017 - 19:04
ESB can appeal judgment over access to private landsCase centres on how electricity supplier serves notice to carry out statutory functionsFri Jun 23 2017 - 18:57
Cases of non-EEA students who wish to remain in Ireland to be heardSupreme Court says it’s ‘self-evident’ issues raised are of general public importanceFri Jun 23 2017 - 11:38
Parents oppose court’s no CPR order for brain injured sonFather of man in his thirties says: ‘I want him kept alive. Where there’s life, there’s hope’Fri Jun 23 2017 - 06:31
Denis O’Brien ‘entitled to know’ if person who ordered dossier is ‘sworn enemy’Red Flag says it prepared the dossier in the ordinary course of business for a clientThu Jun 22 2017 - 13:08
Judge urges lawmakers to witness ‘procession of misery’ in courtsIf legislators could see this misery, they might enact the necessary and uncontroversial legislation as a matter of urgency, Mr Justice Peter Kelly saidThu Jun 22 2017 - 07:31
Chief Justice rebukes Varadkar and Martin over Whelan rowMembers of judiciary ‘extremely disappointed’ after comments in Dáil about WhelanThu Jun 22 2017 - 01:00
Judge permits kidney surgery on mentally ill manMan (60) with paranoid schizophrenia ‘lacks capacity’ to consent to removal of tumourWed Jun 21 2017 - 22:31
State provided no alternative after closing mental hospitalsPeople are falling through the cracks, clinical director of Central Mental Hospital tells High CourtWed Jun 21 2017 - 20:41
Chief Justice highlights independence of Attorney GeneralSusan Denham makes remarks as Máire Whelan becomes a Court of Appeal judgeWed Jun 21 2017 - 17:42
Woman who sued over husband’s care at Cork hospital gets €295,000Remmy Ajayi, originally from Nigeria, suffered total organ failure after eye infectionWed Jun 21 2017 - 16:10
Judge concerned on ‘advisers’ pushing lay litigants into debtJustice Mary Irvine says advice from non-qualified advisers ‘rarely if ever correct’Wed Jun 21 2017 - 00:03
Central Bank rejects Fingleton’s claims as ‘nonsense’ in appeal caseFormer Nationwide chief argues he cannot lawfully be subject to an inquiry into alleged regulatory breaches at the societyTue Jun 20 2017 - 17:17
Man suspected of involvement in terrorism to be deportedAlgerian claimed he would be at risk if deported but had been back home for a monthMon Jun 19 2017 - 18:40
Bank of Ireland and BOI Private Banking seek merger approvalCommercial Court hearing date fixed for 21st JulyMon Jun 19 2017 - 17:22
Judge expresses hope for mediation in Kilkenny disputeRow is between son and mother concerning ownership of luxury retail storesMon Jun 19 2017 - 14:03
Court rejects asylum seekers’ appeal over EU data lawsFingerprints indicated UK, not Ireland, was responsible for two Albanian nationalsFri Jun 16 2017 - 20:53
Tributes paid to ‘immense’ contribution of Ms Justice Mary LaffoyShe was appointed High Court judge in 1995 and became Supreme Court judge in 2013Fri Jun 16 2017 - 15:42
