Greens and British barrister take action over Brexit in Irish courtGoal is a legal declaration that article 50, once triggered, can be revoked by BritainFri Jan 27 2017 - 19:32
Monica Leech libel case against Independent Newspapers dismissedCommunications consultant took action over story on burglary at her home almost 12 years agoFri Jan 27 2017 - 13:28
Judgment reserved on teenagers’ claims rights were breachedFour males detained at Oberstown allege wrong treatment in wake of roof incidentThu Jan 26 2017 - 16:57
Court to rule on Angela Kerins’s claims of PAC ‘witchhunt’Decision in Rehab case has significant implications for all Oireachtas CommitteesThu Jan 26 2017 - 16:56
Magdalene Laundry compensation case adjournedOmbudsman says Minister for Justice cannot claim it must follow its recommendationsThu Jan 26 2017 - 16:11
HSE drops appeal against compensation award to consultantsMove could have implications for hundreds of senior doctors across the countryThu Jan 26 2017 - 10:21
Parents lose challenge over emergency care order for babyNewborn was placed in care soon after birth due to allegedly ‘unexplained’ bruisingWed Jan 25 2017 - 21:06
Women claim ‘unreasonable’ exclusion from Magdalene schemeClaim based on forced work in laundries while attending nearby industrial schoolsWed Jan 25 2017 - 21:01
Interim examiner appointed to click.ie sale and repair firmCantec Office Solutions employing 47 people in 10 stores deemed to be ‘viable’ businessWed Jan 25 2017 - 20:06
Supreme Court considering right to work of asylum seekersMan who lived in direct provision claims he suffered damage to dignity and self-worthTue Jan 24 2017 - 17:07
State faces €1m bill from Joan Collins promissory note caseCourt does not follow rule of costs following judgment due to importance of issues raisedTue Jan 24 2017 - 12:11
Judge refuses struck-off solicitor’s bid to resume practiceFindings of misconduct made against Mullingar solicitor who has not worked since 2010Mon Jan 23 2017 - 20:26
Treatment in UK sought for Irishman with severe anorexiaMan has had eating disorder involving hospitalisation since his teens, High Court hearsMon Jan 23 2017 - 17:01
Woman gives chocolates to judge who ordered tumour removal‘Judges are often criticised but rarely thanked. Thanks for saying thanks, very few do’Mon Jan 23 2017 - 14:56
Mother and daughter face losing €55,000 Munster homeHigh Court accepts decision is harsh as it upholds objection to personal insolvency dealFri Jan 20 2017 - 20:21
Challenge to Fitzwilliam Street homeless hostel fails in courtDublin City Council’s approval of proposed hostel at Longfield’s Hotel did not breach planning lawThu Jan 19 2017 - 19:11
High Court told of ‘most serious’ incident at Oberstown in 20 yearsFour youths claim their rights were breached after detention centre rooftop incidentThu Jan 19 2017 - 18:15
Shane Geoghegan’s killer loses appeal against convictionBarry Doyle jailed for life in 2012 for murder of rugby player in case of mistaken identityWed Jan 18 2017 - 20:56
Oberstown youths kept in ‘de facto solitary confinement’, court toldDetainees claim human rights and dignity breached with ‘no apparent legal reason’Tue Jan 17 2017 - 16:50
Man wins appeal over exclusion from his family homeJudge said there was no basis for orders granting custody of autistic son (18) to wifeTue Jan 17 2017 - 16:39
Teenage girl with anorexia making ‘good progress’, court toldHigh Court president says first case of young male with the eating disorder has arisenMon Jan 16 2017 - 17:04
Boy brain damaged at birth awarded €1.35mSix-year-old born in Cork hospital suffers seizures and requires constant care, court toldFri Jan 13 2017 - 18:57
Lawyers disagree on procedure for detaining mentally ill manHigh Court told human rights of man held in Central Mental Hospital should be protectedFri Jan 13 2017 - 18:19
Revenue queries €558,750 fee for liquidator of building firmDavid Hughes is ordered by High Court to provide more details on time workedFri Jan 13 2017 - 17:40
Woman sues Dublin maternity hospital over alleged negligenceWoman claims she felt scalpel slicing through layers of skin during Caesarean sectionThu Jan 12 2017 - 19:55
Denis O’Brien appeals against refusal to reveal Red Flag clientHigh Court awards costs of discovery hearing into dossier against businessmanThu Jan 12 2017 - 19:43
Man says stepmother ‘laughed’ at him when he asked for share of €3.4 million Lotto winDavid Walsh claimed National Lottery letter confirmed he was part of a six-person syndicateThu Jan 12 2017 - 17:37
Man sues stepmother for share of €3.38m Lotto winDavid Walsh rejects claim he was offered father’s house or €200,000 from lottery prizeWed Jan 11 2017 - 20:18
Mother (81) liable for judgment on €1m loan guarantee for son's firmCourt of Appeal upholds Commercial Court ruling that widow made out no arguable defenceWed Dec 21 2016 - 21:09
Woman must pay Dublin Bus legal costs after losing appeal over fallCourt dismissed passenger’s action over injury when she came backwards down stairsWed Dec 21 2016 - 15:28
Meath wind farm objector loses challenge over planning procedureCourt rules Bord Pleanála not obliged to hear submissions before it can designate strategic developmentWed Dec 21 2016 - 13:31
Woman who slipped on vomit in Dublin pub awarded €82,000Judge said plaintiff was entitled to win case as floor was left uncleaned for at least an hourTue Dec 20 2016 - 18:08
Irish TV wound up as attempts to secure funding failsStation employed 30 people in Westport promoting Mayo and Irish cultureTue Dec 20 2016 - 15:12
State appeals against High Court definition of ‘unborn’ in ConstitutionFurther clarity sought on rights of ‘unborn’ due to apparently conflicting court judgmentsMon Dec 19 2016 - 17:57
Mick Wallace TD found bankrupt in the High CourtJudge grants bankruptcy petition by Cerberus owned fund arising from €2m judgmentMon Dec 19 2016 - 12:07
Joan Collins loses Supreme Court appeal on promissory notesIndependent TD challenged minister for finance’s issuing of €31bn in 2009 for bank debtFri Dec 16 2016 - 16:47
South Dublin student loses claim over hockey injuryAilbhe Cole may now face substantial legal bill after costs were awarded against herFri Dec 16 2016 - 13:34
Supreme Court to rule on Joan Collins appeal on promissory notesIndependent TD challenged Minister for Finance’s issuing €31bn in 2009 for bank debtThu Dec 15 2016 - 20:11
Former foreign students win right to appeal residency rulingCourt of Appeal ruling has implications for many from outside European Economic AreaThu Dec 15 2016 - 20:04
Honohan asks if Noonan knows of AIB debt and repossession casesHigh Court Master makes query after noting half of 98 cases before him involved AIBWed Dec 14 2016 - 20:50
Supreme Court orders retrial of man acquitted on arson chargeTrial judge wrongly excluded CCTV evidence and memo of interview with accusedWed Dec 14 2016 - 19:14
Dunnes Stores facing substantial legal costs after High Court rulingJudge says it had ulterior motive in suing An Bord PleanálaWed Dec 14 2016 - 16:35
Woman entitled to damages over eviction by councilSupreme Court rules Ann Moore thrown out of home in a ‘fundamentally defective’ mannerTue Dec 13 2016 - 18:29
Denis O’Brien fails to get orders identifying Red Flag clientJudge says businessman did not show that knowing identity was relevant and necessaryTue Dec 13 2016 - 15:04
Gardaí can summons all alleged squatters at council officeCourt ‘very exercised’ by case where building allegedly illegally occupied for three weeksFri Dec 09 2016 - 20:48
Human rights body asked for more information on Oberstown bidHigh Court judge says cases involving four youths raise ‘significant’ juvenile rights issuesFri Dec 09 2016 - 19:59
Pioneer Investments fails to settle with top bond managersDublin-based executives suspended over alleged attempt to set up rival businessFri Dec 09 2016 - 19:35
Chaplain allegedly performed oral sex on girl before MassWoman claims teacher sexually abused her in school oratory when she was studentFri Dec 09 2016 - 17:56
Dublin woman who tripped on footpath awarded €140,000Mr Justice Michael Hanna said Kathleen Dunne suffered ‘a very nasty injury indeed’Thu Dec 08 2016 - 18:13
Homeless family get order quashing refusal to accommodate themFamily were found ineligible for emergency housing as homelessness was due to ‘choices’Thu Dec 08 2016 - 16:27
