Ireland a long way from human rights for all, conference hearsMultiple forms of inequality remain ‘endemic’ north and southSun Apr 17 2016 - 15:49
Woman did not know of symphysiotomy for decades, court toldJudgment reserved on appeal against finding woman failed to prove procedure unjustifiedFri Apr 15 2016 - 18:37
Central Bank failed to act on property lending alert, court hearsFormer chief economist says ‘senior people within the Bank simply did not wish to know about the problems or, if they did know, they did not wish to do anything about them’Fri Apr 15 2016 - 17:59
Jude Miley: Family of brain-damaged boy ‘never given hope’Suture used in chest operation at six months was left untrimmed, causing heart damageFri Apr 15 2016 - 17:48
Portuguese road workers must be paid €418,000 in monthThe 27 staff will be entitled to near €1m if defendants lose appeal on breach of contractsFri Apr 15 2016 - 14:10
HSE apologises over death of man following hospital dischargeTimothy Buckley (65) collapsed and died as a result of an undiagnosed heart problemWed Apr 13 2016 - 18:08
Hospital textbook called women on first pregnancy ‘dark and untried horse’Woman (76) takes case over symphysiotomy carried out 50 years agoWed Apr 13 2016 - 16:36
Woman who had symphysiotomy takes appeal seen as test caseCounsel for hospital says a 1963 practice cannot be viewed ‘through 2016 spectacles’Tue Apr 12 2016 - 22:27
Brain-damaged boy (5) sues children’s hospitalBenjamin Gillick takes action over Temple Street’s failure to diagnose infectionTue Apr 12 2016 - 19:11
Woman (76) appeals symphysiotomy rulingWoman claims an unjustified operation was performed on her in Dublin hospital in 1963Tue Apr 12 2016 - 18:03
Judgment on brain-dead pregnant woman wins awardDecision to allow switching-off of life support honoured for ‘promoting gender equality’Mon Apr 11 2016 - 23:35
Graham Dwyer seeks legal aid for challenge to phone evidenceArchitect jailed for life over murder of Elaine O’Hara in DublinMon Apr 11 2016 - 15:43
Media ‘hue and cry’ helps expose US death row errorsLawyer tells Irish conference American system ‘riddled with error, corruption’Mon Apr 11 2016 - 01:00
No stay on order preventing work on Moore Street 1916 siteJudge’s ruling prevents building at national monument, Easter Rising ‘battlefield site’Fri Apr 08 2016 - 12:52
Declan Ganley claims RTÉ defamed him by implying CIA linkJudge asked to excuse himself from case because of article he wrote about LibertasThu Apr 07 2016 - 14:51
Court refuses to give state legal costs in direct provision caseBurmese man lost his appeal over not being allowed work here for more than seven yearsWed Apr 06 2016 - 16:45
Stay granted on order restricting Cork wind farm operationResidents’ statements complain of noise and ‘flicker shadow’ from turbinesWed Apr 06 2016 - 13:43
Men abused by swimming coach settle court actionGerard Doyle jailed in 2012 for 35 sex-related offences against childrenTue Apr 05 2016 - 20:38
Notice terminating lease on family home deemed invalidA mere intention to sell was not sufficient to terminate lease, court rulesTue Apr 05 2016 - 17:43
Judgment reserved on challenge to promissory notesSupreme Court is hearing appeal against High Court rejection of challengeby Joan Collins TD to the issuing of €31bn promissory notes in 2009Tue Apr 05 2016 - 11:41
Petroceltic examinership petition adjourned at High CourtMove follows discussions between Petroceltic and Worldview after court petitionTue Apr 05 2016 - 01:01
‘Phoenix’ seeks to quash judge’s refusal to withdraw from caseContempt proceedings relate to articles published by magazine on Ian Bailey caseMon Apr 04 2016 - 17:11
Moore Street ‘battlefield’ site declared national monumentDecision means work will stop on planned commemorative centre at 14-17 Moore StreetFri Mar 18 2016 - 18:39
Residents seek to halt oral hearing on EirGrid pylons planGroup claims North-South connector poses health risks and will damage the environmentFri Mar 18 2016 - 18:22
Road workers entitled to €1.5m over conditions, court rulesThere should be no ‘race to the bottom’ with rights of employees, judge saysFri Mar 18 2016 - 14:23
Court rules in favour of order to dismantle three wind turbinesAppeal granted as turbines built in ‘material’ deviation from the planning permissionWed Mar 16 2016 - 18:12
Protester had ‘no grounds’ to stop water meter installationCourt rules man produced ‘entirely insufficient’ to support claim cover was defectiveTue Mar 15 2016 - 17:51
Asylum seeker has no right to workCourt of Appeal rules two to one against Burmese man awaiting decision on refugee statusMon Mar 14 2016 - 21:54
High Court attempts to unravel woolly trademark disputeWoolie Wellies brand is ‘confusingly similar’ to rival brand Wacky Woollies, court toldMon Mar 14 2016 - 15:09
Supreme Court overturns drink-driving convictionMr Justice Adrian Hardiman delivered judgment on the case days before his deathFri Mar 11 2016 - 17:11
Protester dug up meter and posted it to Irish Water, court hearsDermot Murphy seeks orders against company requiring it to replace plastic meter coversThu Mar 10 2016 - 18:43
Savita Halappanavar : Husband’s action for damages settledCase taken for ‘tragic, untimely and premature’ death believed to have resulted in substantial paymentThu Mar 10 2016 - 16:10
Challenge to seizure of CRH executive’s emails beginsHigh Court told competition commission was not entitled to ‘run riot’ in Irish CementWed Mar 09 2016 - 01:00
Girl left deaf after family car crushed carrycot awarded €1mEmma Farrell sues mother due to incident as baby which left injured girl profoundly deafTue Mar 08 2016 - 17:27
High Court appoints interim examiner to PetrocelticMove follows discussions between the exploration firm and shareholder WorldviewTue Mar 08 2016 - 16:55
Adrian Hardiman praised as ‘Renaissance man’Chair left vacant in Supreme Court for ‘colossus of the legal world’, who died aged 64Tue Mar 08 2016 - 01:00
Petroceltic consults lawyers over Worldview’s examinership moveDissident shareholder seeks to secure court protection for oil and gas firmFri Mar 04 2016 - 17:49
Former ‘Dragons’ Den’ investor Sarah Newman bankruptBusinesswoman says she made “extremely difficult decision” to file for bankruptcy after selling all her assetsThu Mar 03 2016 - 20:50
Green Party and RTÉ must each pay costs of court caseTom Kivlehan brought challenge over exclusion of Eamon Ryan from leaders’ debateThu Mar 03 2016 - 15:17
Supreme Court dismisses dentists’ appeal over fundingDental association claimed changes would lead to break-up of service to medical card holdersThu Mar 03 2016 - 12:57
Car insurance premiums to rise after Setanta court decisionSome 1,750 claims by and against Setanta policyholders remained in existence after liquidationThu Mar 03 2016 - 10:51
Man wins right to challenge civil partner’s will in courtChallenge by Said Laaser to Brian Earls’s will first of its kind under civil partnership lawsWed Mar 02 2016 - 20:36
Greens seek legal costs from RTÉ over failed TV debate challengeParty trustee says case raised issues of exceptional public importanceWed Mar 02 2016 - 14:40
Sister claims brothers planned to falsify mother’s ‘Fair Deal’ applicationHigh Court asked to refuse brothers power of attorney over woman’s financial affairsTue Mar 01 2016 - 18:38
Boy who fractured skull in Malahide Castle playground settles for €270,000Junior Cert student lost hearing in one ear after fall eight years agoTue Mar 01 2016 - 17:00
Proposed 1916 Moore Street centre is ‘unauthorised’, claim activistsMinister disputes arguments that a wider Moore Street area be protectedTue Mar 01 2016 - 16:50
One child policy: China couple’s refugee bid must be reconsideredCouple say they fled China out of fear husband would be forcibly sterilised, as wife wasMon Feb 29 2016 - 18:25
More time for Denis O’Brien’s side to address Red Flag concernsExtension granted to provide sworn statement on the custody of USB memory stickMon Feb 29 2016 - 17:07
‘Ulterior motive’ behind action to protect Moore Street siteMinister’s lawyers suggest intention of suit is development of different 1916 projectFri Feb 26 2016 - 21:29
Former INBS director refused orders relating to Central Bank settlementJohn Stanley Purcell wanted to see correspondence between Central Bank and INBS boardFri Feb 26 2016 - 16:36
