Minister cannot refuse work permit, Court of Appeal rulesRuling is potentially significant for employment law in the StateFri Feb 26 2016 - 13:04
‘Incisive gesture’ on Moore Street ended Rising, court toldArchaeologist says has sympathy with view the location constitutes 1916 ‘battlefield’ siteThu Feb 25 2016 - 17:30
High Court overturns permission for Cork wind farmJudge says process used by An Bord Pleanála did not comply with Irish lawThu Feb 25 2016 - 16:32
No reason not to save 1916 house, court toldNumber 10 Moore Street should be designated a national monument, judge hearsThu Feb 25 2016 - 01:00
RTÉ seeks legal costs in Green Party leaders’ debate caseTom Kivlehan challenge to party’s exclusion from programme rejected by High CourtWed Feb 24 2016 - 15:34
HSE hopes to resolve dispute with Aras Attracta nursesFives nurses granted injunctions after HSE found to be in breach of its own proceduresWed Feb 24 2016 - 13:23
Government accused of incorrect claims about Moore StMinister disagrees area of the national monument should be extendedTue Feb 23 2016 - 20:40
Michael Lowry loses court bid to stop trial on tax chargesJudges says TD’s ingenious arguments ‘devoid of substance and built on foundation of sand’Tue Feb 23 2016 - 18:41
Joan Collins appeals High Court rejection of promissory note caseIndependent TD is appealing rejection of her challenge to the issuing of financial support to Anglo, Irish Nationwide and EBSMon Feb 22 2016 - 12:39
Humphreys claiming 1916 Moore St ‘battle site’ does not existCourt told a national monument can include the remains and ruins of buildingsFri Feb 19 2016 - 13:57
Joan Collins’s €31bn promissory note appeal an ‘enormous’ caseDeal involved unconstitutional allocation of public money without Dáil vote, court toldThu Feb 18 2016 - 16:59
Off-duty garda ‘aggressive’ and ‘intoxicated’ when arrestedArresting officers required two sets of handcuffs to restrain ‘shaking’ Garda Oliver CullyWed Feb 17 2016 - 20:36
Tesco sued after back injuries alleged from slip on grapesSupermarket giant denies claim by Patricia Walsh and argues trauma her own faultWed Feb 17 2016 - 17:27
Supreme Court to hear Joan Collins promissory note appealChallenge by Independent TD relates to decision to issue €31bn in respect of Anglo and EBSWed Feb 17 2016 - 16:31
Former soldier loses appeal over Stardust traumaPeter McGarry alleged he suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after helping to retrieve bodies from fireWed Feb 17 2016 - 14:39
Child with illness wins challenge to denial of refugee statusNigerian mother argued tribunal had failed to properly consider medical evidenceTue Feb 16 2016 - 22:21
Urgent hearing over Moore Street buildings dispute neededCase has been taken against the Minister for Arts and Heritage over the preservation of buildings linked to 1916Tue Feb 16 2016 - 12:44
Department seeks to overturn decision on care allowanceAppeal against 2014 High Court decision on principles governing allocation of allowancesTue Feb 16 2016 - 01:00
Greens lose court bid to be added to RTÉ televised debateBroadcaster says only parties with three outgoing TDs eligible for inclusionMon Feb 15 2016 - 15:29
Trio abused by Brendan Smyth seek permission to sue BishopIf information about Smyth had been disclosed by the church, assaults would have been avoided counsel claimsMon Feb 15 2016 - 13:10
Mother loses court bid to have child returned to herChild had been taken by gardaí arising from concerns expressed by UK social servicesFri Feb 12 2016 - 19:25
Greens want RTÉ to favour them over other parties, court toldCase being taken against broadcaster over failure to include Eamon Ryan in election debateFri Feb 12 2016 - 17:54
Pegida’s arrival in Ireland is a wake-up call on migration policyTime for a mature and informed national debate on reality of multicultural IrelandFri Feb 12 2016 - 01:00
Election debate exclusion suggests Greens ‘don’t matter’, court toldParty takes case against RTÉ decision not to give leader Eamon Ryan place on panelsThu Feb 11 2016 - 17:12
Homeless family who took council to court to be housedKildare mother told court she was in ‘desparate situation’ and at ‘crisis point’Thu Feb 11 2016 - 14:10
Girl (16) taken into care as mother unable to handle her ‘distress’Teenager allegedly sexually abused by family friend and has gone missing repeatedlyThu Feb 11 2016 - 13:12
Garda ‘rugby tackled’ by other gardaí after querying taxi fareOliver Cully (55) sues State over alleged incident in which he was handcuffedWed Feb 10 2016 - 19:15
Dismissal of case over man’s brain injury confirmed by courtCounsel for Alan O’Leary ( 29), of Ballyphehane, Cork, argued disabilities caused by measles vaccineWed Feb 10 2016 - 19:08
Man says almost all ‘autonomy’ lost in direct provision systemAsylum seeker appeals Minister’s refusal to consider application for permission to workWed Feb 10 2016 - 18:15
Denis O’Brien’s bid for orders against Dáil committee struck outHearing date for businessman’s legal action over Oireachtas ‘interference’ has yet to be fixedTue Feb 09 2016 - 15:27
Judge to inspect Moore Street buildings in 1916 preservation caseState to contend that some of the buildings are of no significance to the RisingTue Feb 09 2016 - 13:18
Case over ownership of Boeing engines beginsThree Irish-registered subsidiaries of a Russian company sues Dublin-based international aircraft equipment registration companyMon Feb 08 2016 - 18:28
High Court to hear Green Party’s challenge to RTÉ on ThursdayParty will argue that Eamon Ryan should be included in televised leaders’ debateMon Feb 08 2016 - 12:12
Court hears of concerns over custody of USB stickStick was in the Netherlands for 10 days after court ordered it be handed over ‘forthwith’Sat Feb 06 2016 - 01:00
Five Aras Attracta staff get injunctions halting HSE investigationExecutive was carrying out internal inquiry into complaints against psychiatric nursesFri Feb 05 2016 - 15:44
Court hears concern over custody of USB stick in Denis O’Brien caseCounsel for Red Flag Consulting said memory drive was in Rotterdam for ten days after court orderFri Feb 05 2016 - 12:00
Judge to rule on application for injunction in Áras Attracta caseFive psychiatric nursing staff seeking to halt HSE internal investigation in allegationsThu Feb 04 2016 - 23:00
Christian Brothers fail to stop legal action over alleged sex abuseMan claims he was sexually abused in class by an apparently drunk lay teacherThu Feb 04 2016 - 18:23
Man whose voice box was unnecessarily removed sues HSEKevin McMahon unable to speak naturally after 14-hour operation at Limerick hospitalWed Feb 03 2016 - 18:42
Denis O’Brien awaiting Red Flag defence to alleged conspiracy caseLawyers have yet to agree dates over exchanging of documents, High Court toldWed Feb 03 2016 - 11:53
Damages for man with autism ‘treated despicably’ by gardaíAunt says man, arrested and detained in station, upset for long time after incidentTue Feb 02 2016 - 16:34
Fianna Fáil activist loses challenge to gender quotas lawJudge says Brian Mohan failed to show he could not contest election purely because of ActTue Feb 02 2016 - 11:24
High court gives quarry company two months to wind downShillelagh Quarries based ‘in area of exceptional public amenity’ and must cease workTue Feb 02 2016 - 01:00
Handcuffing of drink-drive suspect does not make arrest invalidIn second case Mr Justice Moriarty says relevant District Court judge was entitled to dismiss caseMon Feb 01 2016 - 19:22
Yates’s wife asks that €1.6m judgment not be made against herGuarantee signed against AIB loans to her husband for bookmakers businessMon Feb 01 2016 - 19:05
McFeely asks High Court to refuse ‘oppressive’ bankruptcy extensionIf official assignee secures extension, bankruptcy will continue to 2020Mon Feb 01 2016 - 18:44
Leaving Cert student with dyslexia challenges refusal to grant ‘reader’Dubliner was given reader for Junior Certificate, but refused one for final examsMon Feb 01 2016 - 16:47
Court grants €2 million judgment against Mick WallaceCourt rules Irish subsidiary of US fund Cerberus entitled to summary judgmentFri Jan 29 2016 - 12:04
Homeless mother and children ‘at crisis point’, court hearsWoman takes action against Kildare County Council over refusal to offer accommodationThu Jan 28 2016 - 18:35
Bisexual woman loses legal bid for refugee statusWoman claimed she fled her native Nigeria after her family threatened to kill herWed Jan 27 2016 - 16:45
