Rent on Limerick retail premises set at €309,500Case highlights difficulty faced by tenants paying rent under leases fixed in boomFri Jul 10 2015 - 01:00
Court rules girl (10) should not be resuscitatedHigh Court judge rules child should not receive emergency life-saving interventionFri Jul 10 2015 - 01:00
Banks win greater protection in company liquidationsRevenue and other preferential creditors lose out in landmark Supreme Court ruling that could lead to amendment of new Companies ActThu Jul 09 2015 - 19:49
Nigerian woman and Irish-born child win challenge to deportation ordersJudges quashes orders over State’s ‘irrational and unlawful’ failure to consider their rightsWed Jul 08 2015 - 17:55
Boy with cerebral palsy receives further €450,000 paymentLatest payout to Adam Aylward, now 11, is to go towards his care for the next three yearsWed Jul 08 2015 - 01:00
Judge grants vulnerable woman’s plea for return to IrelandWoman had been detained for over 20 months in psychiatric unit in EnglandTue Jul 07 2015 - 18:51
Mother loses maternity benefit action over surrogacyWoman claimed State’s refusal to pay benefit amounted to unlawful discriminationTue Jul 07 2015 - 17:40
Trafficked woman challenges refusal to pay child benefit paymentsChild was born in Ireland and has refugee statusMon Jul 06 2015 - 16:36
School brings High Court challenge to ruling on autistic boyLucan school claims Department of Education’s direction is ‘irrational’Mon Jul 06 2015 - 16:05
Woman entitled to late ex-husband’s pension, High Court rulesDivorced wife of late educational authority director has pension rights, court rulesSat Jul 04 2015 - 01:00
Minister ordered to pay compensation to part-time teacherCourt rules in favour of woman in significant judgment that could affect 50,000 teachersFri Jul 03 2015 - 16:35
Woman awarded €140,000 after swab left inside herJudge finds the trauma that Claire Lalor suffered because of swab was ‘extreme’Fri Jul 03 2015 - 11:37
Court challenge over export licences for Beit paintings adjournedWithdrawal of works from auction meant the matter no longer so urgent - JudgeThu Jul 02 2015 - 19:10
Ex-archbishop settles case against RTÉ over Mission to PreyStatement read on behalf of RTÉ said it incorrectly said Burke declined to be interviewed. Bakhurst says ‘no damages whatsoever’ paid to BurkeThu Jul 02 2015 - 13:38
Woman claims archbishop fondled her when she was a childDolores Atwood claims Richard Burke kissed her and touched her breast when she was 13Wed Jul 01 2015 - 15:38
Former archbishop concludes evidence in defamation caseRichard Burke denies abusing Dolores Atwood in Nigeria when she was 13 or 14Wed Jul 01 2015 - 11:56
Ex-archbishop denies seeking ‘agreement’ on woman’s silenceRichard Burke cross-examined in his continuing action alleging he was defamed by RTÉTue Jun 30 2015 - 17:59
Ex-archbishop denies he sexually exploited ‘vulnerable’ childRichard Burke denies he had sex with Dolores Atwood at age 14 in NigeriaMon Jun 29 2015 - 18:08
Court rules garda not required to warn youth offence to drop trousersJudge satisfied boy’s conduct was ‘so self-evidently and so notoriously criminal in nature’Fri Jun 26 2015 - 18:02
Ex-Archbishop says woman was 20 when they first had sexBurke says he paid €176,000 to Nigerian woman at RTÉ Mission to Prey High Court caseFri Jun 26 2015 - 13:28
RTÉ lied about abuse, former archbishop tells High Court juryRichard Burke paid woman €176,000 to keep quiet about relationship, counsel saysFri Jun 26 2015 - 01:00
Student drops appeal against newspapers over YouTube videoEoin McKeogh lost application for anonymity in reports on dispute over taxi clipFri Jun 26 2015 - 01:00
Former archbishop claims RTÉ falsely depicted him as a rapistRichard Burke alleges defamation over RTÉ Mission to Prey programmeThu Jun 25 2015 - 13:47
Ex-Catholic archbishop sues RTÉ over Mission to Prey showRichard Burke wrongly depicted as a paedophile in Prime Time special, counsel saysWed Jun 24 2015 - 17:26
Nama loses key case on public access to informationSupreme Court rejects arguments by Nama that it is not a public authorityTue Jun 23 2015 - 16:14
State bid to halt Bailey’s partner damages claim adjournedJules Thomas took action over alleged wrongful arrest during Toscan du Plantier inquiryMon Jun 22 2015 - 15:20
Retrial refused in burglary case over admissibility of evidence rulingCase centres on man lawfully acquitted of burglary under changes to admissibility of evidence in criminal trialsMon Jun 22 2015 - 15:15
Case with neighbours cost Van Morrison’s wife €875,000Case adjourned after Ms Morrison asked judge for delay after hiring new lawyersSat Jun 20 2015 - 01:00
Court not allowed to grant access to forensic evidence, court rulesHigh Court did not have jurisdiction to grant orders, but court of appeal did, says judgeSat Jun 20 2015 - 01:00
Former Irish rugby player and his brother in court over loansProceedings relate to borrowings by Frank Sheahan jnr and brother JosephSat Jun 20 2015 - 01:00
Cost of bid to keep ill woman in UK would fund unit - judgeLegal costs of HSE bid to keep woman in specialised unit estimated at well over €1mFri Jun 19 2015 - 17:35
Girl with special needs wins challenge over refugee status refusalTribunal finding about mother’s claim over FGM ran ‘counter to generally known facts’Thu Jun 18 2015 - 18:47
Obstetricians and brothers Joseph and James Sheehan settle shareholder disputeSheehans are joint owners of Blackrock Medical Partners which owns half share of private Galway ClinicThu Jun 18 2015 - 17:50
RTÉ report on Denis O’Brien may be broadcast in partJudge says matters derived from ’legally privileged information’ may not be includedWed Jun 17 2015 - 14:24
Quinn family and IBRC agree to dispute mediationIn separate move IBRC serves a motion for judgment on Sean Quinn snrWed Jun 17 2015 - 13:31
Judge rejects ‘offensive’ claim of bias against woman in family rowMr Justice David Keane denies using ‘secret code’ to communicate with lawyersTue Jun 16 2015 - 18:05
Court hears export licences for Beit paintings unlawfully issuedAn Taisce takes legal challenge over fate of 10 artworksTue Jun 16 2015 - 15:37
Denis O’Brien brings case over Dáil comments on financesBusinessman initiates legal action against Oireachtas and the StateTue Jun 16 2015 - 14:18
Developer in action against family over development profitsMan fears steps being taken to deprive him of his alleged right to half-share of profitsTue Jun 16 2015 - 01:00
Wife of developer Sean Dunne seeks to halt ‘oppressive’ proceedingsGayle Killilea Dunne argues she does not have ‘limitless’ assetsMon Jun 15 2015 - 16:50
Compromise reached in RTÉ action against TV3RTÉ had claimed €1m was outstanding from TV3 for digital transmission servicesMon Jun 15 2015 - 16:19
RTÉ loses bid to lift Denis O’Brien injunctionHigh Court refuses to fully discharge restraint on publishing bank informationSat Jun 13 2015 - 01:00
Student who took legal case over taxi video faces €1.9m costsSolicitor says he would not have battled international firms on a no foal, no fee basisFri Jun 12 2015 - 20:59
Vulnerable 18-year-old urges judge to let her return to IrelandSays she thinks about home ‘every moment of every day’, misses her family and friendsFri Jun 12 2015 - 11:35
RTÉ loses court bid to discharge Denis O’Brien injunctionJudge says it was not appropriate to discharge existing order but he would amend itFri Jun 12 2015 - 11:13
Judge dismisses challenge to planning procedures for Meath wind farmCourt hears proposed €240m Emlagh development is for 46 wind turbines on three clusters of land near KellsThu Jun 11 2015 - 16:30
Court challenge to proposed Meath wind farm failsEngineer had claimed ‘fundamentally unfair’ planning procedureThu Jun 11 2015 - 11:46
Holidaymaker awarded €40,000 over loss of fingertipRetired construction manager from Antrim lost tip of one of his fingers due to defective catching mechanism on sun loungerThu Jun 11 2015 - 01:00
Woman (18) detained in UK psychiatric facility makes poetic appealYoung woman wrote poem to HSE appealing to be allowed return to IrelandWed Jun 10 2015 - 19:44
Girl (7) who suffered brain damage settles action for €2.4mCourt found water on the brain should have been detectedWed Jun 10 2015 - 18:58
