Ireland cannot blame housing shortages for not accommodating asylum seekers, EU’s highest court rules
High Court referred issue to EU’s most senior judges after cases taken by international protection applicants
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Nikita Hand to sue Conor McGregor and two former neighbours over withdrawn claims in failed appeal
The High Court action was filed on Thursday, shortly after the Court of Appeal dismissed McGregor’s application
Rights watchdog failed to prove breach of homeless asylum seekers’ fundamental rights, appeal court finds
Senior judges overturn High Court ruling that government breached duty to provide basic needs
Man loses appeal following dispute with couple in Co Laois who kept exotic pets in garage
he couple got a High Court injunction in 2014 preventing any further interference with their garage by Mr Martin snr, his son, and Drumgoan
Criminal who kidnapped, tortured Kevin Lunney challenges constitutionality of conviction
Alan Harte was found guilty by non-jury Special Criminal Court and sentenced to 30 years
Sallins train robbery: Man (75) seeks to have wrongful conviction declared miscarriage of justice
Osgur Breatnach’s conviction over £200,000 robbery was quashed in 1980
Enoch Burke wins injunction to halt disciplinary panel hearing his appeal over dismissal
Judge prevented current panel from holding a hearing ‘with a great deal of reluctance’
‘Honest belief’ of consent raised in pair’s appeals against convictions for rape of vulnerable teenager
Dion Genockey (26) and Daryl Rooney (27) were among three men jailed for raping young woman in Dollymount
Judge doubles jail term for trespasser who asked for lesser sentence
Gerry Cash (33) entered the home of an 88-year-old man who was left in a distressed state
Man who claimed partner deliberately stabbed herself fails in appeal
Martin Hayes (36) was found not guilty of Amadea McDermott’s (27) murder but guilty of her manslaughter in 2023
Mother (54) should never have been convicted of sexually assaulting her children, court rules
Woman had pleaded not guilty but was convicted by a jury in July 2024 of four offences
Government nominates senior counsel as new High Court judge
Sean Gillane SC will fill the vacancy left by Mr Justice Denis McDonald
Legal costs almost halved by adjudicators in 179 cases last year
Total of €17.2m claimed in 24 medical negligence cases was cut by more than €7m
Court defers judgment on Conor McGregor’s appeal over finding of assault in civil rape case
Dramatic withdrawal of ‘fresh evidence’ leads to appeal court’s decision to refer material to DPP
Conor McGregor appeal: Court to ask DPP to consider possible perjury concerning fresh evidence
Mixed martial arts fighter has appealed civil jury finding in favour of Nikita Hand
Court to refer withdrawn material in Conor McGregor appeal for consideration of possible perjury
Court to refer matter to the Director of Public Prosecutions
Man who set fire to apartment while his father was inside the property appeals sentence
Sentencing judge had noted ‘significant chance of fatalities’ had one of the occupants not been awake to raise alarm
Nikita Hand faces cross-examination by Conor McGregor’s lawyers in civil rape trial appeal
Court of Appeal to decide whether new evidence related to bruising on complainant is admissible
Court of Appeal remits charges against allegedly unlicensed taximan to District Court
NTA officer accepted during District Court trial that provisions for carrying out test purchase or ‘setting a trap’ were not set out under legislation
Judge denies legal aid for three senior barristers to represent each of Sliabh Liag murderers
Judge says he has to have ‘some regard to the public purse’
Supreme Court ruling on compensation for lands devalued due to electricity power lines could affect thousands of landowners
ESB argued compensation for land depreciation should not have been awarded by property arbitrator
Losing SEAI retrofit services bidder challenges refusal to disclose pricing structure of winning bid
Company supplying service for past 13 years says winning tender is pitched at 30% below current rate
Man’s appeal bid over double murder conviction delayed after judge forgets he heard original trial
Mr Justice Patrick McCarthy said he ‘should have remembered’ hearing trial of Jason O’Driscoll in 2017
Decision blocking Irish investors from pursuing developer of Polish shopping centre overturned
Fraud alleged by backers of development
Hazel Stewart ‘under coercive control’ of lover Colin Howell when respective spouses murdered
Judgment reserved on whether to grant killer leave to appeal sentence of minimum 18 years in prison
Michael Lynn: Disgraced former solicitor fails to have sentence for stealing over €18 million reduced on appeal
Thefts were perpetrated ‘cynically, knowingly and intentionally’, Court of Appeal judgement says
Man appealing rape and sexual assault convictions was deprived of fair trial, Court of Appeal told
The offending took place between July 2017 and September 2018 when all of those involved were teenagers
Lisa Smith’s conviction for Islamic State membership should be upheld, court told
Solicitor for former soldier, who is appealing conviction, says there is no evidence Smith recruited or fundraised for terrorist organisation
Judiciary ‘will not be influenced by public reaction’, says judge, amid criticism of lenient sentences
Ireland's judiciary ‘will not be influenced by public reaction’, says Supreme Court judge, amid criticism of lenient sentences in Irish courts
Conor McGregor claims Nikita Hand’s bruising may have been caused by alleged row with partner
Appeal court to decide whether evidence from neighbours of Ms Hand of alleged row is admissible
Man who threatened to kill girl’s pet dog if she told anyone about abuse fails in appeal against conviction
James Quigley had been found guilty on 12 counts of sexually abusing young child between 2012 and 2018
Councillors clash over Sandymount cycle lane after court clears way for changes
Caution urged against return to ‘civil war’ in ‘leafy Dublin 4′
Sandymount cycle path decision frees council from weeds of lengthy planning process
Court of Appeal ruling confirms Dublin City Council could pursue Strand Road project using own traffic powers
Man faces fresh trial over credit union robbery getaway car after appeal court overturned conviction
Lordship Credit Union robbery saw shooting of Garda Adrian Donohoe by Aaron Brady
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