State secures permission to appeal High Court ruling deeming UK returns system ‘unlawful’Cabinet approves emergency legislation aimed at recommencing transfers to UKTue May 14 2024 - 14:34
Provisional liquidator appointed to family business that ran Donegal hotelCourt hears claims the hotel has been left ‘vacant and unprotected’Mon May 13 2024 - 19:39
Bord Pleanála to reconsider application for 463 Leopardstown homes following court challengesPlanning authority acknowledged its original decision on planning permission was flawedMon May 13 2024 - 16:24
Man allegedly involved with credit card scam fails to overturn order for $700,000 to be given to StateThe High Court declared in 2011 that the sum was the proceeds of crimeSun May 12 2024 - 09:22
Marc Godart firm did not own property from which tenant was unlawfully evicted, court toldMr Justice Brian Cregan said the disclosure raises a ‘host’ of questionsFri May 10 2024 - 16:42
Judge hails ‘vastly improved situation’ for at-risk teen transferred to UK Girl had been sent to a British unit because there were no places for her in an Irish special care centreThu May 09 2024 - 16:37
High Court grants €117,500 judgment against former transport company director The judge found Brian Daly agreed to fully indemnify the plaintiff against losses incurred by the company he directedWed May 08 2024 - 15:57
Mistaken suspect awarded €10,070 for minor injury caused by forced vehicle stop by gardaí The judge said the award must be reasonable and proportionate to a low impact injuryTue May 07 2024 - 19:29
Court should dismiss case against Seán Dunne’s ex-wife in public interest, court toldGayle Killilea is asking the High Court to dismiss 2014 case that alleges Mr Dunne fraudulently transferred shares in a company to her in a bid to defeat his creditorsTue May 07 2024 - 17:36
Judge reserves decision in Enoch Burke case after claim that newspaper’s article a ‘malicious hit job’ Teacher tells High Court Sunday Independent made a ‘grave and serious libel’ and defamed him in an October 2022 pieceFri May 03 2024 - 17:47
Human rights body’s case around homeless male asylum seekers to proceed this monthState’s lawyers tell court an operation to move homeless applicants this week took ‘enormous’ planningFri May 03 2024 - 15:34
Sunday Independent editor does not ‘at all’ accept Enoch Burke was defamed in report about cell moveAlan English said it is ‘eminently’ possible that other prisoners found Mr Burke annoyingThu May 02 2024 - 19:21
Enoch Burke denies reputation tarnished before Sunday Independent articleJailed teacher says students greeted him on return to school after public dispute with a dance ‘flashmob’ and wanted him to sign their shirtsWed May 01 2024 - 18:40
State seeking to appeal High Court finding that designation of UK as ‘safe third country’ unlawfulJudge last month found that the Irish law underpinning the designation did not provide for all of the required safeguardsTue Apr 30 2024 - 19:21
Enoch Burke claims he was ‘held up to ridicule’ in allegedly defamatory newspaper articleJailed teacher, who is suing over Sunday Independent story, says kindness and goodwill of fellow prisoners toward him has never stoppedTue Apr 30 2024 - 17:56
Ammi Burke’s behaviour ‘utterly appalling and egregious’, says judge The court cut short a hearing of her case last week, opting instead to base its decision on written submissionsTue Apr 30 2024 - 16:47
Woman ordered to remove walls, gates and foundations erected without planning permissionDevelopment was carried out on a Co Cork site in ‘complete disregard of planning legislation’, Mr Justice Richard Humphreys saysMon Apr 29 2024 - 19:20
Judge rejects Leitrim council’s move to block use of former hotel as asylum seeker accommodationLocals last year protested in Dromahair over plans for Abbey Manor Hotel, which has been closed since 2009Mon Apr 29 2024 - 16:22
DPP secures Supreme Court appeal of decision affecting drug-driving prosecutionsHigh Court ruling caused ‘confusion’ and led to many District Court adjournments, DPP submitsFri Apr 26 2024 - 16:42
Judge says €33,000 legal bill arising out of €8,000 trip and fall award is ‘unrealistic’The case should have been brought in the ‘faster and cheaper’ District Court, said the judgeFri Apr 26 2024 - 16:36
Supreme Court upholds 12-year sentence for burglary team’s getaway driverTrio targeted elderly people’s homes while they attended MassThu Apr 25 2024 - 21:04
Girl’s transfer to UK due to lack of special care beds in Ireland branded ‘disgraceful’ by judgeMove an ‘Irish solution to an Irish problem’, says Mr Justice John JordanThu Apr 25 2024 - 20:57
High Court rejects squatters’ bid to overturn orders to vacate Dublin propertyJudge says Laksmee Bissuessur and Philip Smith advanced ‘no legitimate basis’ for occupying late sisters’ premisesThu Apr 25 2024 - 14:12
‘I feel safe, loved, wanted’: High Court approves adoption of two teens who have stability with ‘de facto’ familyThe judge concluded adoption was in the brothers’ best interestsWed Apr 24 2024 - 13:12
High Court dismisses ex-abattoir worker’s 2011 action alleging injury via kick from animal Allowing the trial to proceed would place the defendant company in a prejudicial position, the judge ruledTue Apr 23 2024 - 20:06
‘Urgent’ blood transfusion for woman who may not survive otherwise ordered by High CourtA failure by the court to intervene could have ‘catastrophic consequences’ for the woman, the judge saidTue Apr 23 2024 - 17:28
CIÉ agrees to arbitration for case seeking possession of Johnny Ronan-tied siteTanat secured planning permission in 2019 to demolish the existing Tara House on the site to build a hotel and office blockTue Apr 23 2024 - 15:48
Parents challenge planning for Dublin homes over concerns about lack of childcareFriends of the Phoenix Park says it is aware of ‘severe housing crisis’ and not opposed to developmentTue Apr 23 2024 - 15:16
Ryanair asks High Court to stop Aer Lingus appeal over plans for €40 million maintenance hangarThe airline says An Bord Pleanála made errors in allowing Aer Lingus to appeal over permission for the projectMon Apr 22 2024 - 16:04
Judge praises Tusla workers for improving life of teen who could have been ‘beyond rescue’Care agency had appealed to Supreme Court after being forced to place two teenagers in oversubscribed special careMon Apr 22 2024 - 15:27
Court of Appeal cuts short oral hearing of Ammi Burke’s appealA written decision on the appeal will be given at a later pointMon Apr 22 2024 - 13:07
State entitled to refuse ‘point blank’ to tell court if RAF deal exists, judge saysSenator Gerard Craughwell alleges there is an unconstituional secret agreementFri Apr 19 2024 - 17:22
Web Summit directed to disclose documents requested by minority shareholders Documents were sought in support of hotly contested claims that post-October 7th tweets by Paddy Cosgrave damaged the businessFri Apr 19 2024 - 15:33
Man not entitled to tax relief for renting out home he left due to racial harassmentAdnan Ahmad Siddiqi argued rent on new home should be deducted from rental income he received from tenantsFri Apr 19 2024 - 12:21
Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal against landmark ruling permitting naming of Cameron Blair’s murdererJudgment being appealed dislodged long-standing interpretation of law that child offenders retain anonymity on appealThu Apr 18 2024 - 15:52
Tusla chief faces committal to prison proceedings over alleged failure to comply with orderMr Justice John Jordan recently rejected an application to hold the agency in contempt of his earlier special care orderThu Apr 18 2024 - 15:38
Woman living ‘exotic’ lifestyle given four months to vacate home bought with crime proceeds Mr Justice Alexander Owens said the Cab can take possession of the house in SeptemberWed Apr 17 2024 - 19:58
Three houses linked to ‘major player’ in Dublin drug trade derive from proceeds of crime, rules judgeCourt hears that David Waldron and wife enjoyed ‘lavish foreign travel’ inconsistent with legitimate incomeWed Apr 17 2024 - 17:34
‘Complex issues’ raised in Glenveagh’s €8m claim against Co Meath residents, says judgeDeveloper’s case not ‘manifestly unfounded’, says Mr Justice Richard HumphreysTue Apr 16 2024 - 17:14
Dublin City Council wants High Court to retract permission for Doyle’s pub owner to pursue claimPublican in dispute with council over validity of documentation for extension fit-out worksTue Apr 16 2024 - 16:56
High Court challenge brought over plan to permanently pedestrianise Malahide street Nicola Byrne has issued her second court objection to plans for New Street in north Dublin villageMon Apr 15 2024 - 19:28
Michael Lynn associate challenges prosecution under ‘unconstitutional’ lawSearch of Yavor Poptoshev’s Dublin home connected to a money laundering investigation, High Court toldMon Apr 15 2024 - 18:53
Ryanair alleges competition watchdog search warrant was invalidAirline claims Italian and Irish competition authorities failed to inform the warrant judge about two key Italian rulingsFri Apr 12 2024 - 16:17
Girl secures €200,000 settlement over ‘very significant’ harm caused by south Kerry CAMHSMedication changes saw teenager become more anxious and stressed, gain 20kg and develop self-harm habit, High Court toldFri Apr 12 2024 - 16:05
Council secures court order prohibiting further development at wind farm where bog slide occurredIncident in Cashelnavean, Co Donegal had ‘significant environmental consequences’Thu Apr 11 2024 - 21:25
Supreme Court reserves decision in mother’s appeal seeking to secure full carer’s allowanceMother cites ‘women in the home’ article in support of challenge to reduced paymentThu Apr 11 2024 - 17:30
Developer fails in Supreme Court bid to save planning permission for 1,593 Drumcondra apartmentsProject planned for site of former Holy Cross seminary on Clonliffe RoadThu Apr 11 2024 - 15:55
Supreme Court ruling may affect dozens of strategic housing plans Decision follows argument over whether an overturned planning permission should begin from scratch or be referred back to An Bord Pleanála for fresh considerationWed Apr 10 2024 - 19:09
Supreme Court to give Graham Dwyer judgment after ruling on appeals with similar phone data issuesLaywers for Caolan Smyth and Gary McAreavey raised similar concerns about admissibility of certain phone data in criminal trialsWed Apr 10 2024 - 12:39
Father fails to persuade court mother is behind daughter’s break of contactJudge says continuing litigation in family dispute ‘cannot be helpful’ for the situationTue Apr 09 2024 - 16:32
