Lynch loses AIB land loan caseBusinessman Philip Lynch and his family are liable to Allied Irish Banks for a €25 million loan issued to them to buy development…Thu Dec 08 2011 - 00:00
Cosgrave trial is in public interest - DPPTHERE ARE allegations of serious corruption against former Fine Gael TD Liam Cosgrave and it is in the public interest to see…Thu Dec 08 2011 - 00:00
Former NIB director has exclusion quashedAN ORDER disqualifying a former executive director of National Irish Bank (NIB) from involvement in managing any company for …Wed Dec 07 2011 - 00:00
Abbeyleix home gets court reprieveThe HSE has agreed to the quashing of its decision proposing closure of the Abbeyleix Community Nursing Unit to facilitate a …Wed Dec 07 2011 - 00:00
Cosgrave challenges corruption chargesTHE SUPREME COURT has begun hearing an appeal by former Fine Gael TD Liam Cosgrave aimed at halting his criminal trial in connection…Wed Dec 07 2011 - 00:00
'Achill-henge' demolition soughtMayo County Council is seeking a High Court order compelling property developer Joe McNamara to demolish a 'Stonehenge-like structure…Wed Dec 07 2011 - 00:00
Lillis wins asset ownership caseThe High Court has ruled Eamonn Lillis is entitled to a half-share in those assets jointly owned by himself and his late wife…Tue Dec 06 2011 - 00:00
Ulster Bank entitled to recover €4m loanULSTER BANK has secured orders from the Commercial Court entitling it to recover almost €4 million from a Co Kildare businessman…Tue Dec 06 2011 - 00:00
Nama closes in on Grehan loansTHE NATIONAL Assets Management Agency has secured court orders enabling it to move against UK assets of developer brothers Raymond…Tue Dec 06 2011 - 00:00
Dunnes disputes ruling ordering €20m paymentDUNNES Stores is disputing an arbitrator’s decision directing it to pay about €20 million to a construction company in relation…Tue Dec 06 2011 - 00:00
Access to video evidence denied in indemnity actionMcLoughlin -v- Aviva Insurance (Europe)Mon Dec 05 2011 - 00:00
Choosing nuns' land for restrictive rezoning 'coincidental', says councilDUBLIN CITY Council has denied that its planning authority had singled out the lands of religious orders for restrictive zoning…Sat Dec 03 2011 - 00:00
Will of late poet John O'Donohue declared voidTHE WILL of the late poet and author John O’Donohue has been declared void by the High Court due to uncertainty of its terms …Fri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
Senior EBS figure ordered to repay €2.3m loanTHE HEAD of development finance with Educational Building Society (EBS) has been ordered to repay a €2Fri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
Supreme Court sets date for Bailey appeal against extradition to FranceTHE HEARING of Ian Bailey’s appeal against an order for his extradition to France has been fixed by the Supreme Court for January…Fri Dec 02 2011 - 00:00
Court told family accusing Quinn of criminal offenceTHE FAMILY of bankrupt businessman Seán Quinn are effectively making the “extraordinary” case they have no liability for loans…Thu Dec 01 2011 - 00:00
Poet O'Donohue's will declared voidThe will of the late poet and author John O’Donohue has been declared void by the High Court due to uncertainty of its terms …Thu Dec 01 2011 - 00:00
Sisters of Charity claim lands targeted by city councilTHE IMPOSITION of more restrictive conditions on development of certain lands in the new development plan for Dublin appears “…Wed Nov 30 2011 - 00:00
Cement mixer driver back in court over worksPROPERTY DEVELOPER Joe McNamara, who was arrested but later acquitted after he drove a cement mixer into the gates of Leinster…Tue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
Quinn is ordered to repay €2bn to bankBANKRUPT BUSINESSMAN Seán Quinn, once Ireland’s richest man, has made Irish legal history after being ordered to repay a total…Tue Nov 29 2011 - 00:00
Seán Quinn told to repay €1.7bnBankrupt businessman Seán Quinn has been ordered to repay more than €2 billion to the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC…Mon Nov 28 2011 - 00:00
Bread pack could confuse shoppers, High Court rulesBREAD COMPANY McCambridge has won a High Court case against rival Brennans over the packaging used for a brown bread product.Sat Nov 26 2011 - 00:00
Council seeks hearing over costs of housing Priory Hall residentsDUBLIN CITY Council has asked the Supreme Court for an urgent hearing of its appeal against court orders requiring it to pay …Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Bread packaging case adjournedThe High Court has ruled bread company McCambridge's is entitled to an injunction against rival company Brennans over selling…Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
AIB case on €84m software system settledAN ACTION by AIB against two related international companies, in which the bank alleged about €84 million spent by it on a new…Fri Nov 25 2011 - 00:00
Court halts DPP bid for second trial for assaultA WOMAN has won a Supreme Court order halting a bid by the DPP to prosecute her a second time over an incident in which another…Thu Nov 24 2011 - 00:00
Woman loses refugee status appealA Nigerian mother who claimed her father-in-law was a “fanatical Muslim” and her two sons would be forced to become Muslims if…Thu Nov 24 2011 - 00:00
Court tells Quinn to pay €417m to AngloBANKRUPT BUSINESSMAN Seán Quinn has been ordered by the Commercial Court to repay about €417 million to the Irish Bank Resolution…Thu Nov 24 2011 - 00:00
Council seeks urgent Priory hearingDublin City Council has asked the Supreme Court for an urgent hearing of its appeal against court orders requiring it to pay …Thu Nov 24 2011 - 00:00
Quinn ordered to repay €417mBankrupt businessman Sean Quinn has been ordered by the Commercial Court to repay about €417 million to the Irish Bank Resolution…Wed Nov 23 2011 - 00:00
Ex-baggage worker awarded €45,000 against RyanairA FORMER baggage handler who suffered a back injury while manoeuvring an aircraft stairs unassisted at Dublin airport has been…Wed Nov 23 2011 - 00:00
Shopkeeper and developer seeks State protection from Zurich BankA MONAGHAN shopkeeper has brought a court action seeking the State’s protection from a bank which is seeking to enforce a €32…Wed Nov 23 2011 - 00:00
Louth hotel settles case with GoogleAN ACTION by the owners of the Ballymascanlon House Hotel in Co Louth against internet giant Google over alleged defamation of…Tue Nov 22 2011 - 00:00
Bus firm takes case over €166m school tenderA COMPANY which wants to tender for the €166 million school transport contract has brought a court action against the Minister…Tue Nov 22 2011 - 00:00
Court to rule on IBRC bid for €2bn from QuinnTHE COMMERCIAL Court will rule tomorrow whether the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, formerly Anglo Irish Bank, is entitled…Tue Nov 22 2011 - 00:00
Confusion in court over whereabouts of McFeely ahead of stay applicationA FIVE-JUDGE Supreme Court sat a number of times yesterday afternoon as confusion reigned over the whereabouts and status of …Fri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
RTÉ to pay damages to priest over abuse libelRTÉ HAS agreed to pay a significant sum in compensatory and aggravated damages to Fr Kevin Reynolds under a settlement of his…Fri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
Priory Hall developer gets stay on sentenceDEVELOPER THOMAS McFeely was freed from the Bridewell Garda station yesterday evening by order of a five-judge Supreme Court …Fri Nov 18 2011 - 00:00
Master of High Court says fast-track procedures unfairTHE MASTER of the High Court has attacked the fairness of “fast-track” court procedures allowing banks and other creditors to…Thu Nov 17 2011 - 00:00
Decision on tracker mortgage overturnedTHE HIGH Court has overturned a decision of the Financial Services Ombudsman requiring a mortgage lender to allow a couple revert…Thu Nov 17 2011 - 00:00
Priory Hall developer wins reprieveDeveloper Thomas McFeely has won a reprieve against a three-month prison sentence and a €1 million fine for contempt of court…Thu Nov 17 2011 - 00:00
Government to pay Doherty costsThe Government has consented to an order to pay the costs of Sinn Féin’s Pearse Doherty in opposing its appeal against his successful…Wed Nov 16 2011 - 00:00
Court appoints examiner to ferry service companiesA HIGH Court judge has agreed to appoint an examiner to the companies operating the Cork-Swansea ferry service, which believe…Wed Nov 16 2011 - 00:00
Former Anglo head of lending seeks court orders over loans to QuinnA FORMER head of lending with Anglo Irish Bank, Tom Browne, is seeking court orders requiring the bank to discover documents …Wed Nov 16 2011 - 00:00
Delay to priest's defamation caseTHE DEFAMATION action by Fr Kevin Reynolds against RTÉ did not proceed at the High Court yesterday because no judge was free …Wed Nov 16 2011 - 00:00
Bank to challenge bankruptcy proceedings in Northern IrelandTHE IRISH Bank Resolution Corporation is to ask the courts in Northern Ireland to overturn the bankruptcy of businessman Seán…Tue Nov 15 2011 - 00:00
IBRC to challenge Quinn bankruptcyThe Irish Bank Resolution Corporation is to ask the Northern Ireland courts to overturn the bankruptcy of businessman Seán Quinn…Mon Nov 14 2011 - 00:00
McFeely to face committal over Priory Hall ordersAN APPLICATION by Dublin City Council to jail developer Thomas McFeely over breach of court orders relating to fire safety works…Sat Nov 12 2011 - 00:00
Bank takes action over Quinn loansThe Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, formerly Anglo Irish Bank, has initiated court actions against businessman Sean Quinn …Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
Adjournment of poet's will case to allow representationA HIGH Court action to clarify issues in the will of poet and philosopher John O’Donohue has been adjourned to allow all proposed…Fri Nov 11 2011 - 00:00
