Judge, solicitor row set for High CourtAn incident between a District Court judge and a solicitor, which led to a number of other solicitors leaving court in protest…Mon Oct 17 2005 - 01:00
NIB must show documents to ex-executivesThe High Court has ordered National Irish Bank to make certain documents available to former executives facing disqualification…Sat Oct 15 2005 - 01:00
Ryanair loses bid to quash trade dispute findingRyanair has lost a High Court bid to prevent the Labour Court going ahead with a formal investigation into a row between the …Sat Oct 15 2005 - 01:00
NIB tax evasion report flawed, says LaceyFormer National Irish Bank chief executive Jim Lacey claims that the report of the inspectors into tax evasion at the bank in…Fri Oct 14 2005 - 01:00
Court told of falling metal ceiling studsA claim by a director of the company operating the €62 million National Aquatic Centre of an incident in late 2004 where, he …Thu Oct 13 2005 - 01:00
Director claims pool posed fatal riskA director of the company operating the €62 million National Aquatic Centre has told the High Court there was a near fatality…Wed Oct 12 2005 - 01:00
Ex-NIB executives dispute report's findingsA number of former senior NIB executives are disputing findings of a report that has triggered proceedings to disqualify them…Tue Oct 11 2005 - 01:00
Fitzwilton to seek tribunal files on Burke paymentThe President of the High Court will next week hear an application by Fitzwilton Ltd for access to documents from the Mahon tribunal…Tue Oct 11 2005 - 01:00
Green councillor gets leave to try to quash reportA Green Party councillor has brought a High Court challenge aimed at overturning a report which found that Wicklow Fianna Fáil…Tue Oct 11 2005 - 01:00
State has failed autistic girl, court toldA girl who was adopted at age two by an Irish couple after suffering severe institutional deprivation in a Romanian orphanage…Tue Oct 11 2005 - 01:00
Court reserves judgment on D'Arcy orderA High Court judge has reserved judgment on an application by the Director of Corporate Enforcement for an order restraining …Sat Oct 08 2005 - 01:00
Aquatic centre case told of cash difficultyBefore the lease for the €62 million National Aquatic Centre in Dublin was granted, a difficulty arose about Waterworld UK (WUK…Sat Oct 08 2005 - 01:00
Aquatic centre case told of fund claimsThe State company that awarded the lease for the €62 million National Aquatic Centre to Dublin Waterworld Limited (DWL) was given…Thu Oct 06 2005 - 01:00
'Metro' may hold off on launchThe publishers of a new giveaway newspaper will not go ahead with the launch unless they get an injunction preventing Independent…Wed Oct 05 2005 - 01:00
Smart Telecom says Eircom curbs cost it €47m per yearSmart Telecom is claiming restrictions imposed by Eircom on its broadband service are costing the company some €47 million a …Tue Oct 04 2005 - 01:00
Guilty may be victims, judge toldThe social background of many prisoners suggested that the guilty may also be victims themselves, a bishop told members of the…Tue Oct 04 2005 - 01:00
Legal aid costs can lead to injustices, warns bishopThe operation of the civil legal aid scheme and the cost of seeking justice may give rise to injustice in some cases, a Church…Tue Oct 04 2005 - 01:00
Overseas aid delay 'shameful'The Government's failure to meet its long-standing commitment to spend 0Thu Sept 15 2005 - 01:00
Call for retention of artists' tax exemptionMillionaire artists will come under great pressure to leave the country, other artists will be unable to continue their work, …Thu Sept 15 2005 - 01:00
Many are in denial about poor health, survey findsA national consumer survey has shown most Irish people lack the time and motivation to adopt healthier lifestyles and, despite…Wed Sept 14 2005 - 01:00
Gardai to investigate Donegal road deathsGardaí are conducting a major investigation into a road tragedy which claimed the lives of a middle-aged couple and an elderly…Tue Sept 13 2005 - 01:00
Major study of children on wayA major study aimed at identifying the factors that affect the wellbeing of Irish children will get under way in November, it…Tue Sept 13 2005 - 01:00
Tsunami victims died of drowningThree of the four Irish people who lost their lives in Thailand during the December 2004 Indian ocean tsunami died as a result…Sat Sept 10 2005 - 01:00
De Valera recast by history as dictator, conference toldHistorians here have distorted the historical record for the past 30 years by propagating the State's "reinterpretation" of its…Fri Sept 09 2005 - 01:00
Girl (5) died after liver biopsy - coronerA five-year-old Dublin girl who contracted a rare parasitical disease on holiday in southern Europe died months later, not directly…Thu Sept 08 2005 - 01:00
Coroner links fall to woman's deathThe Dublin city coroner has said he is satisfied that a fall from her bed at St Colman's Hospital, Rathdrum, Co Wicklow, contributed…Thu Sept 08 2005 - 01:00
Derelict castle site to be turned into parkCarlow County Council yesterday took possession of Ducketts Grove, a derelict castellated Gothic mansion.Tue Sept 06 2005 - 01:00
Body recovered after light aircraft crashes into seaA body has been recovered off the Pembrokeshire coast following the crash of a light aircraft which left Weston Aerodrome in …Tue Sept 06 2005 - 01:00
Right to appeal ComReg directions won by EircomEircom has won a High Court challenge to the procedure adopted by the Commission for Communications Regulation (ComReg) in seeking…Sat Jul 30 2005 - 01:00
Court quashes conviction for murder of wifeIn a judgment sharply critical of "grave, obvious and deliberate" breaches of Garda regulations on the treatment of people in…Sat Jul 30 2005 - 01:00
CSID knew of aquatic centre plan, court toldPaddy Teahon, the former chairman of the company that awarded the lease for the operation of the €62 million National Aquatic…Fri Jul 29 2005 - 01:00
Firm unaware of pool receipts dealAn agreement of April 30th, 2003, appeared to contemplate that all pool receipts from the €62 million National Aquatic Centre…Thu Jul 28 2005 - 01:00
Pool lease blatantly breached, court toldThe owners of the €62 million National Aquatic Centre have claimed before the High Court that, on the same day they assigned …Wed Jul 27 2005 - 01:00
Five Shell protesters to remain in jailThe five men jailed for their protests against the proposed pipeline from the Corrib gas field, in Co Mayo, will remain in jail…Tue Jul 26 2005 - 01:00
Liquidator appointed to plastic mouldings firmThe High Court has appointed a provisional liquidator to a company which makes precision plastic moulded casings, including television…Sat Jul 23 2005 - 01:00
Case against Gilligan was proven, court toldThe prosecution proved John Gilligan's leadership of a drugs gang at his trial and that he was the "main wholesaler" in the drugs…Thu Jul 21 2005 - 01:00
Trial 'shocking', says counsel for GilliganThe total conduct of the prosecution of John Gilligan was "so deliberate and so shocking" that society could only properly be…Wed Jul 20 2005 - 01:00
O'Brien inquiry challenge concludesThe High Court is expected to give judgment next month on a challenge by businessman Denis O'Brien to a decision by the Moriarty…Wed Jul 20 2005 - 01:00
Judge reserves judgment in Fyffes/DCC caseThe legal action by Fyffes plc alleging insider dealing in connection with the €106 million sale of the DCC stake in the fruit…Tue Jul 19 2005 - 01:00
'Coincidences' prompted tribunal inquiryDifferent versions of events surrounding the purchase of Doncaster Rovers football club, some of which appeared to involve "multiple…Sat Jul 16 2005 - 01:00
DCC finalises legal submissions in Fyffes hearingDCC yesterday concluded its legal submissions in the long-running action by Fyffes alleging insider dealing in connection with…Sat Jul 16 2005 - 01:00
Fyffes did not believe data was sensitive - DCCThe "cancer" at the core of the action by Fyffes alleging insider dealing by DCC is that Fyffes expected DCC chief executive …Fri Jul 15 2005 - 01:00
Lowry involved in deal, court toldA document read to the High Court yesterday stated that an English businessman, whose wife's family trust sold shares in Doncaster…Fri Jul 15 2005 - 01:00
Moriarty lawyer rejects O'Brien's claims of lack of sufficient evidenceA solicitor for the Moriarty tribunal has said he "emphatically rejects" claims by businessman Denis O'Brien that a private investigation…Thu Jul 14 2005 - 01:00
Transcripts of Flavin's calls must be treated with caution - DCCCounsel for DCC has urged the High Court to "treat with caution" transcripts of telephone calls between DCC chief executive Jim…Thu Jul 14 2005 - 01:00
O'Brien challenges decision on hearingsBusinessman Denis O'Brien has brought a High Court challenge to a decision of the Moriarty tribunal to hold public hearings into…Wed Jul 13 2005 - 01:00
Lotus Green dealt shares, DCC claimsDCC chief executive Jim Flavin did not deal in the €106 million sale of Fyffes shares in early 2000 and no profit accrued to …Wed Jul 13 2005 - 01:00
New attempt to be made to have five men freedA proposal which could lead to the release of five men jailed after they refused to give undertakings not to obstruct installation…Tue Jul 12 2005 - 01:00
Prisoner in Cork seeks end to 'slopping out'A remand prisoner has secured leave from the High Court to bring proceedings arguing that conditions at Cork Prison, particularly…Tue Jul 12 2005 - 01:00
