Phelan action is adjourned as Taher cites ill healthThe founder of the Master Meats group of companies, Mr Paschal Phelan, is seeking judgment for almost £20 million (€25Sat Feb 16 2002 - 00:00
EirGrid to target Reeves's directionThe national electricity grid operator EirGrid yesterday secured leave from the High Court to challenge a direction by the electricity…Sat Feb 16 2002 - 00:00
Students who lost challenge on abortion withdraw appealTwo students who lost their High Court challenge to the Government's proposed mechanism for amending the Constitution in the …Sat Feb 16 2002 - 00:00
Prisoner seeking release under Belfast accord loses his appealThe Supreme Court has ruled that the Minister for Justice was entitled to refuse to specify a jailed former member of the INLA…Fri Feb 15 2002 - 00:00
Court appeal against deportation failsThe Supreme Court yesterday cleared the way for the deportation of a pregnant Nigerian woman after unanimously dismissing an …Fri Feb 15 2002 - 00:00
Bitter battle ends as Master Meats case is struck out in High CourtA lengthy and bitter legal battle between Mr Pascal Phelan, founder of several Master Meats firms, and businessman Mr Larry Goodman…Thu Feb 14 2002 - 00:00
Phelan to seek judgment against former partnerLawyers for Mr Pascal Phelan, the founder of Master Meat Packers (MMP), will apply to the High Court next week for judgment against…Wed Feb 13 2002 - 00:00
Father tells court of autistic son's progress in ABA schoolThe father of an autistic child spoke with emotion in the High Court yesterday about the progress his son had made since attending…Wed Feb 13 2002 - 00:00
Court hears of Lawlor payment by LarkA director of Lark Developments Ltd, a building company under the protection of a High Court-appointed examiner, has confirmed…Tue Feb 12 2002 - 00:00
Bord na gCon official and trainer deny test on dog was improperThe chairman of Bord na gCon, Mr Paschal Taggart, and a greyhound trainer, Mr Brendan Matthews, have told the High Court there…Sat Feb 09 2002 - 00:00
Bord na gCon manager says he was harassedThe regulation manager of Bord na gCon, Mr John Garrahy, has alleged before the High Court that he was bullied and harassed by…Fri Feb 08 2002 - 00:00
Goodman to apply for injunction against PhelanLawyers for Mr Larry Goodman will apply to the High Court next week for an interlocutory injunction to restrain Master Meat Packers…Thu Feb 07 2002 - 00:00
Dunnes told to pay costs to Harney over legal battleDunnes Stores has been directed by the Supreme Court to pay substantial costs to the Minister for Enterprise and Employment following…Thu Feb 07 2002 - 00:00
Judgment reserved in case against deportationThe Supreme Court has reserved judgment on an appeal by a Nigerian woman and her unborn child against a High Court decision last…Thu Feb 07 2002 - 00:00
Status of the unborn at the centre of plea against deportationThe right to life of the unborn is less qualified in the Constitution than the right of life of the born, counsel for a pregnant…Wed Feb 06 2002 - 00:00
No State funding yet for Galway school, court toldThe State is funding schools for autistic children in Dublin and Cork which are based on the system of applied behaviour analysis…Wed Feb 06 2002 - 00:00
Garda awarded €230,000 over violent assault by prisonerA Garda who sustained serious injuries after he was head-butted and violently assaulted by a prisoner in the back seat of a patrol…Tue Feb 05 2002 - 00:00
Supreme Court rejects Dunnes' claimThe Minister for Enterprise and Employment is entitled to appoint an authorised officer to two Dunnes Stores companies, according…Sat Feb 02 2002 - 00:00
High Court dismisses students' challenge to abortion referendumA legal challenge by two students to the Government's proposed mechanism for amending the Constitution in the forthcoming referendum…Sat Feb 02 2002 - 00:00
BNFL asks court to direct how action by Co Louth residents should proceedBritish Nuclear Fuels Ltd yesterday applied to the High Court for directions as to how an action by four Co Louth residents against…Fri Feb 01 2002 - 00:00
Father settles action on polio vaccineA man who contracted polio through contact with nappies of his infant daughter after she received the oral polio vaccine (OPV…Thu Jan 31 2002 - 00:00
No more dead children, judge warnsA High Court judge yesterday warned the State and a health board: "I don't want another dead child on my handsWed Jan 30 2002 - 00:00
Abbeylara inquiry 'behaved like a tribunal'An Oireachtas subcommittee inquiry into the fatal shooting of John Carthy at Abbeylara, Co Longford, in April 2000 behaved from…Fri Jan 25 2002 - 00:00
Career risk to gardai at Abbeylara outlinedAny report by the Oireachtas sub-committee on the fatal shooting by gardaí of Mr John Carthy at Abbeylara, Co Longford, could…Thu Jan 24 2002 - 00:00
Limits on Carway as company directorBusinessman Mr John Carway, his son Stephen and daughter Elaine have been restricted by the High Court from acting as company…Thu Jan 24 2002 - 00:00
Dail blamed for 'legal errors'The situation in which an Oireachtas sub-committee inquiry into the fatal shooting of Mr John Carthy at Abbeylara has ended up…Wed Jan 23 2002 - 00:00
Court ruling called 'attack on democracy'A High Court declaration that the Oireachtas has no inherent power to conduct inquiries through its committees which may have…Sat Jan 19 2002 - 00:00
Court told Carthy inquiry legitimateAn Oireachtas sub-committee inquiry into the fatal shooting by gardaí of Mr John Carthy at Abbeylara, Co Longford, is entitled…Fri Jan 18 2002 - 00:00
Abbeylara inquiry role was advisory, says counselThe question whether the shooting dead by gardaí of Mr John Carthy at Abbeylara, Co Longford could reasonably have been avoided…Thu Jan 17 2002 - 00:00
AG says court ruling is paralysing work of Oireachtas committeesA declaration by the High Court that the Oireachtas has no inherent power to establish inquiries which may lead to findings or…Wed Jan 16 2002 - 00:00
Hearing on land claim put back over rezoningA company under investigation by the Flood tribunal over the rezoning of its lands at Carrickmines, Dublin, is to "vigorously…Tue Jan 15 2002 - 00:00
Sex assault suspect fails to quash prosecutionA Judo instructor charged with buggery and indecent assault of two young brothers has failed to secure a High Court order restraining…Sat Jan 12 2002 - 00:00
Developer to appeal petition deferralTreasury Holdings Ltd, a property development company, is to appeal to the Supreme Court against a decision to adjourn Treasury…Sat Jan 12 2002 - 00:00
Gardai not given fair procedures by superiors, court rulesTwo garda∅ stationed at Arklow were entitled to have their complaints of discrimination dealt with under an agreed grievance …Sat Dec 22 2001 - 00:00
Children in care may be placed abroad by District Court, not health board, judge rulesThe Supreme Court has upheld a High Court decision that a child in the care of a health board may be placed with relatives or…Sat Dec 22 2001 - 00:00
Judge doubts if he can make detention orders for childrenA High Court judge yesterday expressed serious concerns whether the High Court had jurisdiction to continue to make orders to…Fri Dec 21 2001 - 00:00
Accountant's forecast disputedA prediction in a 1988 report by chartered accountant Coopers & Lybrand that the Master Meat Packers companies would experience…Thu Dec 20 2001 - 00:00
Goodman paid for accountantThe founder of Master Meat Packers, Mr Paschal Phelan, told the High Court yesterday he had learned that an investigation carried…Wed Dec 19 2001 - 00:00
No warning on polio vaccine, says doctorA doctor told the High Court she was "absolutely sure" people bringing babies for polio vaccination in 1994 were not given a …Wed Dec 19 2001 - 00:00
Kelly found to have erred in making order against StateThe Supreme Court has overturned, by a four to one majority, a High Court order directing the State to adhere to its own time…Tue Dec 18 2001 - 00:00
Duty of courts emphasisedThe courts are entitled, and indeed have a duty, to intervene where there has been a clear disregard by the Government of its…Tue Dec 18 2001 - 00:00
Garda document on McBreartys to be withdrawnThree senior Garda officers have denied allegations by a Co Donegal publican, Mr Frank McBrearty, that they are among the conspirators…Tue Dec 18 2001 - 00:00
Result due of State appeal against order to provide children's unitsThe Supreme Court will rule on Monday whether the High Court was entitled to order the State to adhere to its own timescales …Sat Dec 15 2001 - 00:00
State failed to grant redress despite UN committee decision, court toldDespite a judgment by a United Nations committee that the decision to try a Dublin man before the non-jury Special Criminal Court…Fri Dec 14 2001 - 00:00
Gardai unfairly treated, counsel claimsTwo garda∅ stationed in Arklow, Co Wicklow, have taken High Court proceedings alleging they have been unfairly treated by their…Wed Dec 12 2001 - 00:00
Jailed drug addict seeks access to rehabA jailed heroin addict is being subject to "cruel and unusual punishment" as a result of the State's failure to place him on …Tue Dec 11 2001 - 00:00
Phelan had 'no reason' to doubt bona fides of Taher in meat plant dealThe founder of Master Meats, Mr Paschal Phelan, told the High Court yesterday he had "no reason" to doubt the bona fides of the…Fri Dec 07 2001 - 00:00
Phelan's speech on beef led to offer from GoodmanA speech by Mr Paschal Phelan on changing trends in the European beef industry led to Mr Phelan being asked by beef baron Mr …Thu Dec 06 2001 - 00:00
Abbeylara decision could hinder signalling inquiryThe Oireachtas sub-committee inquiry into cost overruns in the mini-CTC rail signalling project may be unable to complete its…Wed Dec 05 2001 - 00:00
Paschal Phelan prepares to take stand in Goodman actionPaschal Phelan, founder of several Master Meat firms, takes the stand today in the long-running High Court actions involving …Wed Dec 05 2001 - 00:00
