Adviser says Breathnach decided against funding Steiner schoolThe decision that the Department of Education should not fund the Steiner school in Co Clare was taken in 1995 by former minister…Fri Jan 15 1999 - 00:00
Court clears way for further abuse charges against priestThe Supreme Court yesterday overturned a High Court decision preventing the trial of a priest on 28 charges of indecent assault…Wed Jan 13 1999 - 00:00
Examiner hopeful on future of SchmidtThe examiner to Schmidt Industries International Ltd believes the company can survive as a going concern, the High Court was …Tue Jan 12 1999 - 00:00
Pupil sues State over failure to fund Steiner schoolThe hearing of a constitutional action to compel the Department of Education to fund a school in Co Clare based on the Steiner…Tue Jan 12 1999 - 00:00
Man given leave to challenge adoptionA man who claimed he was given no notice that his son was to be adopted was given leave by the High Court yesterday to seek an…Tue Dec 22 1998 - 00:00
Clare residents win case against local dumpClare County Council has agreed to pay £350,000 damages and costs to 14 residents who challenged on environmental and health …Sat Dec 19 1998 - 00:00
Judge queries `eccentric' formula for Army hearingA high Court judge has drawn attention to the difficulties the courts experience in regard to Army deafness cases because of …Sat Dec 19 1998 - 00:00
Official's claim she was passed over rejectedThe High Court yesterday rejected a claim by a Department of Health official that she was passed over for promotion due to malice…Thu Dec 17 1998 - 00:00
Decision to dismiss drink driving charge overturnedThe High Court yesterday overturned a District Court decision dismissing a drink driving charge against a Co Kilkenny man who…Wed Dec 16 1998 - 00:00
Judgment is reserved in challenge to Lansdowne concert rulingJudgment was reserved by the Supreme Court yesterday on a challenge by the trustees of the Irish Rugby Football Union to a High…Wed Dec 16 1998 - 00:00
Gillane appeal against conviction dismissedAn appeal by Patrick Gillane against his conviction for soliciting two men to murder his wife was dismissed at the Court of Criminal…Tue Dec 15 1998 - 00:00
Garda injured in Lansdowne soccer riot awarded £37,625A garda who sustained neck and hand injuries while trying to keep rioting English supporters at bay during the soccer "friendly…Tue Dec 15 1998 - 00:00
Midwife wins right to expert witnessesA midwife has won her legal battle to have two expert witnesses and an adviser attend a hearing of the Fitness to Practise Committee…Sat Dec 12 1998 - 00:00
Supreme Court rejects Stanley application in Bula caseThe Supreme Court yesterday turned down an attempt by former Bula Resources chairman Mr Jim Stanley for leave to seek an order…Sat Dec 12 1998 - 00:00
Residents in Galway take action on landfillGalway Corporation has applied for permission to extend a landfill site near Lough Corrib, although it has failed to comply with…Fri Dec 11 1998 - 00:00
Nurse awarded £100,000 for back injuryA nurse who claimed she sustained serious back injury while lifting patients in Bantry Hospital was awarded more than £100,000…Wed Dec 09 1998 - 00:00
Youth given leave to seek asylum rulingA 17-YEAR-old youth who fled to Ireland from Congo after seeing his parents shot dead and his sister raped has been given leave…Fri Dec 04 1998 - 00:00
EHB has no specific plan for children at risk, court hearsThe Government allocated £700,000 to the health boards this year towards providing accommodation for children at risk, but the…Wed Dec 02 1998 - 00:00
Row over boy aged 11 in remand centreAn argument erupted at the High Court yesterday between the State and Southern Health Board over responsibility for an 11-year…Wed Dec 02 1998 - 00:00
Chief executive tells court his dismissal was due to maliceAn interim order preventing the Irish Council of People with Disabilities (ICPD) from appointing any person other than Mr David…Tue Dec 01 1998 - 00:00
Order stops Kosovo youth's deportationA 16-year-old ethnic Albanian youth who fled to the Republic from Kosovo after his parents and brother disappeared has secured…Tue Dec 01 1998 - 00:00
Deportee left sports car and £40,000, court toldAn assistant chef in a Chinese restaurant who was deported from Ireland last week left behind a 1997 Mercedes-Benz sports car…Tue Dec 01 1998 - 00:00
Judgment held in case against MinistersThe High Court yesterday reserved judgment on an application by an official in the Department of Health for an order directing…Fri Nov 27 1998 - 00:00
Court rules out trial of ex-garda on sex chargesA retired garda yesterday secured a High Court order preventing further steps in prosecuting him on 16 charges of indecent assault…Thu Nov 26 1998 - 00:00
Former Bula chief asks court to quash inspector's findingsFormer Bula chairman Mr James Stanley has returned from Russia to ask the High Court for leave to quash the findings of a report…Tue Nov 24 1998 - 00:00
Civil servant says he did all he could on promotionThe secretary-general of the Department of Health said yesterday he had given the blood policy division of the Department every…Sat Nov 21 1998 - 00:00
Civil servant denies going out of her way to find controversyThe Department of Health official who says she was passed over for promotion because of "personal animus" against her from the…Fri Nov 20 1998 - 00:00
O'Dwyer accused of dismissing problems of hepatitis C crisisThe secretary-general of the Department of Health, Mr Jerry O'Dwyer, was "unable or unwilling to comprehend the scale and depth…Thu Nov 19 1998 - 00:00
Steiner education superior, court toldAn Aer Rianta manager whose daughter attends a school based on the Steiner teaching system in Co Clare told the High Court yesterday…Sat Nov 14 1998 - 00:00
Funding for Steiner school at issue in hearingThe Constitution expressly prevents the State from forcing parents to send their children to schools of a particular type, the…Fri Nov 13 1998 - 00:00
Judgment reserved on Dunnes attempt to block postJudgment will be delivered next Wednesday on a challenge by Dunnes Stores to the Tanaiste's appointment of an authorised officer…Thu Nov 12 1998 - 00:00
Court told of lodgment of cheques valued at £180,000Three cheques with a combined value of £180,000 signed by Mr Bernard Dunne in 1992 were lodged to an account held by Carlisle…Wed Nov 11 1998 - 00:00
Dunnes challenges claim by Harney officer on paymentsA claim by an officer acting for the Minister for Enterprise and Employment, Ms Harney, that extra payments were made by Dunnes…Sat Nov 07 1998 - 00:00
EHB delay on report queriedA psychiatric assessment on a troubled boy, who has been held in a remand centre for several months, was requested of the Eastern…Fri Nov 06 1998 - 00:00
Ruling on NIB staff's challenge is reservedThe Supreme Court yesterday reserved judgment on an appeal by employees of National Irish Bank against a High Court ruling that…Thu Nov 05 1998 - 00:00
Court adjourns CAB plea to lift stay on judgment over alleged unpaid VATThe Criminal Assets Bureau has asked the High Court to lift a stay on a judgment for alleged unpaid VAT and interest for £103…Wed Nov 04 1998 - 00:00
Appeal by Quinlivan on escape documents dismissedThe Supreme Court yesterday dismissed an appeal by the Brixton Prison escaper, Nessan Quinlivan, against the High Court's refusal…Fri Oct 30 1998 - 00:00
Woman faces £400,000 bill in case over genetically modified cropA Co Dublin woman is facing a bill for legal costs estimated at more than £400,000 after she unsuccessfully challenged the granting…Wed Oct 28 1998 - 00:00
Summary judgment sought on alleged unpaid taxesThe Criminal Assets Bureau yesterday applied to the High Court for summary judgment against a Cork man for more than £2Sat Oct 24 1998 - 01:00
High Court challenge to CAB's tax move on ScotLawyers for a man alleged to have tax liabilities of around £300,000 asked the High Court yesterday to dismiss proceedings against…Fri Oct 23 1998 - 01:00
High Court hears claims of road hauliers' `illegal cartel' at portThe Irish Road Hauliers Association (IRHA) was behind "an illegal cartel" aimed at securing increases in prices for haulage services…Wed Oct 21 1998 - 01:00
High Court judge returns autistic boy to remand centreA High Court judge yesterday said it was "very regrettable" that the best the State could do for a sick boy "who has broken no…Tue Oct 20 1998 - 01:00
Woman motor mechanic awarded damages of £630,000 for loss of legA woman motor mechanic who had part of her left leg amputated after her foot was crushed between a forklift truck and a wall …Sat Oct 17 1998 - 01:00
Court asked to stop Government change of Articles 2 and 3A college lecturer applied to the Supreme Court yesterday to prevent the Government amending Articles 2 and 3 as provided for…Fri Oct 16 1998 - 01:00
`Not open to court' to make order on childA High Court judge yesterday drew attention to major problems regarding the enforcement in Italy, and other countries including…Thu Oct 15 1998 - 01:00
Girl in care wins plaudits for academic achievementsA 15-year-old girl who was taken into care three years ago because it was feared she could be dead within days has scored major…Sat Oct 10 1998 - 01:00
At-risk child returned to centre `with reluctance'A 12-year-old at-risk child who has been in a remand centre for 13 months was returned there "with great reluctance" by a High…Sat Oct 10 1998 - 01:00
High Court rejects grounds of challenge to beet trialsThe High Court yesterday cleared the way for field trials of genetically-modified crops in the State when it upheld the Environmental…Wed Oct 07 1998 - 01:00
Judge criticises holding of 12-year-old in remand centreA high Court judge said yesterday it was "simply not good enough" that a 12-year-old "atrisk" child was being held in a remand…Tue Oct 06 1998 - 01:00
Lottery raises prices and prizesA lotto price and prize restructuring, which will see the cost of the minimum Lotto play increase by 50 per cent to £1Sat Sept 12 1998 - 01:00
