Man’s €845,000 debt reduced to zero in court-approved insolvency arrangement Co Meath home will be made subject to a mortgage-to-rent schemeTue Dec 02 2025 - 12:02
Prison system ‘at breaking point’ with urgent action needed to tackle overcrowding Penal reform group calls on Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan to publish prison inspection reportsTue Dec 02 2025 - 06:01
Judge criticises ‘unworkable’ EU court ban on metadata retention in serious crime inquiriesBlanket prohibition means rights of crime victims trumped by privacy rights, says Mr Justice Peter Charleton Tue Dec 02 2025 - 06:00
Judge approves insolvency arrangement writing down farmer’s €1.5m debt to €20,000Unsecured debt arose from buy-to-let property investments by James McDonnell (52), a father of four from Co WestmeathMon Dec 01 2025 - 19:59
Woman to be sentenced in January for murder of four-year-old stepsonSentencing hearing adjourned because boy’s mother is ill and ‘extremely anxious’ to attend Mon Dec 01 2025 - 11:52
Planning approval overturned for 221-bed student accommodation in north DublinCourts do not quash things on ‘mere technicalities’, says judge following decision on Santry developmentSun Nov 30 2025 - 16:49
The life cycle of a judicial review: how legal and planning challenges have delayed a key Dublin projectJudicial reviews and delays in the planning system have stalled the Dublin drainage scheme for years – a project crucial to future housebuildingSat Nov 29 2025 - 06:00
Music royalties dispute affecting thousands of artists nears resolutionRecorded Artists Actors Performers Ltd challenging payment system operated by record companies organisationThu Nov 27 2025 - 19:02
David Hanly was ‘unique’ broadcaster and man of ‘integrity’, memorial service told Morning Ireland presenter ‘sought to see news stories in a broader context’, former colleague saysWed Nov 26 2025 - 19:09
Cheltenham-winning horse owner Conor Clarkson declared bankrupt over €587,000 debtProperty developer and Kicking King owner has overall debts of more than €56m, court toldMon Nov 24 2025 - 17:07
Man and woman facing sentence over alleged student accommodation scam fail to attend courtJudge issues warrant for arrest of pair who admitted theft chargesMon Nov 24 2025 - 13:00
Son threatened mother with knives and told family he would ‘cut your heads off’Elderly couple and daughter granted protection orders at emergency domestic violence court hearingSun Nov 23 2025 - 14:00
Sentencing guidance means assailant facing longer sentence for sexual assault of stepdaughters Director of Public Prosecutions appealed ‘undue leniency’ of four-year termThu Nov 20 2025 - 16:35
Minister considering ‘next steps’ over use of poor box in District CourtsReform aims at ‘fair, equitable and transparent’ reparation scheme for minor offencesThu Nov 20 2025 - 06:00
Male domestic abuse victims ‘largely unseen’ due to embarrassment, shame and fear - studyMale vulnerability can end up being dismissed or ridiculed, says Minister for JusticeWed Nov 19 2025 - 20:03
Europe-wide prosecutor can help ‘join the dots’ in tackling organised crimeIreland urged to join European Public Prosecutor’s Office as financial crime ‘does not have a holiday’Wed Nov 19 2025 - 19:42
Ministers seek more than €2bn to cover costs in excess of this year’s budget Gardaí require extra €20m for public order overtime, immigration activity and deportations Wed Nov 19 2025 - 06:58
Civil legal aid review failed to see scheme as a tool for social change, conference toldMoves to restrict access to judicial review criticisedSun Nov 16 2025 - 16:00
Eight in 10 protection orders, about one in three barring orders, granted In-law and neighbour disputes feature in civil restraint order applicationsSun Nov 16 2025 - 14:57
DPP calls for more clarity regarding law on records disclosure in sexual assault trialsDirector welcomes ‘cultural shift’ in judgments addressing disclosure obligationsSat Nov 15 2025 - 19:00
Motorists caught speeding at over 200km/h on motorway avoided driving bans after making charity donationsDonation of €20,000 sought from motorist driving at speed in excess of 200km/hSat Nov 15 2025 - 06:00
‘This shouldn’t be happening’: How charity donations help speeding motorists avoid driving bans‘This should not be happening’ says sentencing law expertSat Nov 15 2025 - 06:00
High Court sanctions termination of 15-year-old girl’s pregnancyGirl told doctors she would ‘cut the baby out myself’ if termination not permittedFri Nov 14 2025 - 16:53
Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal aimed at preventing demolition of large Co Meath homeHouse was built almost 20 years ago without planning permissionThu Nov 13 2025 - 12:09
Supreme Court judges to meet this week to consider whether to hear Conor McGregor appealFormer MMA fighter wants new appeal over civil jury finding in favour of Nikita HandWed Nov 12 2025 - 11:55
Ruling on suspended solicitor Declan O’Callaghan’s appeal over professional misconduct findings due FridayDeclan O’Callaghan denies misconduct over handling of Co Mayo lands transferMon Nov 10 2025 - 17:31
Woman needed brain scan after being beaten so badly she bled from the ears, court toldMother of three said man pursued her to homeless shelters with baseball bats and hammersSun Nov 09 2025 - 06:00
Bankrupt developer Seán Dunne seeking damages over Nama takeover of assetsDunne claims 2009 appointments of Nama chiefs Brendan McDonagh and Frank Daly were invalid Thu Nov 06 2025 - 16:12
Law lecturer acquitted of murder faces large bill after only legal aid costs awardedCosts awarded by the court may cover about half of Diarmuid Phelan’s estimated €1.25m billWed Nov 05 2025 - 17:08
DJ Carey: The Irish courts’ increasing will to jail fraudstersGuidance says non-custodial sentences ‘not to be the starting point in any case’Tue Nov 04 2025 - 10:00
Former Kilkenny hurler DJ Carey jailed for 5½ years for ‘reprehensible fraud’Former sportsman induced 22 people to give him about €400,000 to fund treatment for cancer he did not haveMon Nov 03 2025 - 13:15
Nolan Transport family oppose €20m damages claim over stalled Nemo Rangers site developmentOwners of haulage firm dispute view that Dildar IOM and Dildar Ireland are entitled to damages on such a scaleMon Nov 03 2025 - 06:00
Woman accompanied by armed garda to court obtains protection order against ex partner About 20 applications brought before judge during one sitting of emergency domestic violence court in DublinSun Nov 02 2025 - 06:00
‘I was completely duped by DJ Carey,’ says Denis O’Brien as former hurler is remanded in custodySportsman to receive his sentence on Monday and can expect a jail term, says judgeFri Oct 31 2025 - 15:32
Ex-assistant to horse trainer Luke Comer seeks to serve legal papers on him in MonacoApplication due before High Court on MondayFri Oct 31 2025 - 06:00
An estranged husband’s attempt to limit provision for wife was ‘disgraceful’, says judgeHigh Court overturns deed of separation that was of ‘much greater benefit’ to him than herThu Oct 30 2025 - 06:00
DJ Carey sentencing for fraud charges postponed to Friday as court hears former hurler is in hospitalFormer Kilkenny hurler pleaded guilty in July to 10 of the 21 charges he was facing after claiming he needed to fund treatment for cancer he did not haveWed Oct 29 2025 - 12:11
Prosecutions for ‘withholding information’ are rare. That may change after Puska family casesLawyers believe jail terms for brothers and partner of Josef Puska could encourage similar casesMon Oct 27 2025 - 06:00
Human rights activist Michael Farrell: ‘We were in a period of progress, but now we seem to be galloping backwards’Lawyer Michael Farrell represented transgender woman Lydia Foy after earning his stripes during the Troubles in the NorthSun Oct 26 2025 - 06:00
Citywest unrest: Sixteen people appear in court over disturbances in Saggart, Dublin15 face public order charges and one man is charged with violent disorderThu Oct 23 2025 - 14:21
Five members of Puska family jailed for trying to cover up murder of Ashling MurphyJudge accepts psychologist’s report that the women ‘did what they were told’ in Roma cultureWed Oct 22 2025 - 13:25
Judge says Seamus McEnaney could house squatters from James Joyce propertyCourt proceedings brought against homeless squatters by firms linked to Seamus ‘Banty’ McEnaneyWed Oct 22 2025 - 06:00
Legislation allowing public access to judgments on domestic violence offenders approvedBill will be known as Jennie’s Law in honour of Jennifer Poole who was murdered by her partner in 2021Tue Oct 21 2025 - 18:22
Fund gets orders stopping €695,000 house salePepper Finance claims ‘legitimate basis’ for its concerns about Dublin businessman’s registration as full ownerMon Oct 20 2025 - 19:12
‘Tom Niland should not be defined by how he died but by how he lived’Niland’s family cannot fathom the brutality of the assault during a robbery at his rural home that led to his death 20 months later Fri Oct 17 2025 - 11:13
Paul Murphy brings defamation case against Heather HumphreysPeople Before Profit TD seeks damages over comments made by presidential candidate during RTÉ radio debateThu Oct 16 2025 - 19:00
Farmer Tom Niland ‘can now rest in peace’ after three men jailed over killing, family saySligo man died 20 months after attack in his homeThu Oct 16 2025 - 17:19
Order sought over solicitor’s alleged use of his rented Dublin city apartment as an AirbnbGeoffrey Curran is alleged to be in breach of lease, judge toldWed Oct 15 2025 - 08:00
Pensioner’s ‘cruel and senseless’ death continues to haunt family, court toldDPP urges 15-20 year headline sentence over killing of Tom NilandMon Oct 13 2025 - 18:36
Creche manager awarded €51,000 damages after being headbutted by parentQualified lawyer who is estranged from child’s mother assaulted woman in her workplaceSun Oct 12 2025 - 19:00
