Man gets interim access to child after end of lengthy same-sex relationshipHis former partner is genetic father of child born through surrogacy, High Court hearsMon Feb 23 2026 - 08:00
‘You would not see a dog like this,’ says mother in fear of ‘emaciated’ drug-using daughter‘Please help me,’ pleads distressed woman before family court judgeSun Feb 22 2026 - 06:00
‘Calm, thoughtful’ Supreme Court judge retires, creating one of two pending vacanciesElizabeth Dunne notes departure means just two of nine Supreme Court judges are womenFri Feb 20 2026 - 17:00
Violent crime victims to receive increased State compensation after European court rulingInjured man awarded €60,000 - multiples of original €645 award received - in settlement of case against StateFri Feb 20 2026 - 06:00
Mother and children fled home over serious feud involving ‘guns and petrol bombs’, court hearsWoman gets barring order against ex-partner after telling court his family is involved in feudThu Feb 19 2026 - 17:39
School wants Enoch Burke to pay its €300,000 costs bill for first year of litigation sagaEight more bills of costs are being prepared, costs hearing toldTue Feb 17 2026 - 16:55
Mother refused social housing priority fails in bid for legal costs against council Judge accepts council offer of house not a result of litigation by mother and daughter Mon Feb 16 2026 - 06:00
Man who alleged ex-partner cut his face and arms gets protection order against herEx-partner hoped heart attack ‘would kill me’ so she would have no mortgage, man tells courtSun Feb 15 2026 - 06:00
Husband to get over half of estimated €6m assets in judicial separation Judge rejects wife’s arguments for 50/50 split of assetsThu Feb 12 2026 - 08:00
Fears over management of €1.7bn fund linked to slow exit from wardship About 1,500 adults were still in wardship at the end of January, way behind projected scheduleWed Feb 11 2026 - 06:00
Judge rules seven properties in estate will not be divided equally among five siblingsCouple had five children between whom it was agreed there were ‘long-standing family tensions’Tue Feb 10 2026 - 09:43
Sinn Féin senator alleging defamation may deliver late reply to defence, judge rulesChris Andrews claims he was defamed in Irish Times article concerning Sinn Féin response to October 7th Hamas attack on IsraelMon Feb 09 2026 - 18:18
Pregnant woman granted barring order after alleging father of child threatened to ‘burn’ herMan denied making threats after drinking and told judge he is determined to overcome his addiction issues Sun Feb 08 2026 - 06:00
What next for Enoch Burke?Third hearing of Burke’s appeal over dismissal now seems likely Sat Feb 07 2026 - 06:00
Director of child rights advocacy ‘unconcerned’ about litigation threatNew guardian ad litem service to mean better outcomes for children, says Pat Bergin Thu Feb 05 2026 - 18:29
Enoch Burke informed of resignations from panel that heard appeal over his dismissal Resignations come after jailed teacher challenged panel’s conduct of appeal hearingWed Feb 04 2026 - 06:17
Supreme Court to clarify climate law obligations of planning authorities Judgment due on significant appeal regarding decision overturning refusal of wind farm permissionWed Feb 04 2026 - 06:00
Irish courts slowest in EU at hearing and deciding cases, report findsNational and global data used to evaluate how State’s justice institutions perform compared with jurisdictions elsewhereWed Feb 04 2026 - 00:01
Judge to rule next month if man is fit to stand trial over Parnell Square attack Psychiatrists clashed over Riad Bouchaker’s fitness to plead and stand trialTue Feb 03 2026 - 12:30
Queen’s University Belfast cuts ties with George Mitchell, denaming research centreBroker of Belfast Agreement had name removed from prestigious US-Ireland scholarshipMon Feb 02 2026 - 12:45
Pregnant woman fears ‘serious risk’ to her safety from unborn’s father, court toldDomestic violence court deals with parents who have to protect themselves on a daily basis, judge says Sun Feb 01 2026 - 06:00
When family law becomes ‘lawfare’: One woman’s costly journey through the courtsA man’s protracted litigation against former partner has entered its 15th year, pushing legal costs to €350,000 Sun Feb 01 2026 - 06:00
Man charged with murder of Anthony Fowler in Finglas in 2024Connor Brennan Moran (22) replied ‘no comment’ when charged with murder of man (63), judge toldThu Jan 29 2026 - 17:37
‘Political priority cannot be a judge’s priority’- European Court of Human Rights presidentPolitical pressure on jurisdiction of court ‘impossible to accept’, says Mattias GuyomarThu Jan 29 2026 - 14:11
Four charged with alleged corrupt practices at Kildare and Wicklow Education Training BoardAccused include former chief executive Seán AsheWed Jan 28 2026 - 14:25
Man restricted in bringing cases against ex-partner whose costs over 13 years top €300,000Family law can become ‘a sort of lawfare’, says Supreme Court Sun Jan 25 2026 - 06:00
To free or not to free Enoch Burke? That is the question haunting judges Restraining the serial protester from litigating until his contempt is purged could be one way of making him comply Fri Jan 23 2026 - 12:00
Plan to slash legal costs in environmental cases is against EU law, say lawyersPlan to slash legal fees payable in environmental cases is ‘contrary to EU law and Constitution’Thu Jan 22 2026 - 09:00
Psychiatrists clash over man’s fitness to be tried over attempted murder of three childrenRiad Bouchaker also charged with assault of care worker at Parnell Square East in November 2023Mon Jan 19 2026 - 19:45
Bibles and chairs could be used as ‘projectiles’ in court, warn judges Judicial report calls for binding laws to make unruly behaviour in court a criminal contemptMon Jan 19 2026 - 06:00
Independent review into Tusla’s engagement with family of murdered four-year-old boyMason O’Connell-Conway was in private family care arrangement, agency saysThu Jan 15 2026 - 16:01
Judge orders sale of valuable Foxrock house after siblings disagree on how to sell itHouse at Westminster Road was left equally between four adult children of deceased coupleThu Jan 15 2026 - 13:12
Why no judge in Ireland has ever been removed from officeIreland was last EU state to introduce formal judicial misconduct complaints regime Thu Jan 15 2026 - 06:30
Limerick woman jailed for life for murder of boyfriend’s four-year-old sonTegan McGhee (32) was also sentenced over two charges of child crueltyWed Jan 14 2026 - 18:15
Limerick child killer Tegan McGhee was subject to rape and torture threats from Barbie Kardashian in prisonTransgender woman acquitted of making threats to kill or seriously harm Tegan McGhee and a prison officerWed Jan 14 2026 - 18:06
Judge who called cyclists ‘a nightmare’ was fined for failing to provide breath test to gardaCircuit Court judge James O’Donohoe was fined €600 in Galway in 2012 after pleading guilty to failing to complyTue Jan 13 2026 - 18:35
Woman whose four-year-old son murdered by stepmother says child’s life taken by ‘pure evil’Sentence to be imposed on Wednesday after prior jailing of child’s father for endangerment and neglectMon Jan 12 2026 - 15:40
Appeals over murders of Cork woman in 1981 and Garda Colm Horkan among cases in new law termWoman faces sentence for murder of four-year-old stepson on the opening day of the new term on MondaySun Jan 11 2026 - 07:30
New legal fees model could slash State’s bill in environmental casesProposed fees model would mean big savings for State in environmental judicial reviews, report suggestsTue Jan 06 2026 - 06:00
Enoch Burke legal saga set to continue as courts grapple with teacher’s ‘moral universe’Dispute is due before High Court, Supreme Court and legal costs adjudicators in new yearFri Jan 02 2026 - 09:55
Supreme Court to hear appeal over nomination process for presidential electionsOutcome of appeal cannot upset the election of President Catherine Connolly - judgesSun Dec 28 2025 - 15:19
Man challenges €125 clamping charge for parking on Dublin road with continuous white linePlaintiff presents arguable case that immobilisation notice was not clear enough, says appeal court Sat Dec 27 2025 - 06:00
Man left €25,000 in his will to nurse who cared for him in Dublin hospital Beneficiaries tracing firm Finders International located delighted nurse in the PhilippinesFri Dec 26 2025 - 06:00
Man’s cohabiting partner entitled to provision from estate after father loses appealPair had discussed marriage, but it was not legal in Ireland at time of man’s deathTue Dec 23 2025 - 06:00
Widow had capacity when she made last will leaving her Sligo home to a niece, judge rulesHigh Court became involved after woman’s GP declined to swear she had testamentary capacityTue Dec 23 2025 - 06:00
‘Emphatic’ rejection super-junior ministers challenges surprises constitutional lawyers Ruling that cabinet confidentiality applies to anyone privy to its meetings described as ‘quite significant’Fri Dec 19 2025 - 20:21
Conor McGregor takes second case alleging defamation around reporting of Nikita Hand caseIntended action against publishers of Irish Sun newspaper has been filed on behalf of Mixed Martial Arts performerFri Dec 19 2025 - 17:48
Opposition TDs lose legal challenge over ‘super junior’ ministers sitting at CabinetCourt holds Constitution does not restrict attendances at Cabinet meetings to the 15 members of GovernmentFri Dec 19 2025 - 17:15
Elderly patient died in ambulance engulfed by fire in seconds, inquest toldParamedic says flames spouting from oxygen cylinder seemed ‘as if they were coming from a flamethrower’Thu Dec 18 2025 - 18:05
Supreme Court to hear DPP appeal over ruling affecting thousands of drink driving cases Appeal concerns ‘public safety on the roads’ - judges Thu Dec 18 2025 - 10:50
