Settlement of €9.4m for girl (12) with paraplegiaAimee Brennan had spinal operation at Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, CrumlinWed Nov 25 2020 - 12:42
Court protection petition for chocolate company prepared ‘in secret’High Court hears arguments for and against approval of examinership for Ina’s Kitchen DessertsTue Nov 24 2020 - 20:11
Leaving Cert calculated grades memo deemed confidential, High Court hearsDocument neither relevant nor necessary for action by student claiming unfair disadvantageTue Nov 24 2020 - 17:06
Judge rules against €500m Clonshaugh wastewater plantPlanning consent must be quashed for Irish Water scheme to augment Ringsend facilityTue Nov 24 2020 - 14:51
An Taisce seeks to overturn permission for Co Kilkenny cheese plantNational trust highlights environmental effects of milk production in court actionTue Nov 24 2020 - 10:00
Family who founded Ina’s Kitchen Desserts ask court to appoint examinerPetition by Broderick family opposed by majority shareholder Starkane LtdMon Nov 23 2020 - 19:43
ESB urges court to find UCC has some liability for flood damage to buildingsSome of the damaged buildings were built on a site ‘notorious for flooding’, court toldMon Nov 23 2020 - 15:35
Parents of brain injured boy to appeal orders allowing hospital to withhold interventionsBoy suffered catastrophic injuries in a road accident and court told no prospect of meaningful recoveryFri Nov 20 2020 - 17:18
Model would have seen some Leaving Cert grades fall 70%, court hearsHigh Court hearing submissions in lead challenge of 30 cases over calculated gradesFri Nov 20 2020 - 16:31
Cycling campaign wins case against permission for 741 Dublin apartmentsJudge says An Bord Pleanála erred by not assessing 135 car parking spaces as part of applicationFri Nov 20 2020 - 15:36
Legal profession views Woulfe affair damaging to perceptionJudiciary relieved conclusion arrived at and ready to operate around ‘workplace dispute’Fri Nov 20 2020 - 06:28
Couple lose appeal over AIB judgment linked to Slovakian investmentLimerick-based poultry farmer and nurse had alleged reckless lendingThu Nov 19 2020 - 16:48
Residents seeking to challenge Dublin housing development permissionCase involves development of 416 housing units on a site on South Circular RoadThu Nov 19 2020 - 15:29
Hospital can withhold invasive treatments to avoid ‘unimaginable suffering’ to boyJudge concludes orders were in best interest of boyWed Nov 18 2020 - 16:54
Way clear for Séamus Woulfe to start on Supreme Court early next year‘Constitutional protection of judiciary’ best served by no further Coalition stepsWed Nov 18 2020 - 07:13
Woulfe on track to begin work as Supreme Court judge in FebruarySources rule out judicial resignations: ‘The judges are adults and will behave like adults’Tue Nov 17 2020 - 20:27
Barrister should get appeal costs against District Court judge, Supreme Court rulesMatter dates back to separate lengthy litigation between lawyer and Campion PropertyTue Nov 17 2020 - 18:09
Mother and daughter pub-owning partnership in court row over insurance policyDuo own White Country Inn in Banteer, Co CorkTue Nov 17 2020 - 17:48
State wins appeal over order it pay half legal costs of murder victim’s familySéamus Ludlow’s relations say gardaí failed to pursue an important line of inquiryMon Nov 16 2020 - 14:56
Medical student recruitment company sues College of SurgeonsDispute revolves around €5,000 commission in relation to fees for Saudi Arabian studentsFri Nov 13 2020 - 20:12
High Court overturns permission for 167 homes in DuleekLocal residents claimed An Bord Pleanála had no jurisdiction to grant permissionFri Nov 13 2020 - 15:50
Residents seek to challenge approval for Hellfire Club visitor centreProject being developed by Coillte and Dublin Mountains Partnership at cost of €15mFri Nov 13 2020 - 13:39
Cork city flood relief planning permission challenged in High CourtLeave granted for action by Save Cork City Community Association over certain worksThu Nov 12 2020 - 14:48
Judge in divorce case criticises husband’s ‘mean-spirited’ behaviourHigh Court told of man’s ‘volatile’ behaviour and cruelty towards his former wifeWed Nov 11 2020 - 19:37
Lead challenge over Leaving Cert grades may be heard next monthFormer Belvedere College student Freddie Sherry one of 20 complainants over results processWed Nov 11 2020 - 14:41
Ombudsman’s direction to insurer to pay income protection to woman overturnedWoman with fibromyalgia and rheumatoid arthritis claimed inability to workTue Nov 10 2020 - 17:14
Shareholder in Dublin chocolate company opposes ‘deeply hostile’ examinershipIna’s Kitchen Desserts Ltd employs 107 people in TallaghtTue Nov 10 2020 - 13:21
Government seeks legal advice over stand-off between judgesMr Justice Woulfe resists call from Chief Justice to resign over golf dinner attendanceTue Nov 10 2020 - 12:53
Woulfe told to resign by Chief Justice three times since last ThursdayWoulfe’s ‘did not appreciate the genuine public concern’ about golf society dinnerMon Nov 09 2020 - 22:25
Energy trading company brings High Court challenge to operation of electricity marketElectroroute Energy Trading claims recent change will adversely impact its activitiesMon Nov 09 2020 - 17:42
N7 workers fail to get order for enforcement across EU of damages judgmentsMore than 50 Portuguese people worked on the motorway in 2007 and 2008Mon Nov 09 2020 - 16:37
Shannon gas terminal permission is overturned by High CourtOrders arise from recent decision of the Court of Justice of the European UnionMon Nov 09 2020 - 14:44
Judge warns lawyers and doctors about ‘paternalistic’ treatment of some familiesHigh Court president makes remarks when reviewing case of girl with history of eating disorderFri Nov 06 2020 - 15:27
Residents challenge permission for 300 apartments in south DublinCase in Monkstown includes claims relating to bats and winter birdsThu Nov 05 2020 - 20:20
Chief Justice and Séamus Woulfe meet regarding Oireachtas golf dinnerMeeting part of informal resolution process recommended in Denham reviewThu Nov 05 2020 - 17:42
Group seeks to overturn permission for 496 apartments in BallybodenCommunity group cites concerns over height and density of developmentThu Nov 05 2020 - 17:40
Court clears way for disabled man to sue paediatrician and hospital operatorAndrew Mangan (25), suing by his mother Lorraine, initially brought personal injuries case in 2008Wed Nov 04 2020 - 21:06
Perrigo loses action to overturn €1.64bn Irish tax assessmentAction brought by drug firm against Revenue closely watched for implications beyond caseWed Nov 04 2020 - 14:12
Local resident loses bid to overturn permission for 512 apartments in HowthPlanning board decided contravention of council plan justified to deliver on housingTue Nov 03 2020 - 13:15
Fees of €300,000 approved for liquidators of firm behind Dublin care facilitySt Mary’s Centre (Telford) wound-up due to regulatory difficulties and inability to meet redundancy costsTue Nov 03 2020 - 11:39
Solicitor must be struck off over ‘extremely serious’ misconduct, court rulesKathleen Doocey allowed €169,000 deficit to build on client accountMon Nov 02 2020 - 19:57
Supreme Court judges to hold meeting on Séamus Woulfe controversyJudge faces informal process after attending golf society dinner amid Covid restrictionsMon Nov 02 2020 - 17:19
Data Commissioner faces large costs bill in ‘most unusual’ Facebook caseDespite acting entirely correctly, judge says the DPC must bear the majority of the costsSat Oct 31 2020 - 11:19
107 jobs at risk as Broderick’s shareholder considers examinershipChocolate goods group has lost €5.5m so far this year and has had financial problems for a number of years, court toldFri Oct 30 2020 - 19:33
Award of €189,000 for woman with ‘shark bite’ scarStore supervisor hurt after girder fell on leg, leaving her with physical and metal traumaFri Oct 30 2020 - 15:23
High Court to rule on €1.64bn Perrigo tax case next weekJudgment could have major implications well beyond the drug companyFri Oct 30 2020 - 13:25
Facebook challenges plan to suspend data transfers to its US parentLegal action to quash draft decision by Data Protection Commission will be heard in DecemberThu Oct 29 2020 - 16:18
Third challenge to permission for 657 apartments on Raheny landsArea earmarked for development is a key breeding ground for birds, High Court hearsThu Oct 29 2020 - 15:19
Liquidators appointed to Irish arm of WirecardElectronic payments provider is subject to investigation in Germany over alleged fraudWed Oct 28 2020 - 19:10
Traumatised woman must remain a ward of courtHigh Court judge says discharging the young woman could put her life at riskWed Oct 28 2020 - 17:47
