Widow of Malak Thawley fails in legal bid over death inquiryJudge rules Alan Thawley did not meet legal test to be joined as a notice party to caseWed Jul 18 2018 - 12:53
Supreme Court to decide if it will hear Facebook appealHigh Court referral to ECJ concerns validity of EU-US data transfer channelsTue Jul 17 2018 - 18:08
Reprieve expected for family facing deportation to GeorgiaDecision to expel due to lies told in asylum application ‘disproportionate’, judge saysTue Jul 17 2018 - 17:50
Planning appproval for Co Clare wind farm overturnedSupreme Court says An Bord Pleanála failed to make ‘precise’ findings under European lawTue Jul 17 2018 - 16:46
Michael Smurfit excused from attending High Court in K Club caseBusinessman is recovering from hip operation in Monte Carlo hospitalTue Jul 17 2018 - 13:09
Elderly woman must not be visited in hospital by son, husbandJudge says it’s a matter of ‘great sadness’ that family making woman’s life more distressingMon Jul 16 2018 - 16:54
Co Cork vet has registration cancelled due to ‘professional misconduct’Court told Cornelius Linehan (60) let his official stamp be used to certify unfit cattle for exportMon Jul 16 2018 - 13:54
Irish-born child who resisted deportation on health grounds diesChild with sickle cell disease had lost appeal over deportation of him and Nigerian motherFri Jul 13 2018 - 17:43
Court to hear disabled woman’s appeal over attempt to resume jobMarie Daly worked as SNA in Cork school before suffering serious injuries in road accidentFri Jul 13 2018 - 16:15
Supreme Court refuses appeal over new Dublin Airport runwayLocal residents appealed the planning permission decision for €320 million runwayFri Jul 13 2018 - 15:01
Doctor struck off for ‘sexual’ examination of female patient‘I just kind of started liking it and got carried away . . . I am just a man, not only a doctor’Fri Jul 13 2018 - 13:09
Authority may not recognise a foreign-based adoption – Supreme CourtCourt advises further legal measures to ensure regularisation of the adoptionThu Jul 12 2018 - 17:43
High Court reserves judgment on appointment of inspectors at INMWritten submissions to be accepted on exact terms of reference for inspectorsThu Jul 12 2018 - 16:58
Woman with terminal ovarian cancer settles case against HSE for €2mWoman had family history of ovarian cancer but claimed she was not referred for genetic testingThu Jul 12 2018 - 14:22
Woman’s children banned from removing her from hospitalJudge brands behaviour of son and daughter of dementia sufferer as ‘outrageous’Wed Jul 11 2018 - 18:56
INM rejects suggestion of ‘culture of deference’ to Denis O’Brien‘No basis’ for view ex-chairman had ‘untramelled’ influence at company, High Court toldWed Jul 11 2018 - 18:35
Michael Smurfit subpoenaed in K Club manager threat caseSecurity would put ‘fear of God’ in anyone threatening ‘establishment’, ex-manager saysWed Jul 11 2018 - 13:43
Juries should decide defamation awards, Supreme Court rulesDispute arose in two actions over whether sum should be determined by judge or juryTue Jul 10 2018 - 17:33
‘Unclear’ how ‘interrogation’ of data was linked to INM cost-cuttingINM board initially ‘downplayed’ alleged data breach to watchdog, High Court hearsTue Jul 10 2018 - 17:25
High Court told of ‘culture of deference’ towards Denis O’BrienCorporate watchdog concerned at ‘fundamental malaise’ in INMTue Jul 10 2018 - 12:44
Concern over Denis O’Brien’s influence at INM central to court actionHearing of corporate watchdog’s application for the appointment of inspectors, opposed by media group’s board, beginsTue Jul 10 2018 - 08:59
Group takes legal challenge over Cork flood defence wallsProceedings initiated by architects, business owners, artists and archaeologistsMon Jul 09 2018 - 18:06
Man recorded threatening elderly mother restrained from visiting her in hospitalHigh Court told security called when he tried to remove woman from hospital bed in breach of earlier ordersMon Jul 09 2018 - 17:38
Nurse challenges dismissal of racial discrimination complaintCourt told WRC heard no evidence from Indian woman in case about not being promotedMon Jul 09 2018 - 16:15
Woman jailed for refusing to vacate €1m home fails to get Supreme Court appealThe court also rejects the woman’s application for bailFri Jul 06 2018 - 15:26
DPC gains access to documents relating to alleged data breach at INMSeveral other parties have also been granted access to documents by the High CourtFri Jul 06 2018 - 13:01
Judge refuses to strike-off solicitor over €259,000 client deficitCourt told of ‘very unusual’ circumstances but no dishonesty surrounding the deficitFri Jul 06 2018 - 11:53
Four people in INM data breach case to get access to documentsData Protection Commissioner also to apply for permission to use ODCE documentsThu Jul 05 2018 - 14:37
Supreme Court to hear Facebook application for appealIssue is referral to Court of Justice to decide validity of EU-US data transfer channelsThu Jul 05 2018 - 12:03
Mediation fails to resolve Irish Country Women’s Association rowLegal action initiated in High Court over conduct of elections for national executiveWed Jul 04 2018 - 16:36
Court overturns refusal to release Cabinet discussions on emissionsRequest for access must now be reconsidered by Department of the Taoiseach reviewerWed Jul 04 2018 - 13:42
Quinn hearing on €2.34bn Anglo loans set for next yearCase had been put on hold pending conclusion of proceedings against bankersTue Jul 03 2018 - 16:35
Severely anorexic girl at ‘acute and chronic’ risk, court toldHigh Court orders transfer of teenager to hospitalTue Jul 03 2018 - 15:34
Slopping out in prisons appeal to be heard by Supreme CourtAround 1,000 other slopping out cases are on hold until this appeal is decidedTue Jul 03 2018 - 13:00
Solicitor refunds some of €101,000 fees taken from €396,000 estateIssues concerning handling of widow’s estate by Declan O’Callaghan were ‘disquieting’Mon Jul 02 2018 - 19:50
Hospital acted unlawfully preventing elderly woman with dementia from leavingCourt of Appeal hears hospital was concerned discharge was not in best interests of 93-year-oldMon Jul 02 2018 - 18:45
Appeal over murdered publican Tom Nevin’s estate adjournedCatherine Nevin challenged ruling that conviction could prevent her getting inheritanceMon Jul 02 2018 - 17:54
Severely disabled woman living in damp council house fails in court bidCouncil offered to carry out further works to house of disabled woman in FermoyMon Jul 02 2018 - 12:27
Girl (9) with cerebral palsy settles action against Rotunda Hospital for €2.2mCassie Fitzgerald sued through her father as a result of circumstances of her birth in 2008Sat Jun 30 2018 - 08:46
Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal over electricity interconnectorAn Bord Pleanála has granted permission for the planned 138 km north-south connectorFri Jun 29 2018 - 20:27
Tributes to Mr Justice Alan Mahon as he departs Court of AppealCo Offaly native, who chaired planning tribunal, to be new Defence Forces ombudsmanFri Jun 29 2018 - 13:42
Judge to rule later on bids to challenge abortion referendum resultPair made claims on impact of Minister for Health’s Yes stance, voter registration irregularitiesFri Jun 29 2018 - 13:31
Minister’s ‘key role’ in abortion campaign confused voters, court toldJoanna Jordan and Charles Byrne seeking to challenge outcome of May 25th referendumThu Jun 28 2018 - 17:31
Woman with mental health difficulties loses appeal over access to childrenCourt hears mother sees three children as a unit for five hours a year, in line with their wishesThu Jun 28 2018 - 15:36
Kerry jeweller sues rivals over alleged passing off of productsBrian de Staic claims shop opened by former employees is piggybacking on his successWed Jun 27 2018 - 16:53
Claims ministers ‘duped’ voters in Eighth referendum rejectedHigh Court hearing action by Drogheda man seeking to challenge referendum resultWed Jun 27 2018 - 16:19
Taoiseach, Simon Harris ‘duped’ people into voting Yes in referendum, court toldCharles Byrne is one of two people challenging result of Eighth Amendment pollTue Jun 26 2018 - 17:04
Judge criticises cost of compensating injured gardaíRemarks made after €5k payout to garda with injured hand incurred costs of €20kMon Jun 25 2018 - 22:10
Neighbours challenge demolition works at Ormond Hotel in High CourtHistoric hotel on Dublin’s quays featured in James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’Mon Jun 25 2018 - 18:15
Judge says recordings of man’s threats to elderly mother ‘nauseating’Gardaí removed woman from her home recently due to medical, safeguarding concernsMon Jun 25 2018 - 16:25
