Minister believes unborn’s rights ‘not decided’ prior to Eighth AmendmentState’s refusal to recognise unborn as an ‘unborn child’ is ‘startling’, counsel submitsThu Feb 22 2018 - 12:38
Full constitutional rights begin at birth, Supreme Court told‘Birth is the brightline event, you fall one side or the other,’ argues State in opening appealWed Feb 21 2018 - 18:16
Supreme Court case could derail abortion referendum timetableRuling on rights of unborn has potential to force Government rethinkWed Feb 21 2018 - 01:00
Seven judges to hear appeal over rights of unbornJudgment may affect the wording of the referendum on the Eighth AmendmentTue Feb 20 2018 - 18:16
Man loses appeal over Luas defamation damages claimBrendan Marshall alleged he was assaulted and defamed by security guard on tramTue Feb 20 2018 - 16:45
Court’s finding could cause ‘immense’ damage to lendersAIB worried ruling could raise doubt about transfer of €17.8bn debt to mortgage bank unitTue Feb 20 2018 - 05:17
Athlone Town FC stadium row over whether €660,000 was giftAthlone Town Football Club secretary seeks to remove Athlone Stadium Ltd as trustee on propertyMon Feb 19 2018 - 17:23
Shamrock Gift Company goes to court over ‘Wacky Woollies’ sheepIt claims British firm has infringed trademarksMon Feb 19 2018 - 16:29
Man (83) refused allowance for winter clothing takes case to courtHigh court grants judicial review of Department of Social Protection’s refusal of two exceptional needs paymentsMon Feb 19 2018 - 16:17
Court’s finding could cast doubt on €17.8bn AIB debt transferBank urges judge to ‘amplify’ reasons for her findingsMon Feb 19 2018 - 13:50
Data commissioner, Google win appeal over ‘right to be forgotten’Mark Savage had objected to thread online describing him as ‘homophobic candidate’Fri Feb 16 2018 - 17:41
Judge refuses to overturn finding man was lawfully killed by gardaíRonan MacLochlainn (28), a member of the Real IRA, was shot dead in 1998Fri Feb 16 2018 - 17:04
Developer Patrick Kearney entitled to full hearing over €16.9m claimCourt rules in dispute over loans from Anglo Irish Bank in 2009 later purchased by the fundFri Feb 16 2018 - 17:01
Psychiatric hospital had no legal authority when it prevented patient leavingCourt finds Dublin hospital was motivated by ‘best considerations’ when it restrained voluntary patient’s departureThu Feb 15 2018 - 19:11
Judge hopeful that lifelong care law will end interim court appearancesHigh Court President speaking as girl who suffered birth injury receives further damagesThu Feb 15 2018 - 18:13
Judge makes order to permit doctors carry out mastectomyWoman with intellectual disability had maintained there was nothing wrong with her breastThu Feb 15 2018 - 14:00
Man convicted of partner’s murder loses Supreme Court appealJudge dismisses Waldemar Solowiow’s appeal based on his credibility as a witnessWed Feb 14 2018 - 18:20
Court of Appeal rules Moore St buildings not 1916 national monumentState appealed declaration by High Court that buildings were battlefield siteWed Feb 14 2018 - 16:10
Commissioner to decide if Nama withheld data on O’Flynn brothersDevelopers alleged commissioner failed to deal with original complaintTue Feb 13 2018 - 22:27
Shell campaigner challenges Corrib gas pipeline permissionProcess was ‘flawed’ Maura Harrington tells courtTue Feb 13 2018 - 19:44
Supreme Court to finalise Brexit questions for European Court of JusticeAbout 20 extradition cases on hold pending European decisionTue Feb 13 2018 - 18:57
Court orders hearing of HSE bid to lift vaccine contract suspensionEarly hearing vital to ensure supplies of six-in-one vaccines, health agency saysMon Feb 12 2018 - 19:20
Fund to pursue former Gaelectric boss for €10.6mCommercial Court hears of obligations provided by Eamonn McGrath to IBRCMon Feb 12 2018 - 17:53
Rohingya man in ‘right to work’ case seeks reunification with childrenMan asks Minister to allow his three children, two of whom are in an orphanage in Bangladesh, to join him in IrelandMon Feb 12 2018 - 02:51
Oil on course for worst week in yearFigures show US oil production at new highFri Feb 09 2018 - 13:49
Apple data centre approval ‘ignored climate change obligations’Green light for first phase of €850m development ‘turned European law on its head’, court toldFri Feb 09 2018 - 13:30
Supreme Court strikes down ban preventing asylum seekers workingFive judge court had unanimously ruled in May that the ban was unconstitutionalFri Feb 09 2018 - 10:42
Peat extraction operations need permission, judge rulesAn Bord Pleanala’s decisions follow Friends of the Irish Environment’s queriesThu Feb 08 2018 - 20:13
Child allegedly scarred at birth settles action for €65,000Dara Brennan’s mother claims he was injured by forceps during delivery at Coombe hospitalThu Feb 08 2018 - 18:59
Woman’s case over laser eye surgery adjourned on consentCourt told Sandra Roche should never have been advised to have this particular surgeryThu Feb 08 2018 - 15:46
Court rules man cannot challenge constitutionality of new employment dispute lawsWRC conceded the decision dismissing the man’s complaints must be quashedThu Feb 08 2018 - 15:33
Independent Newspapers seeks to overturn €100,000 fineJudge ruled certain articles and commentary published in 2014 were contempt of courtWed Feb 07 2018 - 20:30
Pro-Life Campaign loses Supreme Court bid to join case on unbornState argued that, as case concerned constitutional law, campaign could not bring extra expertiseWed Feb 07 2018 - 15:08
Judge assigned to deal with infrastructure project challengesAppointment of Mr Justice David Barniville expected to speed up hearing of casesWed Feb 07 2018 - 13:14
Court awards €675,000 over cerebral palsy birthTipperary hospital admits negligence in not transferring newborn boy for head coolingTue Feb 06 2018 - 19:47
Woman claims she was left functionally blind after surgerySarah Roche suing Optical Express clinic following ‘unsuitable’ laser eye procedureTue Feb 06 2018 - 17:49
Supreme Court to rule on Pro-Life Campaign applicationAnti-abortion group wants to be heard in State’s appeal on rights of unbornTue Feb 06 2018 - 16:40
Judge rules Leslie Buckley has privilege over 10 documentsOutgoing INM chairman provided ODCE with 275 documentsTue Feb 06 2018 - 11:43
Supreme Court to deal with Pro-Life Campaign bid todayLawyers for the State opposed to the PLC applicationTue Feb 06 2018 - 10:42
High Court ruling is good news for about 400 debtorsJudge rejects arguments by creditors that insolvency reviews only a matter for PIPsMon Feb 05 2018 - 20:26
Sean Dunne seeks access to documents for bankruptcy hearingOfficial assignee Chris Lehane wants duration extended for alleged non co-operationMon Feb 05 2018 - 17:27
Pro Life Campaign seeks to intervene in State’s unborn appealGroup to apply to the Supreme Court to allow it be heard in a case on rights of the unbornMon Feb 05 2018 - 15:56
Supreme Court case over unborn’s rights may affect referendumState is appealing High Court findings that the unborn is a ‘child’ under the ConstitutionMon Feb 05 2018 - 01:00
Court orders girl be held in adult psychiatric unit until place foundJudge admits facility is inappropriate but teenager deemed at risk if not securely detainedFri Feb 02 2018 - 19:52
Court overturns award to disabled special needs assistantJudges rule school was within rights not to employ woman as she could not perform tasksThu Feb 01 2018 - 20:52
Denis O’Brien’s bid to join Declan Ganley to Red Flag case to be heard in MarchCommunicorp owner believes Ganley was client for dossier of material concerning himThu Feb 01 2018 - 15:09
Supreme Court warns Brexit may have impact on extraditions to UKAbout 20 extradition cases here will be affected by decisionThu Feb 01 2018 - 12:57
Woman with no ‘specialist’ skills loses deportation challengeFilipino mother who worked mainly as a carer has not worked since 2014, court toldWed Jan 31 2018 - 16:19
Quinn expenses case told of ‘misappropriation on a grand scale’Court hears of $13m extracted from Indian companyWed Jan 31 2018 - 13:39
Boxer who swallowed dental instrument settles damages caseCeire Smith performed badly in tournament after swallowing sharp device, court hearsWed Jan 31 2018 - 13:02
