Teenager refusing cancer treatment has ‘almost a death wish’High Court rejects mother’s request to force her 17-year-old son to be treatedFri Dec 22 2017 - 06:20
Mentally ill man living in ‘squalor’ to be moved to hospitalJudge says man is unable to care for himself or function as an independent adultThu Dec 21 2017 - 19:07
Ryanair loses defamation case against three pilotsJury finds 2013 email did mean airline was guilty of market manipulation but no malice provedThu Dec 21 2017 - 18:34
‘Independent’ loses appeal against contempt of court rulingJudge finds 2014 articles amounted to ‘egregious and blatant’ contemptThu Dec 21 2017 - 18:02
‘No room at the inn’ for ‘extraordinarily vulnerable’ woman, judge saysPsychiatric unit judged ‘less inappropriate’ than garda station to keep her safe over ChristmasThu Dec 21 2017 - 16:44
Hundreds of drink-driving cases struck out due to dismissed appealUp to 1,000 cases adjourned pending ruling on challenge over breath tests statementsThu Dec 21 2017 - 05:50
Trade union issue ‘nothing to do’ with Ryanair’s defamation case, court toldHigh Court judge tells jury to focus on whether 2013 email defamed the airlineWed Dec 20 2017 - 19:24
State to appeal judgment over rights of unbornAppeal arises from judgment aimed at preventing deportation of Nigerian manWed Dec 20 2017 - 18:21
Supreme Court dismisses case seeking breath test results in Irish and EnglishJudgment will have implications for an estimated 1,000 drink-driving casesWed Dec 20 2017 - 15:40
High court action over number of TDs discontinuedCase taken by Joe Costello struck out after court told necessary legislation had been passedTue Dec 19 2017 - 20:02
State urges court to overturn Moore Street 1916 site rulingDescribing site as a national a monument ‘bridge far too far’, court hearsTue Dec 19 2017 - 18:26
State calls Moore Street national monument declaration a ‘bridge far too far’Members of 1916 Relatives Association in packed court for appealTue Dec 19 2017 - 15:31
Solicitor suspended over failure to co-operate with Law SocietyHigh Court president says offices of Sean Brown can be accessedTue Dec 19 2017 - 13:45
RTÉ apologises and pays ‘substantial’ damages to Sean Gallagher over tweetBroadcaster says production of ‘tweetgate’ programme fell short of standards expectedTue Dec 19 2017 - 11:58
Judge orders arrest of ‘extraordinarily vulnerable’ womanDue to excessive drinking, suicidal ideation, risky behaviour, ward of court’s life at riskMon Dec 18 2017 - 18:32
INM chairman Leslie Buckley claims privilege over communications, High Court hearsBuckley’s stance is over dealings with cyber security specialist as Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement looks at ‘data breach’Mon Dec 18 2017 - 16:26
Denis O’Brien’s appeal over Dáil statements will be heard in MarchEx-Rehab chief Angela Kerins appeal over treatment by PAC set for March in Supreme CourtMon Dec 18 2017 - 12:06
‘Historic’ day as first deaf juror serves on juryAlthough case did not proceed, judge compared significance to that of women’s rightsMon Dec 18 2017 - 11:32
Couple lose legal case against Coillte land sale informationJudge agreed with Commissioner of Environmental Information’s original rulingFri Dec 15 2017 - 21:23
‘Good fortune’ allows teacher sacked over alleged misconduct seek teaching jobsTeacher allegedly made sexual advances to student while drinking in his homeFri Dec 15 2017 - 19:24
Pilot denies that Ryanair email was defamatoryTed Murphy tells High Court that email did not infer that the airline’s managers were selling their shares in advance of a profit warning.Fri Dec 15 2017 - 18:03
‘Groundhog day’ for girl in inappropriate secure care placement, High Court toldJudge warns Tusla to find place for troubled girlThu Dec 14 2017 - 17:53
Appeal over ruling in 1916 Rising Moore Street case to be heard next weekState seeks to overturn findings that various buildings on street are a battlefieldThu Dec 14 2017 - 16:32
State failed murder victim Seamus Ludlow and his family, High Court judge saysState to pay half legal costs of family after failed bid to force set up of garda inquiryThu Dec 14 2017 - 15:42
Woman left paralysed and almost blind after aneurysm secures €5mBernadette Surlis sued HSE alleging negligence in care at Sligo General Hospital in 2013Wed Dec 13 2017 - 17:59
Court’s decision on partial retrial of Ian Bailey case an ‘error’State asks Court of Appeal to overturn ruling linked to action over Toscan du Plantier inquiryWed Dec 13 2017 - 13:26
Two nurses have registrations suspended for six monthsNurses were on duty in Cork hospital when woman died in chair with restraint beltTue Dec 12 2017 - 16:49
Supreme Court upholds PTSB claim on repossessionsDecision on six properties could have significant implications for many casesTue Dec 12 2017 - 13:53
Brian Rattigan wins Supreme Court appeal over murder convictionCourt finds comments by trial judge unintentionally conveyed ‘advocacy’ for prosecutionTue Dec 12 2017 - 13:06
Judge refuses to fast-track Ryanair ‘screen scraping’ caseJudge says it is hard to understand why airline had not progressed similar casesMon Dec 11 2017 - 18:24
Court finds €1m land owned by ward of court can be sold for €100,000Relatives who will buy land judged to have provided more than €1m of care to the manMon Dec 11 2017 - 18:11
Fund sues couple for recovery of €3.34mThe loans were made to the couple in 2008 by Anglo Irish BankMon Dec 11 2017 - 16:25
Dáil recognition of Traveller ethnicity has no legal effect, says judgeEnda Kenny’s statement deemed irrelevant to Traveller family’s bid for accommodationFri Dec 08 2017 - 18:35
‘Accident prone’ man faces legal bill over ‘opportunistic’ claimThomas Moore’s injuries action over traffic incident at best an ‘exaggerated’ one, judge saysFri Dec 08 2017 - 15:25
Court allows liquidation of four companies after nine-year battleWexford-based MJ Power Construction among firms Revenue sought to wind upThu Dec 07 2017 - 20:16
DPP to review decision over alleged perjury by prison officersReview sought by convicted rapist who was assaulted while serving a six-year sentenceThu Dec 07 2017 - 17:32
Dispute over former Zanzibar complex to be fast-trackedProperty owner alleges actions of businessman are frustrating plansWed Dec 06 2017 - 16:22
Supreme Court refuses Thomas McFeely bankruptcy appeal hearingPriory Hall developer wanted to appeal earlier rejection of extension appealWed Dec 06 2017 - 15:21
Alan Shatter awarded cost of appeal in case over alleged data breachEx-minister argued against ruling that his claim Mick Wallace cautioned by gardaí breached ActsWed Dec 06 2017 - 11:51
High Court rules against Devins hearing more of VW emissions caseLack of fair procedures in dealing with pretrial issues among reasons citedTue Dec 05 2017 - 17:24
Residents seek Supreme Court appeal of Apple data centreCourt must find Athenry case has public importance before appeal can be broughtTue Dec 05 2017 - 12:28
Rohingya man challenges refusal to let his wife come to IrelandMan seeking to have two children join him here from orphanage in BangladeshTue Dec 05 2017 - 12:22
UCD sues for 15% stake in pharma process firm founded by facultyFounders of Applied Process Company say claim is ‘baseless and opportunistic’Mon Dec 04 2017 - 17:29
Kelland Homes sues over allegedly defective insulation boardsBuilder claims €2m damages over shrinkage that caused floors in 58 homes to sinkMon Dec 04 2017 - 16:11
Supreme Court pays tribute to ‘truly great’ and ‘modest’ late Chief Justice Thomas Finlay‘One of the leading advocates of his generation,’ Chief Justice Frank Clarke said in ceremonyMon Dec 04 2017 - 12:35
Challengers to IL&P recapitalisation to appeal court decisionFour shareholders lost High Court objection to emergency law which recapitalised IL&PFri Dec 01 2017 - 20:26
Pensioner awarded over €320,000 for faulty hip jointIn excess of 1,000 claims advanced over alleged injury caused by DePuy implantFri Dec 01 2017 - 17:13
Supreme Court appeals have implications for thousands of non-EEA peopleTwo Mauritian families are involved in the cases over students’ rights to remain at workThu Nov 30 2017 - 20:11
Ryanair treated pilots like robots, court told in defamation case‘They forgot about us as human beings,’ former captain claimsThu Nov 30 2017 - 18:35
High Court asked to clarify insolvency legal issuesRuling could affect more than 600 cases involving Personal Insolvency ArrangementsThu Nov 30 2017 - 16:07
