Catherine Nevin murder conviction ruled admissible in disinheritance caseHusband’s brother and sister seeking to prevent killer from inheriting his estateTue Mar 07 2017 - 13:30
Nun lying ‘through her teeth’ about Tuam home, court hearsSolicitor urges court to help elderly man with cancer find out what happened to baby sisterTue Mar 07 2017 - 08:57
John Gilligan and family ordered to leave homes by courtGilligans considering possible appeal to European Court of Human RightsMon Mar 06 2017 - 12:33
Judge rejects claim social welfare benefits criteria breach EU lawRomanian mother came to State in 2008 and said she survived by selling the Big IssueFri Mar 03 2017 - 20:00
US defends its data privacy protections in Facebook caseUS government tells court it has adequate system in place to protect EU citizens’ dataFri Mar 03 2017 - 16:53
Woman who slipped on grapes in Tesco has award cut to €1.2mDamages for customer left permanently disabled with severe back injuries, reduced on appealFri Mar 03 2017 - 13:22
US government asks High Court to refuse Facebook case referralData commissioner wants EU court to decide on EU-US data transfersThu Mar 02 2017 - 18:21
Shatter should be ‘vindicated’ over Guerin report conclusionsEx-minister entitled to costs and declaration his rights were breached in whistleblower inquiryThu Mar 02 2017 - 17:45
Secular school firm wins appeal over patronage applicationDepartment of Education excluded firm because of ‘serious administrative error’, court foundThu Mar 02 2017 - 15:56
Data commissioner ‘troubled’ over US-Facebook contact on expert reportsOngoing Irish action over EU-US data transfers is continuing in High CourtWed Mar 01 2017 - 19:50
Boatman wins Skellig Michael landing permits caseMan took legal proceedings after Office of Public Works revoked his permits last yearWed Mar 01 2017 - 18:05
Woman loses appeal claiming hysterectomy was negligently performedCourt of Appeal said woman had not proven negligence against consultant gynaecologistTue Feb 28 2017 - 21:02
Facebook ‘secretly’ sent draft report to US governmentDossier for use in Data Protection Commissioner case on validity of EU-US data transfersTue Feb 28 2017 - 17:18
Traumatised girl moved from direct provision to hospitalDoctors express serious concerns for teenager’s mental and physical healthMon Feb 27 2017 - 18:17
Liquidator’s case against TD Mick Wallace adjournedMichael Leydon seeking to have deputy and his son Sasha disqualifed as company directorsMon Feb 27 2017 - 16:12
Dunnes worker awarded €94,000 over checkout fallSinead Maloney sued company after she tripped over a cable and hurt her kneeFri Feb 24 2017 - 16:53
Supreme Court refers Tipperary windfarm decision to EuropeLocal woman is challenging Bord Pleanála approval for a wind farm in the SilverminesFri Feb 24 2017 - 14:23
Tusla loses appeal against release of children to motherHigh Court finds parents’ rights to constitutional justice were ‘fundamentally’ breachedThu Feb 23 2017 - 19:40
Facebook case told of US obstacles to privacy redress for EU citizensRemedies available to US citizens unavailable to EU citizens, US law expert tells courtWed Feb 22 2017 - 17:28
Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal over symphysiotomyProcedure was carried out on woman in 1963, 12 days before her first baby was bornWed Feb 22 2017 - 14:26
Brian Meehan’s appeal over Guerin murder refused by Supreme CourtJudges ruled Dubliner had not shown proposed appeal involved matter of general public importanceWed Feb 22 2017 - 12:33
High Court reserves judgment on Angela Kerins case legal costsFormer Rehab chief went before PAC to assist in administration of the State, court toldTue Feb 21 2017 - 17:33
Family challenges council refusal over ‘homeless priority’ listDublin City Council took unlawful and irrational approach to decision, court hearsTue Feb 21 2017 - 01:00
Land owners granted right to challenge interconnectorCase centres on a Bord Pleanála permission for 300 pylons for North-South projectMon Feb 20 2017 - 20:39
Constitutionality of new Workplace Relations Act challengedJudge grants man leave to contest adjudication officer’s decision in judicial reviewMon Feb 20 2017 - 19:03
Hospital bed found for psychotic man who was kept in prisonHigh Court challenge over breach of rights to bodily integrity ends after place is securedMon Feb 20 2017 - 15:30
Facebook warns of EU crisis if private data transfers blockedCrisis after clampdown would make financial crash seem minor, lawyer for firm claimsFri Feb 17 2017 - 16:55
Mother in direct provision awarded €1,680 over case delayJudge says one year lag in deciding application for international protection inordinateFri Feb 17 2017 - 16:31
‘Sunday World’ told to pay lorry driver €225,000 damagesNewspaper defamed driver involved in fatal road crash, High Court jury rulesThu Feb 16 2017 - 18:35
Data Commissioner legally required to suspend US data transfers, court toldFacebook lawyer rejects argument from Max Schrems as ‘extraordinary’Thu Feb 16 2017 - 17:35
Facebook says disclosures to US agencies have ‘appropriate safeguards’Company tells Commercial Court it has ‘world-class information security programme’Wed Feb 15 2017 - 17:21
Judge warns of ‘chilling effect’ for free speech of long defamation casesCourt refuses RTÉ’s application to halt proceedings against it by Declan GanleyWed Feb 15 2017 - 15:46
Judge to rule on Denis O’Brien case over Dáil statements next monthÚna Ní Raifeartaigh will consider submissions over separate case of Angela KerinsWed Feb 15 2017 - 15:12
Man denied records relating to girl he thought was daughterEstranged wife, who had birth cert edited, told clinic girl said she was molested by husbandTue Feb 14 2017 - 18:10
‘Leapfrog’ appeal sought on ruling over rights of the unbornJudgment came in case aimed at preventing deportation of Nigerian man due to family rightsTue Feb 14 2017 - 15:29
Mother’s appeal to be heard on extent of access to childrenCourt granted long-term care orders in 2014 for three children, with Tusla controlling accessTue Feb 14 2017 - 14:48
Brain-damaged boy settles case against Holles St for €5.5mCerebral palsy: Case was that antibiotics delayed, chance to deal with meningitis missedTue Feb 14 2017 - 14:25
Man seeks information about fate of baby sister at Tuam homeHugh Court directs Tusla to ask religious order if it has burial records for hundreds of childrenMon Feb 13 2017 - 17:34
Mother and son in court over ownership of Kilkenny shopsMan claims mother ‘summarily terminated’ his employment in a ‘demeaning’ mannerMon Feb 13 2017 - 15:42
Court refuses to allow Sean Dunne cross examine officialDunne wanted to address specific allegationsMon Feb 13 2017 - 13:53
Gay Byrne partnership gets injunction against receiverPartnership involving broadcaster in dispute with fund over €13.5m property in DublinFri Feb 10 2017 - 17:22
US law allows ‘extraordinary access’ to private data, court toldACLU attorney says surveillance affects ordinary citizens with no terrorism connectionsFri Feb 10 2017 - 16:43
Man abused by Marist as a boy awarded €75,000 against orderCourt ruling on vicarious liability of religious orders may have implications for othersThu Feb 09 2017 - 17:53
US data safeguards equivalent to EU rules, Facebook court toldAmerican professor says US system both effective and adequateThu Feb 09 2017 - 17:21
High Court rules no further submissions needed in O’Brien caseJudge did not want to finalise judgment until court ruled on case of Kerins and PACThu Feb 09 2017 - 11:49
Blogger must remove Facebook posts to remain anonymousHigh Court rejects Ugandan lawyer’s request for the identity of ‘defamatory’ bloggerWed Feb 08 2017 - 18:53
Data commissioner tells court US law fails to protect privacyRegulator cites lack of access to effective remedies in US if data privacy is breachedWed Feb 08 2017 - 17:48
Dublin girl (5) awarded €50,000 after tripping over Ikea trolleyIt was claimed Sophie Jennings tripped and fell over a trolley allegedly left unattendedTue Feb 07 2017 - 18:23
Data watchdog clashes with US over EU citizens’ privacy rightsCommissioner cites defects in US safeguards as case against Facebook Ireland opensTue Feb 07 2017 - 16:38
US warns of ‘sweeping’ ramifications from Schrems caseHigh court begins hearing far-reaching data privacy case affecting millions of EU citizensTue Feb 07 2017 - 15:30
