Test case opens over State’s liability for damages over slopping outSome 800 prisoners could be in line to receive compensation over practiceTue May 31 2016 - 17:42
Students with learning disabilities settle Leaving Cert aide casesNo details of settlements outlined, State Examinations Commission to pay legal costsTue May 31 2016 - 17:18
Quinns oppose attempts to stop them getting living expensesIt is alleged the payments are no longer necessary because financial circumstances of a number of family members have changed ‘significantly’Mon May 30 2016 - 18:46
Widow whose husband’s bike hit stray cow secures €350,000Margaret Murphy sued firm of solicitors for alleged failure to sue farmer before deadlineMon May 30 2016 - 17:24
Judge to decide on deceased builder’s €3.4m estateWilliam Courtney’s assets include the farm where Derrynaflan Chalice was discoveredFri May 27 2016 - 17:43
Prisoner loses bid for release in major ruling for suspended sentencesThe ‘test case’ ruling will have implications for 16 others including Alan Hutch, son of Eddie Hutch SnrFri May 27 2016 - 12:46
81 students with learning disabilities to get assistance for Leaving Cert exams following reviewExaminations Commission re-examining 400 applications seeking ‘reasonable accommodation’Thu May 26 2016 - 14:53
Child awarded €240,000 due to bandage on head causing scarAbigail Byrne will permanently have 10cm by 1cm ‘cross’ on her foreheadWed May 25 2016 - 21:02
Ex-detective’s case over Smithwick Tribunal report struck outStatement says no finding made that farmer’s death was a due to information ex-garda gave to IRAWed May 25 2016 - 18:03
Debenhams gave year-long commitment to Irish arm in DecemberIrish operation has accumulated losses of more than €22m in past three yearsFri May 13 2016 - 01:00
Ex-nun Nora Wall settles damages case for miscarriage of justiceIn 1999 former Sisters of Mercy nun became first woman convicted of rape in IrelandThu May 12 2016 - 16:45
Interim examiner appointed to Debenhams Ireland after years of lossesCourt told only alternative to examinership was liquidation with €264m deficitThu May 12 2016 - 15:42
Son of Eddie Hutch seeks release as laws struck downUp to 20 prisoners seeking to benefit from decision on suspended sentencesThu May 12 2016 - 13:39
Attorney General refused application over suspended sentencesHigh Court judge formally declares laws on activating sentences as unconstitutionalWed May 11 2016 - 14:53
Businessman takes case against State over planning tribunal’s actionsMurphy claims damages after material related to credibility of Gogarty was withheldTue May 10 2016 - 19:57
Girl scarred when bandage left on head for 30 hours after birthLiability admitted as child sued HSE over treatment following birth in Cork in 2011Tue May 10 2016 - 19:37
Court to hear appeal on overturning of SNA’s €255,000 awardUna Ruffley alleges school’s conduct of disciplinary process amounted to ‘workplace bullying’Tue May 10 2016 - 15:42
Supreme Court agrees to hear MIBI appeal over liability for Setanta collapseCourt finds issue is ‘very serious’, affecting cost of insurance to the public and the ability of insurers to foresee and manage riskTue May 10 2016 - 14:31
PwC says Quinn court case will cost it €30mAccountancy firm is defending claim over its auditing of Quinn InsuranceMon May 09 2016 - 16:41
Shamrock Gift Company settles dispute with Allied ImportsDispute centred on use of “Wacky Woollies” trade markMon May 09 2016 - 15:04
Tesco shopper awarded €1.4m after slipping on grapesWoman left permanently disabled with severe back and other injuries, High Court toldFri May 06 2016 - 12:36
Claim needs ‘more than adequately met’ in direct provision disputedWoman seeks back-dated child benefit payments for son born in direct provisionFri May 06 2016 - 01:00
Woman awarded €85,000 after being covered in varnishWendy Delaney (68) suffered eye injury when tin emptied on her after she turned it upside downThu May 05 2016 - 17:57
Ex-Shamrock Rovers player settles action over leg injuriesStephen Wilkie (37) alleged he slipped on water while playing indoor footballWed May 04 2016 - 19:33
Former direct provision resident seeks backdated child benefitsHigh Court action seen as a test case raising issues under Irish and EU lawWed May 04 2016 - 19:00
Worker sacked by Dunnes told to repay €20,000 of appealed awardCourt overturned €67,500 award to Geraldine Martin (64) over arm injury at workWed May 04 2016 - 16:28
Judge has ‘grave’ concerns over take-up rate for jury serviceMore than one third of those summonsed for High Court jury duty this week failed to showTue May 03 2016 - 16:42
Supreme Court to hear test case on asylum seeker’s ‘right to work’Court to examine whether constitutional rights extend to non-nationals seeking refugee statusTue May 03 2016 - 15:05
Parents welcome hospital apology for injuries to ‘beautiful son’Aaron Hanrahan’s language therapy was withdrawn recently due to health budget cutsFri Apr 29 2016 - 19:07
‘Heroic’ teen with cerebral palsy awarded €5.5 million‘This shouldn’t have happened to me and others like me’, says Mary Malee (16)Fri Apr 29 2016 - 15:45
FG activist apologises for text message to councillor about taxesGeorge O’Connor wrongly alleged Cllr Paddy Meade’s tax affairs were ‘not in order’Thu Apr 28 2016 - 18:39
Gorey businessman cannot pursue KBC for negligent lendingCourt finds no cause of action in relation to retail park loansThu Apr 28 2016 - 15:52
Student with dyslexia wins court action for Leaving Cert ‘reader’Decision of State Exams Commission ‘difficult to comprehend’, says High Court judgeWed Apr 27 2016 - 13:24
High Court defers hearing on suspended sentencesLaw giving the courts power to revoke suspended sentences found unconstitutional in judgment last week.Wed Apr 27 2016 - 12:03
Two new actions launched after suspended sentences rulingNine cases in total have been affected by Judge Michael Moriarty’s findingTue Apr 26 2016 - 18:10
Judge recuses himself from Declan Ganley defamation actionJudge wrote an article in Village magazine accusing Libertas of making false claimsTue Apr 26 2016 - 14:50
Links Creche apologises to two workers over statement to mediaSuspension and dismissal of staff following RTE investigation was ‘unfair’, court toldTue Apr 26 2016 - 13:02
High Court facing fallout from suspended sentence rulingJudge deals with four cases affected by removal of courts’ right to revoke suspensionMon Apr 25 2016 - 21:28
Denis O’Brien ‘harmed’ by alleged defamation, court toldCounsel for businessman seeks early date for discovery application hearing in Red Flag caseMon Apr 25 2016 - 12:42
Student with dyslexia challenges refusal of exam readerLeaving Certificate student was given reader for his Junior Certificate, High Court hearsFri Apr 22 2016 - 19:25
Fitzgerald to bring legislation on suspended sentences to CabinetPrisoner freed, fate of several others depends on clarification from High Court judgeFri Apr 22 2016 - 19:00
Man with suspected links to Kinahan gang loses High Court challengeNaoufal Fassih (35) arrested in Dublin flat where valuable watches also seizedFri Apr 22 2016 - 15:33
Prisoners challenge legality of detention after court rulingJudge ruled law allowing for revocation of suspended sentences is unconstitutionalThu Apr 21 2016 - 22:03
Man held in suspected Kinahan-link flat challenges detentionNaoufal Fassih (35) arrested on April 7th in Dublin, number of valuable watches seizedThu Apr 21 2016 - 16:17
Lecturer refused injunctions pending professorship challengeDr Joan Buckley challenging UCC decision not to shortlist her in contest for 10 positionsWed Apr 20 2016 - 18:15
Kildare man loses appeal against extradition to USPatrick Lee (42) is wanted on charges of fraud, money-laundering and identity theftWed Apr 20 2016 - 17:33
Minister wins appeal over autism care allowance for boyHigh Court finding that Department of Social Protection had ‘fixed policy’ is overturnedWed Apr 20 2016 - 14:51
Suspended sentences are rendered useless by rulingAnalysis: Court’s finding on constitutionality of provisions undercuts a key judicial toolWed Apr 20 2016 - 01:00
Law allowing courts to activate suspended sentences ruled unconstitutionalDecision has serious implications for operation of criminal justice systemTue Apr 19 2016 - 22:40
Coolmore Stud trying to frustrate book sales, claims ex-employeeSolicitors wrote to Amazon alleging defamation in ‘Black Horse Inside Coolmore’, judge toldMon Apr 18 2016 - 18:34
