Direct provision system does not breach human rights, court rulesNumber of asylum system ‘house rules’ found to be unlawfulSat Nov 15 2014 - 01:03
Ian Bailey cross-examination puts spotlight on narrativesSenior counsel for State focuses on stories English journalist put into circulationFri Nov 14 2014 - 01:10
‘I believe to this day there is a French connection’At A Glance: Ian Bailey spent the day in the witness box under cross-examinationFri Nov 14 2014 - 01:08
Surrogacy ruling hints at how cases may be approachedJudges’ criticism of legislature’s failure to enact laws recalls X case on abortionTue Nov 11 2014 - 07:02
At a Glance: former journalist dreamt of being ‘hunted like an animal’Bailey says events left him isolated, distrustful and cut off from friendsSat Nov 08 2014 - 01:00
At a Glance: Garda comment ‘haunts me every day’, says BaileyGarda said he would be found with bullet in his head, former journalist tells courtFri Nov 07 2014 - 01:00
Yearning for ‘a different life’ brought Bailey to west CorkJournalist tells court of poetry, farm work and his ‘enchantment’ on first visit to IrelandThu Nov 06 2014 - 01:01
Data ruling against Shatter was pre-judged and flawed, court toldFormer minister appealing decision in relation to Mick Wallace driving cautionMon Nov 03 2014 - 19:24
Compensation paid to Lydia Foy over gender recognition failuresTransgender woman receives around €50,000 from GovernmentMon Nov 03 2014 - 07:42
Inspector of Prisons criticises 'salacious' media coverage‘Self-serving’ newspaper reporting of prisoners affects familiesMon Nov 03 2014 - 06:55
German court ‘committed’ to European integrationHead of Germany’s highest court says the constitution puts limits on integrationFri Oct 31 2014 - 10:43
Intelligence on Omagh withheld by Special Branch officersMaguire says full disclosure would not have prevented the ‘Real IRA’ bombingFri Oct 31 2014 - 10:21
Supreme Court transfers 250 cases to appeals court as nine judges appointedCourt’s creation represents biggest change to structure of courts system since IndependenceWed Oct 29 2014 - 20:21
Judicial shake-up as Court of Appeal to be establishedNew court aims to clear backlog and allow Supreme Court focus on cases of major importanceTue Oct 28 2014 - 07:19
New court will usher in big changesTomorrow someone in Government will sign an order that will usher in a new era for the courts systemMon Oct 27 2014 - 01:45
AG’s office warns Government on effect of cutsOffice at risk of not being able to retain ‘top quality’ barristersMon Oct 27 2014 - 01:00
Criminal Assets Bureau could be used to cut legal aid bills, department suggestsDepartment of Justice warns that asylum seekers could be left homeless by further cutsSat Oct 25 2014 - 09:38
NUJ ‘bitterly disappointed’ by Irish Times costs decisionIndex on Censorship says whistleblowers will feel less confident coming forward with informationSat Oct 25 2014 - 07:49
Barristers dismiss ‘rather silly’ solicitors’ claims on law and lifeSolicitors say they have a more diverse skills and ‘wider experience’Fri Oct 24 2014 - 11:48
How Bertie Ahern story turned into drawn-out row on sourcesCase will now return to Dublin for costs to be determinedFri Oct 24 2014 - 11:30
European court rules against ‘Irish Times’ on Mahon tribunal case costsEuropean Court of Human Rights decision a majority rather than a unanimous oneFri Oct 24 2014 - 09:33
European court rules against ‘Irish Times’ on tribunal costsSupreme Court had previously upheld appeal by journalists against order to reveal sources over Mahon tribunal storyThu Oct 23 2014 - 19:20
Planning tribunal judge promoted in new round of appointmentsAlan Mahon elevated to Court of Appeal as seven judges named to fill key vacanciesWed Oct 22 2014 - 01:00
Planning tribunal judge promoted in new round of judicial appointmentsAlan Mahon among seven judges named to fill key vacanciesTue Oct 21 2014 - 18:55
Government to nominate new High Court judges todayMore than 70 lawyers, half of them barristers, applied for postsTue Oct 21 2014 - 01:00
‘Acute risk’ of public commentary jeopardising banking trials, DPP warnsClaire Loftus says Court of Appeal could bring more consistency to sentencingMon Oct 20 2014 - 01:01
DPP defends her office’s handling of rape casesClaire Loftus warns of ’acute’ risk of public commentary prejudicing banking casesSat Oct 18 2014 - 11:22
Judicial board meets after barrister withdraws High Court applicationSeven vacancies will arise in High Court when Court of Appeal formally establishedSat Oct 18 2014 - 01:01
Four new judges selected to fill vacancies on High CourtEx-barrister who represented women in landmark abortion case among nomineesWed Oct 15 2014 - 10:01
Four judges to be promoted to High CourtJudges Carroll Moran, Mary Faherty, Raymond Fullam and Carmel Stewart to fill four out of seven vacanciesTue Oct 14 2014 - 17:56
Links creche faces 24 charges in wake of RTÉ programmeMajority of charges concern ‘disrespectful, degrading or exploitative’ practicesMon Oct 13 2014 - 12:11
The links between Hollywood, Heat and the Irish High CourtTimberlake and Biel lodge defamation case in Ireland over damage to reputationFri Oct 10 2014 - 18:18
Victims ‘left to flounder’ in medical negligence casesCases can cost €100,000 before going to trial, conference hearsFri Oct 10 2014 - 07:48
Irish judges are among best paid in Europe, report findsCouncil of Europe report finds Ireland has fewer women judges than most European statesThu Oct 09 2014 - 15:49
High Court ‘hard-pressed’ amid shortage of judgesMr Justice Nicholas Kearns highlights ‘unsatisfactory’ situationThu Oct 09 2014 - 01:00
Human rights watchdog ‘concerned’ about direct provisionIncoming head Emily Logan stresses independence of new organisationWed Oct 08 2014 - 16:35
Internet turned into ‘giant surveillance platform’ by NSABruce Schneier tells Dublin audience secure web is in everyone’s interestMon Oct 06 2014 - 21:49
‘Inside Probation’ goes behind the scenes at the Probation ServiceRTÉ documentary follows the probation service as it supervises thousands of offendersMon Oct 06 2014 - 01:00
Google ‘right to be forgotten’ rejections to be investigatedData Commissioner to investigate 18 Irish requests rejected by web giantWed Oct 01 2014 - 18:46
Google removes links to ‘Irish Times’ reportEuropean court decision results in 135,000 requests to be ‘forgotten’Mon Sept 29 2014 - 16:27
Government to choose 10 new judgesSeven vacancies to fill on High Court as senior judges move to new appeals courtSat Sept 27 2014 - 01:00
Legal and political considerations may lie behind removal of surrogacy plansSupreme Court to give landmark decision next monthFri Sept 26 2014 - 01:05
Government drops surrogacy plans from overhaul of family lawDraft law extends adoption rights to cohabiting couplesFri Sept 26 2014 - 01:02
Government drops surrogacy plans from family law overhaulDraft law extends adoption rights to cohabiting couplesThu Sept 25 2014 - 17:44
Woman in abortion case tells of suicide attemptDuring pregnancy woman says she was told she could have an abortionTue Aug 19 2014 - 06:21
They said they could not do an abortion. I said, ‘You can leave me now to die. I don’t want to live in this world anymore’The woman refused an abortion says she was raped but did not know she was pregnant until she arrived in IrelandTue Aug 19 2014 - 06:19
Life in Gaza: Seven years old. Your third warThe futile, self-defeating conflict of the past three weeks is part of an endless cycle of violence that has been thoroughly assimilated into daily life in Gaza and IsraelSat Aug 02 2014 - 01:00
Binyamin Netanyahu warns of a drawn-out warEight children killed in a playground in Gaza City as both sides blame the otherTue Jul 29 2014 - 11:15
‘Go down to the fridges and you’ll find about 11 kids – all killed’Gazans had taken advantage of a lull in fighting to venture outside when blasts occurredTue Jul 29 2014 - 01:00
Obama calls for ‘immediate ceasefire’ as uneasy calm hangs over GazaLull of several hours broken by rocket and artillery fireMon Jul 28 2014 - 07:49
