Failure to issue paper or email contracts helps land Sky Ireland €117,000 fineCommunications regulator tells broadcaster to inform customers of their consumer rightsThu Sep 13 2018 - 18:10
New chief executive appointed to Mental Health CommissionJohn Farrelly is leaving the role of Charities’ Regulator after two years in that postThu Sep 13 2018 - 17:55
‘No evidence’ high cholesterol causes heart disease, say doctorsMillions of people taking statins ‘despite unproven benefits and serious side effects’Thu Sep 13 2018 - 06:00
Vote Leave chair says no deal Brexit in nobody’s interestsGisela Stuart says solution to Irish Border issue can be found if there is ‘a political will’Wed Sep 12 2018 - 18:03
Minister to meet AG amid fears of ECB veto on repossession lawFlanagan wants measure to help distressed mortgageholders to be passed as soon as possibleTue Sep 11 2018 - 13:38
Finlay angry at failure to help 138,000 children in povertyOutgoing Barnardos chief executive says Ireland is no 'Republic of opportunity' for the poorTue Sep 11 2018 - 08:08
Urgent reform of management of Dublin city parking services soughtDrivers clamped in areas where road marking were not present or inadequate will get a refund, city manager confirmsMon Sep 10 2018 - 17:51
Sylvia Meehan ‘helped shape’ an emerging Ireland, service toldPresident Michael D Higgins among large gathering for humanist service on MondayMon Sep 10 2018 - 13:10
Just build houses, professor tells GovernmentSocial policy analyst says up to 30,000 new homes needed annually to tackle crisisSat Sep 8 2018 - 01:00
Supreme Court clears way for abortion lawGovernment ‘on track’ to have legislation through in the next parliamentary sessionFri Sep 7 2018 - 20:31
Deportation order for woman whose young son died is revokedWoman, from Nigeria, opposed deportation in part due to concerns over her son’s healthFri Sep 7 2018 - 11:20
Harris wants greater powers to set up patient safety inquiriesMinister for Health reacts to High Court decision not to allow Malak Thawley inquiryThu Sep 6 2018 - 18:12
Maternity hospital wins bid to stop inquiry into Malak Thawley’s deathMinister for Health had set up an inquiry after woman (34) died during surgery for ectopic pregnancyThu Sep 6 2018 - 15:09
Inspectors can start work immediately as INM decides not to appeal rulingINM not appealing High Court green light for ODCEThu Sep 6 2018 - 10:26
Statins do not reduce heart disease among the old, study findsProtective effect of cholesterol reducing drugs ‘limited’ to people with type 2 diabetesWed Sep 5 2018 - 23:30
Routine prostate cancer testing ruled out due to ‘clear harms’ and ‘small’ benefitIrish Cancer Society welcomes findings of international panel of experts in BMJ reportWed Sep 5 2018 - 23:30
Supreme Court to decide whether to hear abortion poll challenge appealRefusal would clear way for certification of Eight Amendment referendum resultWed Sep 5 2018 - 14:59
Judge cites possible ‘unlawful conduct’ at INMHigh Court president agrees to appoint inspectors to newspaper groupWed Sep 5 2018 - 00:11
INM inspection terms include removal of dataIssue of payment for the data interrogation to be investigated as wellTue Sep 4 2018 - 17:58
High Court to appoint two inspectors to INMFormal orders deferred until Thursday as media company asked for time to consider judgmentTue Sep 4 2018 - 16:31
Dublin homecoming: Rousing welcome for victorious ‘Blues Brothers’Gavin’s four-in-a-row heroes greeted by thousands of supporters at SmithfieldMon Sep 3 2018 - 22:17
Dublin team homecoming: Thousands expected at Smithfield PlazaLord Mayor says event will allow fans to give ‘Dubs and Sam’ the welcome they deserveMon Sep 3 2018 - 14:52
High Court has first ever sitting in nursing homeDoctor fears court hearing could trigger seizure in man, judge saysFri Aug 3 2018 - 01:00
Man pleads to be allowed go home in first High Court sitting in nursing homeCourt hears man in his 60s with epilepsy and brain disease is a Spurs fan and wants to be able to walk to his mother’s graveThu Aug 2 2018 - 15:05
Urgent action needed on access to justice for citizens, says Supreme CourtAccess to civil courts, guaranteed by Constitution, threatened by rising litigation costsTue Jul 31 2018 - 21:59
Appeal Court rejects attempt to test abortion referendum resultApplication allowing challenge to Yes vote rejected by three judges of Court of AppealTue Jul 31 2018 - 19:19
Supreme Court to hear Facebook appeal over data transfers referralCourt to hear unprecedented appeal as matter of urgency before end of yearTue Jul 31 2018 - 12:30
Solicitor agrees not to practice pending disciplinary inquiryDeclan O’Callaghan will also pay €350,000 from his personal funds by September 10thMon Jul 30 2018 - 17:58
Limerick gangland criminal Gary Campion loses Supreme Court appealCampion had appealed conviction for murder of Brian FitzgeraldMon Jul 30 2018 - 17:56
Supreme Court halves payment to former soldier over post-traumatic stressSum of €300,000 for general damages described as excessive and reduced to €150,000Mon Jul 30 2018 - 12:46
Minister to raise issue of Four Courts’ restaurant closureCourts’ only public restaurant, running for more than 40 years, expected to become officesMon Jul 30 2018 - 01:00
Central Bank granted access to David Drumm trial transcriptsApplication was not contested by either the Director of Public Prosecutions or DrummFri Jul 27 2018 - 16:50
Supreme Court rules that developer Brian Cunningham is personally liable for €10m legal costsDecision has significant implications for similar casesFri Jul 27 2018 - 16:19
Abortion referendum appeal to be heard in AugustStay preventing referendum result being formally certified continuesFri Jul 27 2018 - 15:13
Dermot Desmond cannot proceed with action linked to Moriarty TribunalBusinessman sought chance to overturn court decisions rejecting his complaints about conduct of inquiryFri Jul 27 2018 - 13:33
Sgt Maurice McCabe settles defamation case against ‘Irish Times’Newspaper apologises to whistleblower over article published in February of last yearFri Jul 27 2018 - 12:45
Disabled woman awarded €40,000 over treatment at centreNo liability admitted by Sisters of Charity in Linda Kavanagh’s alleged assault by nurseThu Jul 26 2018 - 21:58
Woman raped by uncle as a child awarded €200,000High Court had heard incidents extremely serious and had ‘horrific consequences’Thu Jul 26 2018 - 21:45
‘Mammy, please don’t die,’ child tells terminally ill motherCervical smear test woman who developed cancer has one to two years to live, High Court hearsThu Jul 26 2018 - 20:58
Ruth Morrissey: ‘I am not frightened to die, but I don’t want to’Woman (37) with breast and cervical cancer is suing over misinterpretation of smearsThu Jul 26 2018 - 13:21
Minister urged to prevent closure of Four Courts restaurantLawyers say facility a help to people going through the ‘stress’ of legal proceedingsWed Jul 25 2018 - 18:33
Priest fails in court bid to halt his drink driving trialFr Donnchadh Ó Cuinn argued, as a native Irish speaker, that his language rights were breachedWed Jul 25 2018 - 15:30
Woman with breast and cervical cancer begins action over smear testsCounsel for Ruth Morrissey (37) to give evidence that two tests were ‘negligently reported’Wed Jul 25 2018 - 13:46
Family of woman (26) who died of cancer secures €600,000 settlementFamily claimed 13 month delay in breast cancer diagnosis for mother of two Edel KellyTue Jul 24 2018 - 17:53
State entitled to costs in abortion referendum legal challengeHomemaker Joanna Jordan to appeal refusal to allow challenge to referendum resultTue Jul 24 2018 - 16:31
Solicitor struck off for taking €173,543 from dead woman’s estateImelda Leahy deemed ‘not a fit and proper person to be a solicitor’Tue Jul 24 2018 - 14:11
Court strikes out action by Dunnes as ‘entirely without merit’Legal case centred on design and specification of Point Square development in Dublin’s DocklandsMon Jul 23 2018 - 22:21
Order restraining husband visiting wife in nursing home liftedCouple’s son secretly recorded making ‘vile’ threats to his mother in her home must still not visit herMon Jul 23 2018 - 21:08
Windfarm seeks fast-track hearing over grid connectionDerrysallagh Windfarm tells Commercial Court it has to hook up to national grid by DecemberMon Jul 23 2018 - 18:35
Homeless man restrained by High Court from leaving hospitalCourt heard little is known about the man, aged in his sixties, whose memory is impairedMon Jul 23 2018 - 15:43