Rail inspector loses bid to have lawyers represent him at disciplinary hearingCourt rules employees must have ‘exceptional’ basis for lawyer representationMon Nov 11 2019 - 13:42
More than 5bn without meaningful access to justice, says Mary RobinsonFormer president marks 50th year of Flac; says ‘we have to wake up and be very smart’ about climate crisisSun Nov 10 2019 - 14:03
Pilot tells court IAA apology came 6½ years too lateCase concerns damages for defamatory emailsFri Nov 8 2019 - 20:34
Ex-Irish Press shareholder loses bid for inquiry into complaintsNeal Duggan had made two complaints about firm’s auditors before it went into liquidationFri Nov 8 2019 - 18:53
Afghan man loses challenge over family reunification refusal for third ‘wife’Court hears man’s first wife died in 2012 and he divorced second wife after third marriageFri Nov 8 2019 - 17:49
Hyde And Seek creches want court to prevent insurer cancelling insuranceJudge to rule next week whether to grant an injunction restraining insurerFri Nov 8 2019 - 17:23
Albanian journalist and her children win High Court challengePreviously dismissed appeals against protection refusal must be reconsideredFri Nov 8 2019 - 14:05
Supreme Court hears appeal over housing rights of separated parentsFather of three wants Dublin City Council to assess him as household of fourThu Nov 7 2019 - 15:41
Court to rule later on appeal to decide care standard for cervical cancer screeningChief Justice Frank Clarke says court will decide legal standard of care to ‘bring clarity’Wed Nov 6 2019 - 18:36
Justice Department’s ‘pitiless’ approach to woman like Animal Farm dictator - judgeHigh Court hears woman came here from Georgia 11 years ago on a false EU passportWed Nov 6 2019 - 11:23
CervicalCheck ‘crisis’ has roots in HSE move to outsource screeningSupreme Court hearing appeal over decision to award Ruth Morrissey and husband €2.1mTue Nov 5 2019 - 16:49
Prosecution of woman for alleged provision of Botox can continueLawyers for Anne Rossi argued that seized products not handled in line with legislationMon Nov 4 2019 - 18:30
Virgin claims Eir is in breach of copyrightMedia company wants rival to stop broadcasting its channels via Apple TVMon Nov 4 2019 - 17:41
People screening for cancer should not be ‘frightened of the courts’HSE and two labs appeal decision to award Ruth Morrissey €2.1m over misreading of smear slideMon Nov 4 2019 - 13:04
Irish developer told to pay €1.57m as Caribbean resort left in ‘a complete mess’Padraig (Paudie) O’Halloran loses Supreme Court appeal over findings he diverted sums to his personal bank accountsFri Nov 1 2019 - 16:36
Property owners lose west Cork holiday home VAT caseSupreme Court finds Baltimore scheme constituted ‘abusive practice’Fri Nov 1 2019 - 15:22
Actions by brain-dead pregnant woman’s family against HSE to go to mediation‘Ms P’ was kept on life support for four weeks due to concerns about Eighth AmendmentFri Nov 1 2019 - 13:09
Building company owner held personally liable by Supreme CourtAction taken over works to Lord Lucan pub co-owned by Charlie ChawkeThu Oct 31 2019 - 20:57
State to appeal decision on definition of ‘child’ in family reunification lawSupreme Court to hear appeal that ‘child’ can only apply to biological and adopted childrenThu Oct 31 2019 - 20:45
Irish Press shareholder challenges refusal of inquiryPlaintiff wants probe into why two annual meetings were not held prior to liquidationThu Oct 31 2019 - 18:38
Pregnant woman got injunction against deportation days before giving birthLawyers for Minister for Justice and State opposed injunction in an ‘all guns blazing’ mannerWed Oct 30 2019 - 14:50
Court judgement could affect thousands of traffic prosecutionsLaw treated people who choose not to pay fine the same as those who do not receive itWed Oct 30 2019 - 08:19
Legal battle between developer Garrett Kelleher and Nama settledAgency had sought €46m judgment against man behind Chicago SpireTue Oct 29 2019 - 15:53
Sudanese woman wins appeal over being refused Irish citizenshipWoman travelled here with assistance of smugglers she paid to help her flee SudanTue Oct 29 2019 - 14:29
Judge says agency left parents in ‘heart-breaking’ situation for monthsBoy who had shown violent behaviour to be moved to emergency residential placementFri Oct 25 2019 - 19:23
Savoy owners say cinema or theatre use inevitable from design of Screen siteDublin Cinema Group tells court it is not looking for more money from developersFri Oct 25 2019 - 17:45
Tributes paid as first solicitor appointed as High Court judge reluctantly retiresMr Justice Michael Peart: Retirement is the very last place I want to beFri Oct 25 2019 - 15:16
European Court of Justice to hear first case in IrishCase concerns judge’s finding that State failed to properly implement a European DirectiveFri Oct 25 2019 - 10:37
Jogger sues over collision with horses at Curragh RacecourseGary Turner was knocked down by number of galloping animals at training groundsThu Oct 24 2019 - 17:43
State in last-minute intervention over constitutional right to housingSupreme Court to hear appeal over housing rights of parents with access to their childrenThu Oct 24 2019 - 12:59
Court orders urgent chemo for boy (5) with cancerRuling goes against wishes of child’s father who sought palliative intent managementWed Oct 23 2019 - 17:38
Judge warns Child and Family Agency to find place for teenager within 48 hoursReport said boy’s violent behaviour posed risk to children and others in unitWed Oct 23 2019 - 17:30
Adamstown developer in row over land with horse breederAdverse posession of Dodsboro property since 2004 claimedMon Oct 21 2019 - 17:26
‘Right to light’ at centre of aparthotel dispute between two companiesDispute over planned seven-storey building in Dublin 8 fast-tracked to Commercial CourtMon Oct 21 2019 - 16:54
Ryanair action against Irish-based pilots adjournedPilots seek stay on case as mediation proceedsMon Oct 21 2019 - 13:04
Women lawyers face ‘real obstacles’ in bid for equalitySenator Ivana Bacik remarks made as she accepts woman lawyer of year awardSun Oct 20 2019 - 14:48
Boy with ADHD whose family in fear of him to be detained in hospital paediatric unitNo suitable facility for teenager with behavioural problems in State, court hearsFri Oct 18 2019 - 17:38
Man’s action over Dublin road collision is adjournedCourt previously heard Victor Olaru deny allegations he was involved in ‘massive fraud’Fri Oct 18 2019 - 17:27
Man wins challenge against ruling on minimum wage caseLabour Court ordered by High Court judge to reconsider its decision on applicationFri Oct 18 2019 - 14:39
Man denies his accident claim is a ‘massive fraud’What is going on here is ‘like a Netflix movie’, High Court toldThu Oct 17 2019 - 18:16
Court says it is ‘essential’ that voices of elderly and wards of court are heardUnanimous ruling delivered in appeal linked to hospital preventing woman (96) leavingThu Oct 17 2019 - 16:31
Judge ‘deplores’ couple’s effort to find legal loophole to keep family homeCourt told Leonard and Leonora Dalton have not made mortgage payment since July 2013Thu Oct 17 2019 - 14:54
Council must clean up ‘appalling’ Wicklow dump within three yearsCourt of Appeal upholds order relating to site at Whitestown, which has ‘Kafkaesque’ historyWed Oct 16 2019 - 14:51
Central Bank secures court orders against director of mortgage firmJuerg Von Gietz found to be untruthful when answering regulator’s questionnaireTue Oct 15 2019 - 19:00
Limerick firm sues for €3.6m over alleged defects in heating systemsCase involving Dutch company admitted to fast-track listTue Oct 15 2019 - 17:04
Carers refused to attend elderly woman’s ‘squalid’ home, court hearsWoman sometimes makes 10 calls a night to medical services, High Court president saysTue Oct 15 2019 - 16:40
Injunctions against Shane Byrne came like ‘spear tackle’, court hearsAspects of Oxigen affidavit ‘very egregious’, counsel for rugby ex-international saysTue Oct 15 2019 - 14:34
Seizure of £48 in dog tax among IRA operations in CavanThe Cavan files: Republicans faced hostility from civilians, creating risk of spies and informersTue Oct 15 2019 - 12:57
IRA capture of Trim RIC Barracks ‘a very big job’The Meath files: Attack planned for Sunday, when RIC officers would be at MassTue Oct 15 2019 - 11:05
Monaghan, 1920: Deadly raid brought Eoin O’Duffy to prominenceThe Revolution Files: O’Duffy went on to become IRA Chief of Staff, Garda commissioner and founder of the BlueshirtsTue Oct 15 2019 - 00:00