Citizenship applicants cannot leave Ireland for a year before application, judge rulesPractice of allowing applicants six weeks for holiday or other reasons ‘not permitted by law’Wed Jul 17 2019 - 20:01
Parents who guaranteed son’s loan may challenge AIB, court rulesParents claim son lacked capacity at the time the €400,000 loan was given to himWed Jul 17 2019 - 17:43
Law preventing recognition of some refugee marriages unconstitutional, judge rulesMinister’s argument described as ‘reddest of red herrings’ distracting from key issues in caseWed Jul 17 2019 - 13:50
Judge condemns ‘vigilante’ treatment of intellectually disabled manMr Justice Peter Kelly said he was very glad to hear Facebook had removed videoTue Jul 16 2019 - 21:38
Dentist who persisted for too long trying to fit denture found guilty of misconductHigh court attaches conditions to registration of Dr Liam O’Droma over treatment of patientTue Jul 16 2019 - 15:08
Nurse struck off for unauthorised withdrawal of money for own useJudge said her use of an intellectually disabled woman’s ATM card to make withdrawals was disgracefulMon Jul 15 2019 - 18:30
Former Air Corps mechanic alleges exposue to dangerous chemicalsSupreme Court orders State to disclose rang of documents to Gavin TobinMon Jul 15 2019 - 17:27
Minister ordered to reconsider Nigerian woman’s citizenship applicationHigh Court says there was no basis for saying woman had failed to disclose informationFri Jul 12 2019 - 16:49
Court says State should make ‘reasonable efforts’ to find bilingual judgeIrish speaking minority faces ‘surprising intolerence’ from some quarters, judge saysFri Jul 12 2019 - 15:51
Owners of Dublin bar settle defamation caseNewspaper article said Swan Bar on Aungier Street had been closed down and was for saleThu Jul 11 2019 - 21:32
Decision to refuse permission for Kildare snail farm is overturnedJudge tells An Bord Pleanála to reconsider appeal by Aidan and Loretta DamerThu Jul 11 2019 - 18:56
Court gives go-ahead for kidney procedure on child despite parents’ objectionsSurgery necessary to address underlying cause of boy’s renal failureWed Jul 10 2019 - 18:06
Radiographer suspended for a year over sexual comments made in the UKWilliam Santos told a patient in England he wanted ‘to have sex with an English girl’Tue Jul 9 2019 - 16:51
Wife of postman killed in bike incident settles case against An Post for €250,000Company denied it had failed to ensure Damien Parker wore a helmet while workingTue Jul 9 2019 - 16:37
Limerick man awarded €7.25m over fall during day release from psychiatric unitHSE admitted liability after Andrew Curtin suffered ‘appalling’ spinal injuries in fallTue Jul 9 2019 - 14:13
Receiver gets order preventing car dealer’s wife interfering with bid to sell landsLucy Pinfold had argued order was disproportionate and not supported by evidenceTue Jul 9 2019 - 13:45
Hospital doctor who hit and swore at patient is suspendedDr Zekria Bakhshi was found to have called a fellow Afghan who attended hospital ‘motherf***er’Mon Jul 8 2019 - 18:59
Cork vet suspended after giving dog-owner wrong ashes from cremationJudge says Cornelius Twomey made clumsy effort to cover up mistake over remainsMon Jul 8 2019 - 18:46
Wicklow Travellers to challenge county council’s failure to provide housingHigh Court hears of agreement with residents not to expand Ballinteskin halting siteMon Jul 8 2019 - 15:53
Autistic man has made ‘enormous progress’ in care placement, court toldEvidence suggested man had been assaulted in home situation and exposed to pornographyMon Jul 8 2019 - 15:23
Woman cannot represent mother’s estate in dispute over €115,000 nursing home arrearsHSE cited conflict of interest as daughter lives rent free in €475,000 home bought in woman’s nameFri Jul 5 2019 - 15:45
Judge allows emergency treatment for child if necessary, after parents objectParents do not accept their son’s diagnosis or that he is as ill as his doctors maintain, court hearsThu Jul 4 2019 - 19:19
Elderly man with dementia found to be severely dehydrated , court hearsMan in his 80s not to be returned to nursing home after urgent transfer to hospital, judge saysThu Jul 4 2019 - 19:10
Car dealer allegedly giving Revenue ‘runaround’ in recovering €4.95mJudge warns John Alex Kane that ‘time for games is over’Wed Jul 3 2019 - 21:26
Sands hotel workers win appeal on payments under insolvency fundExtended courts process ends for duo who worked in White Sands Hotel, PortmarnockWed Jul 3 2019 - 17:41
Judge warns car dealer ‘time for games is over’Trader alleged to be giving Revenue the ‘runaround’ in bid to recover almost €5mWed Jul 3 2019 - 17:09
Woman settles case against Waterford hospital for €8.4mCiara Ormond (18) has spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and needs 24 hour careWed Jul 3 2019 - 12:48
Supreme court rules man not out of time to sue hospital‘Exceptional’ circumstances led to limitation period delay, judge saysWed Jul 3 2019 - 08:21
Palmerston Road couple lose Nama action over €32m loansJohn Morrissey had €32m outstanding in 2014 when Nama called in borrowingsTue Jul 2 2019 - 17:53
Nurse’s registration cancelled over concerns about ability to practice safelyMidwife has history of psychosis that regulatory body believes may be risk to herself or patientsMon Jul 1 2019 - 19:59
Proposed Balgriffin housing development to be fast-tracked in Commercial CourtLegal challenge opposes building of 96 homesMon Jul 1 2019 - 16:24
Michael Lynn challenges refusal of disability benefitFormer solicitor claims years spent in Brazilian prison left him traumatisedMon Jul 1 2019 - 16:04
Couple granted stay on inquest into death of daughter in SligoFamily wants coroner to consider report on death of Lisa Niland (19) who collapsed in restaurantFri Jun 28 2019 - 14:29
Man prohibited from legal marriage does not want ‘to be alone’Intellectually disabled man said highlight of recent ‘non-legal’ celebration was ‘F-O-O-D’, court toldThu Jun 27 2019 - 16:30
Elderly woman lived in ‘truly awful’ conditions, court hearsJudge says he will inquire into why attempt to seek wardship was not complied withThu Jun 27 2019 - 15:23
Former INM executives can use documents in data breach casesJudge rules Gavin O’Reilly and Karl Brophy would almost inevitably get the material following a discovery applicationThu Jun 27 2019 - 11:37
Pakistani mother wins significant appeal in bid for refugee statusUp to 150 other cases are potentially affected by the Court of Appeal judgmentWed Jun 26 2019 - 20:47
Farmer jailed for a week over ‘campaign’ to frustrate sale of landsSeamus Kane denied he broke locks or erected Irish Tricolour flags on the landsWed Jun 26 2019 - 17:43
Couple claim newly built home uninhabitable due to structural defectsDes and Anne Cavanagh suing Spring Homes and engineer over Dundalk houseTue Jun 25 2019 - 21:50
Equity firm partner granted court order over Twitter account‘Impersonation’ account issuing damaging and defamatory tweets, financier claimsTue Jun 25 2019 - 21:49
Two Garda inspectors challenge disciplinary findingsAidan Farrelly and Kevin Gavigan suffered cuts in pay by way of penaltyTue Jun 25 2019 - 20:13
Woman at centre of ‘horror story’ asks judge for supportVulnerable 18-year-old was allegedly sexually abused by 12 males before she was aged 10Mon Jun 24 2019 - 17:49
Doctor suspended after telling patient he wanted to kiss herRegistrar now living in Saudi Arabia banned from practising in Ireland for six monthsMon Jun 24 2019 - 17:06
Judge welcomes ‘remarkable’ recovery of man with anorexiaHigh Court heard young man had been at ‘death’s door’ before undergoing treatmentMon Jun 24 2019 - 14:02
Inquiry ordered into capacity of extremely vulnerable womanJudge hears concerns about woman leaving psychiatric care and entering homeless servicesFri Jun 21 2019 - 17:10
Woman supports order halting intellectually disabled brother’s marriageJudge granted order on Thursday preventing civil legal union of man and his partnerFri Jun 21 2019 - 15:24
Brothers face jail over claims of interference with land salesContempt application made against pair in relation to receiver’s efforts to recover €4.97mThu Jun 20 2019 - 21:31
Judge halts wedding of intellectually disabled manMr Justice Peter Kelly raises concerns about charity’s ‘gross delay’ in seeking the orderThu Jun 20 2019 - 17:40
Woman with schizophrenia unaware her home was sold, court toldHigh Court hears vulnerable woman in her 60s wants to return home to apartmentWed Jun 19 2019 - 20:10
Judge authorises legal action over State failures in child protection caseChild, for whom ‘no suitable placement’ had been available, was allegedly abused by more than 12 malesWed Jun 19 2019 - 15:15