Court to hear disabled woman’s appeal over attempt to resume jobMarie Daly worked as SNA in Cork school before suffering serious injuries in road accidentFri Jul 13 2018 - 16:15
Supreme Court refuses appeal over new Dublin Airport runwayLocal residents appealed the planning permission decision for €320 million runwayFri Jul 13 2018 - 15:01
Doctor struck off for ‘sexual’ examination of female patient‘I just kind of started liking it and got carried away . . . I am just a man, not only a doctor’Fri Jul 13 2018 - 13:09
Authority may not recognise a foreign-based adoption – Supreme CourtCourt advises further legal measures to ensure regularisation of the adoptionThu Jul 12 2018 - 17:43
High Court reserves judgment on appointment of inspectors at INMWritten submissions to be accepted on exact terms of reference for inspectorsThu Jul 12 2018 - 16:58
Woman with terminal ovarian cancer settles case against HSE for €2mWoman had family history of ovarian cancer but claimed she was not referred for genetic testingThu Jul 12 2018 - 14:22
Woman’s children banned from removing her from hospitalJudge brands behaviour of son and daughter of dementia sufferer as ‘outrageous’Wed Jul 11 2018 - 18:56
INM rejects suggestion of ‘culture of deference’ to Denis O’Brien‘No basis’ for view ex-chairman had ‘untramelled’ influence at company, High Court toldWed Jul 11 2018 - 18:35
Michael Smurfit subpoenaed in K Club manager threat caseSecurity would put ‘fear of God’ in anyone threatening ‘establishment’, ex-manager saysWed Jul 11 2018 - 13:43
Juries should decide defamation awards, Supreme Court rulesDispute arose in two actions over whether sum should be determined by judge or juryTue Jul 10 2018 - 17:33
‘Unclear’ how ‘interrogation’ of data was linked to INM cost-cuttingINM board initially ‘downplayed’ alleged data breach to watchdog, High Court hearsTue Jul 10 2018 - 17:25
High Court told of ‘culture of deference’ towards Denis O’BrienCorporate watchdog concerned at ‘fundamental malaise’ in INMTue Jul 10 2018 - 12:44
Concern over Denis O’Brien’s influence at INM central to court actionHearing of corporate watchdog’s application for the appointment of inspectors, opposed by media group’s board, beginsTue Jul 10 2018 - 08:59
Group takes legal challenge over Cork flood defence wallsProceedings initiated by architects, business owners, artists and archaeologistsMon Jul 9 2018 - 18:06
Man recorded threatening elderly mother restrained from visiting her in hospitalHigh Court told security called when he tried to remove woman from hospital bed in breach of earlier ordersMon Jul 9 2018 - 17:38
Nurse challenges dismissal of racial discrimination complaintCourt told WRC heard no evidence from Indian woman in case about not being promotedMon Jul 9 2018 - 16:15
Woman jailed for refusing to vacate €1m home fails to get Supreme Court appealThe court also rejects the woman’s application for bailFri Jul 6 2018 - 15:26
DPC gains access to documents relating to alleged data breach at INMSeveral other parties have also been granted access to documents by the High CourtFri Jul 6 2018 - 13:01
Judge refuses to strike-off solicitor over €259,000 client deficitCourt told of ‘very unusual’ circumstances but no dishonesty surrounding the deficitFri Jul 6 2018 - 11:53
Four people in INM data breach case to get access to documentsData Protection Commissioner also to apply for permission to use ODCE documentsThu Jul 5 2018 - 14:37
Supreme Court to hear Facebook application for appealIssue is referral to Court of Justice to decide validity of EU-US data transfer channelsThu Jul 5 2018 - 12:03
Mediation fails to resolve Irish Country Women’s Association rowLegal action initiated in High Court over conduct of elections for national executiveWed Jul 4 2018 - 16:36
Court overturns refusal to release Cabinet discussions on emissionsRequest for access must now be reconsidered by Department of the Taoiseach reviewerWed Jul 4 2018 - 13:42
Quinn hearing on €2.34bn Anglo loans set for next yearCase had been put on hold pending conclusion of proceedings against bankersTue Jul 3 2018 - 16:35
Severely anorexic girl at ‘acute and chronic’ risk, court toldHigh Court orders transfer of teenager to hospitalTue Jul 3 2018 - 15:34
Slopping out in prisons appeal to be heard by Supreme CourtAround 1,000 other slopping out cases are on hold until this appeal is decidedTue Jul 3 2018 - 13:00
Solicitor refunds some of €101,000 fees taken from €396,000 estateIssues concerning handling of widow’s estate by Declan O’Callaghan were ‘disquieting’Mon Jul 2 2018 - 19:50
Hospital acted unlawfully preventing elderly woman with dementia from leavingCourt of Appeal hears hospital was concerned discharge was not in best interests of 93-year-oldMon Jul 2 2018 - 18:45
Appeal over murdered publican Tom Nevin’s estate adjournedCatherine Nevin challenged ruling that conviction could prevent her getting inheritanceMon Jul 2 2018 - 17:54
Severely disabled woman living in damp council house fails in court bidCouncil offered to carry out further works to house of disabled woman in FermoyMon Jul 2 2018 - 12:27
Girl (9) with cerebral palsy settles action against Rotunda Hospital for €2.2mCassie Fitzgerald sued through her father as a result of circumstances of her birth in 2008Sat Jun 30 2018 - 08:46
Supreme Court agrees to hear appeal over electricity interconnectorAn Bord Pleanála has granted permission for the planned 138 km north-south connectorFri Jun 29 2018 - 20:27
Tributes to Mr Justice Alan Mahon as he departs Court of AppealCo Offaly native, who chaired planning tribunal, to be new Defence Forces ombudsmanFri Jun 29 2018 - 13:42
Judge to rule later on bids to challenge abortion referendum resultPair made claims on impact of Minister for Health’s Yes stance, voter registration irregularitiesFri Jun 29 2018 - 13:31
Minister’s ‘key role’ in abortion campaign confused voters, court toldJoanna Jordan and Charles Byrne seeking to challenge outcome of May 25th referendumThu Jun 28 2018 - 17:31
Woman with mental health difficulties loses appeal over access to childrenCourt hears mother sees three children as a unit for five hours a year, in line with their wishesThu Jun 28 2018 - 15:36
Kerry jeweller sues rivals over alleged passing off of productsBrian de Staic claims shop opened by former employees is piggybacking on his successWed Jun 27 2018 - 16:53
Claims ministers ‘duped’ voters in Eighth referendum rejectedHigh Court hearing action by Drogheda man seeking to challenge referendum resultWed Jun 27 2018 - 16:19
Taoiseach, Simon Harris ‘duped’ people into voting Yes in referendum, court toldCharles Byrne is one of two people challenging result of Eighth Amendment pollTue Jun 26 2018 - 17:04
Judge criticises cost of compensating injured gardaíRemarks made after €5k payout to garda with injured hand incurred costs of €20kMon Jun 25 2018 - 22:10
Neighbours challenge demolition works at Ormond Hotel in High CourtHistoric hotel on Dublin’s quays featured in James Joyce’s ‘Ulysses’Mon Jun 25 2018 - 18:15
Judge says recordings of man’s threats to elderly mother ‘nauseating’Gardaí removed woman from her home recently due to medical, safeguarding concernsMon Jun 25 2018 - 16:25
State cannot claim privilege over air travel tax documents, court rulesRyanair and Aer Lingus seek papers in repayment caseFri Jun 22 2018 - 17:19
Solicitor repays €344,000 in ‘extortionate’ fees he paid himself from child’s estateDeclan O’Callaghan, from Ballaghaderreen, charged €1,800 to send a letter to counselFri Jun 22 2018 - 16:15
Woman’s appeal over jailing for refusing to vacate €1m home failsMother of two has been in prison for eight weeks for contempt of court ordersThu Jun 21 2018 - 17:49
Abortion referendum challenger fails in bid to get voter registersCharles Byrne to apply for leave to bring a petition challenging the result next weekThu Jun 21 2018 - 17:17
Former prisoner wants Supreme Court to hear Mountjoy slopping out appealIssue has potential implications for up to 1,000 casesWed Jun 20 2018 - 22:20
West Wood fitness club fails in court challenge to rates billGym lodges appeal to Supreme Court over €49,000 commercial rates billWed Jun 20 2018 - 18:26
Mother gets €1.8m in first ever ‘wrongful birth’ caseWoman with rare genetic condition had child who needs 24-hour care after incorrect test resultWed Jun 20 2018 - 14:42
Judge refuses AIB application to revisit findings in mortgage caseBank argued decision could cast doubt on legality of €17.8bn in interbank transfersWed Jun 20 2018 - 13:44