Christian Brothers rejected Minister’s proposalAn offer by Ruairí Quinn to take over school playing fields did not suit the congregationFri Mar 10 2017 - 20:31
Abuse redress scheme legal fees cost 15% of €970m awardsRelative costs higher in Irish institutional care cases than in other countriesFri Mar 10 2017 - 19:19
Christian Brothers ‘withdrew’ offer to give up land worth €127mTransfer pledge was made in 2009 following publication of Ryan reportFri Mar 10 2017 - 10:54
Colm Keena: We should beware another era of tribunalsIt’s hard to balance individual rights with need to shine light on issues of public concernFri Mar 10 2017 - 01:11
Q&A: What is the Redress Scheme and why has it cost so much?Estimates for cost of inquiry and compensation for abuse victims were far too lowThu Mar 09 2017 - 17:48
Cost of redress scheme for those abused by religious hits €1.5bnGovernment policy that religious share liability, but contribution stands at just €192mThu Mar 09 2017 - 15:37
Winchman made right decision during teen’s rescue, report saysAoife Winterlich (14) fell 45ft as she was being lifted to helicopter after being swept to seaWed Mar 08 2017 - 19:52
Order of nuns behind Tuam home runs private hospital groupGroup made €2.3 million profit in 2015 and paid €3 million rent to Bon Secours orderTue Mar 07 2017 - 05:00
Woman in 70s dies in car crash on Killarney-Mallow roadDriver of other car airlifted to hospital in Limerick with serious injuriesMon Mar 06 2017 - 21:34
Desmond-linked trust to take legal action over ex-Dunne houseOwnership status of Walford, bought for €58m in 2005, is being investigatedMon Mar 06 2017 - 12:50
State knew of €6.6m loan to JEC over pyrite in BallymunLoan given to James Elliott Construction by Ballymun Regeneration for remedial workMon Mar 06 2017 - 01:00
Planning Tribunal: Suppression of material ‘inexplicable’, businessman saysJoseph Murphy jnr issues statement after tribunal said findings against him were ‘unlawful’Fri Mar 03 2017 - 18:37
Quashing of Joseph Murphy findings a further indication of debaclePlanning tribunal expected to cost State about €160 million before it concludesFri Mar 03 2017 - 01:00
Ex-tribunal chair conducted ‘all the work’ at centre of complaintsPlanning Tribunal has agreed Flood’s findings against businessman were ‘unlawful’Fri Mar 03 2017 - 01:00
Top planning tribunal lawyers’ daily pay rose to €2,250 in 2002Rise was knock-on effect of rates agreed for colleagues working on Morris TribunalFri Mar 03 2017 - 01:00
Joseph Murphy claimed tribunal ‘pattern of non-disclosure’ deliberateBusinessman said James Gogarty’s evidence to planning tribunal was ‘assumed to be true’Fri Mar 03 2017 - 01:00
Tribunal finding that businessmen bribed Ray Burke quashedJoseph Murphy junior took action on behalf of himself and his late father over Flood reportThu Mar 02 2017 - 12:58
Charleton outlines his desires for Garda tribunalAnalysis: Judge lays out his stances on legal costs and the media in opening statementTue Feb 28 2017 - 01:00
Charleton Tribunal to look at issue of privilege in communications with journalistsTribunal tasked to find out if media was used as ‘instrument for the dissemination of lies’Mon Feb 27 2017 - 13:32
Charleton tribunal to examine if whistleblowers faced ‘malice’Tribunal into alleged Garda malpractice has ‘no pre-conceived notion’ as to villain or victimMon Feb 27 2017 - 11:20
Bankruptcy official ‘concerned’ by letter missing from Sean Dunne fileLetter gave legal advice to solicitor about Walford, a house on Dublin’s Shrewsbury RoadMon Feb 27 2017 - 06:30
Dunne bankruptcy assignee does not have ex-developer’s addressHome address ‘fundamental’ to assessing a bankrupt’s means, assignee saysMon Feb 27 2017 - 05:30
McCabe tribunal to open on Monday in DublinInquiry examining alleged smears against Garda whistleblower will allow TV camerasFri Feb 24 2017 - 21:30
Chair of Garda whistleblower inquiry to make public statementLaunch of tribunal proceedings by Justice Peter Charleton due for Dublin Castle on MondayFri Feb 24 2017 - 17:00
David Drumm dragged into Mercantile pub group disputeFeuding publicans at odds over whether former banker was suggested for finance roleFri Feb 24 2017 - 07:22
Owners row over control of top city pub groupCourt documents reveal depth of shareholder discord as merger of Capital Bars and Mercantile falls apart within a yearFri Feb 24 2017 - 05:05
Judgment orders sought by Cerberus subsidiary PromontoriaCases involve former AIB business banking head in Galway and ex senior Anglo executiveMon Feb 20 2017 - 13:57
Application to be made for wind-up of Irish AsphaltMove part of dispute between JEC and Irish Asphalt over material with excessive pyriteSun Feb 19 2017 - 19:46
Whistleblower inquiry: Peter Charleton known for independenceSupreme Court judge will chair inquiry into Garda whistleblowers controversySat Feb 18 2017 - 01:00
Garda whistleblower Harrison welcomes inclusion in inquiryTribunal to investigate allegation of inappropriate contacts between Tusla and gardaíFri Feb 17 2017 - 01:00
Televised tribunal the right forum for Maurice McCabe casePrivate inquiries held on back of whistleblower disclosures have added to public uneaseWed Feb 15 2017 - 01:00
Irish system is unusually generous with libel damagesLibel Ireland: There is huge disparity in awards for defamation across EuropeWed Feb 15 2017 - 01:00
McCabes urge politicians to resolve issue of Garda briefingsHusband and wife call on Taoiseach and others to reveal if advised on sex allegationsTue Feb 14 2017 - 20:55
Smearing of McCabe could have involved criminal offencesLegal experts say common law offence of perverting course of justice may applyMon Feb 13 2017 - 19:59
Barr Principles show McCabe’s right to be told of accusationsThose charged with wrong-doing have the right to be informed of what is being allegedMon Feb 13 2017 - 01:44
State’s defamation regime threatens survival of quality pressLibel Ireland: Cost of cases affects efficacy of reporting, submissions on law reform argueMon Feb 13 2017 - 01:00
‘No place in a democracy’ for Donald Trump’s attacks on judgesChair of Bar of Ireland’s human rights wing says US president’s comments ‘sinister’Fri Feb 10 2017 - 13:57
Commissioner’s stewardship dogged by whistleblower issueNóirín O’Sullivan at centre of Garda management at time of McCabe claimsWed Feb 08 2017 - 21:22
Trump travel ban offers insight into complicated US legal systemLegal battle created by executive order is taking place in the federal court networkMon Feb 06 2017 - 19:26
Children’s hospital price tag of €1.9m per bed unusually highSource with experience of building hospitals says €1m per bed considered reasonableMon Feb 06 2017 - 12:59
John Gilligan’s two decades in court funded by StateLegal costs of challenge to conviction and the Cab’s seizure of assets likely to be north of €1mThu Feb 02 2017 - 01:00
State investigator destroyed files in Seán FitzPatrick caseJury shown footage of ‘panicked’ legal advisor shredding documentsWed Feb 01 2017 - 20:42
Trump testing structures forged in the American revolutionWhat happens next will determine whether the US faces a full-blown constitutional crisisWed Feb 01 2017 - 00:57
Angela Kerins ruling highlights ‘awesome’ privilege of Dáil membersFull costs may not be imposed on former Rehab boss because of gravity of issues raisedTue Jan 31 2017 - 17:20
Seán FitzPatrick investigator shredded documents, court hearsODCE solicitor tells trial he made a ‘calamitous error’ by destroying filesMon Jan 30 2017 - 13:24
Seán FitzPatrick: Corporate case handling changed after 2015 trialCurrent trial of ex-Anglo chairman hears ODCE inquiries now always involve gardaíFri Jan 27 2017 - 16:50
Judges fear lay majority on judicial body will politicise appointmentsNew appointments commission may be hijacked by groups with specific agendasFri Jan 27 2017 - 01:00
Chief Justice expressed strong concerns on judicial posts regimeGovernment committed to body featuring majority who are neither judges nor lawyersFri Jan 27 2017 - 01:00
Anglo witnesses ‘coached’, Sean FitzPatrick trial hearsCounsel for bank’s former chairman claims investigator told auditors what to sayThu Jan 26 2017 - 21:16
Fitzgerald backs lay majority system for appointing judgesMinister for Justice says Government has ‘no distrust’ of existing judicial selection processWed Jan 25 2017 - 11:41
