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
Ex-Anglo directors did not know FitzPatrick loans moved at year end, court hearsFintan Drury says he did not know of ex-chairman’s extensive loans with the bank until December 2008Tue Jan 24 2017 - 13:21
Long-term unemployment a threat to EU project, says advocacy groupSocial Justice Ireland report shows Ireland strong on higher education, weak on tax takeMon Jan 23 2017 - 00:30
Dublin council urged to explain €6.6m loan to building companyAuthority gave interest-free loan to firm to fund Ballymun project and litigationSat Jan 14 2017 - 01:00
Colm Keena: ‘Journalists in Europe’ crucial for hungry young reportersIn no-low-fares, no-internet 1990, being on scheme was just like ‘stepping into the world’Fri Jan 13 2017 - 01:19
High Court to hear British Brexit escape route caseLeading British lawyer wants ruling on possible reversal of article 50Thu Jan 12 2017 - 22:00
Seán FitzPatrick warrants deemed unlawful, court hearsFormer Anglo chairman has pleaded not guilty to 27 charges at Dublin Circuit Criminal CourtWed Jan 11 2017 - 13:17
Dublin City Council has questions to answer over 2011 loanHow much risk was involved in loaning money to building firm to pursue legal actions?Wed Jan 11 2017 - 01:00
Dublin City Council gave €6.6m interest-free loan to building firmBallymun Regeneration loan to James Elliott Construction given in part for legal actionsWed Jan 11 2017 - 01:00
Hotel set to house refugees linked to other Ballaghaderreen propertiesCompany that bought disused building acquired houses in Co Roscommon townSat Jan 07 2017 - 01:00
‘Slane’ registered as trademark by US multinationalEU decision prevents local businesses from using name of town in titles or productsSat Jan 07 2017 - 01:00
Apollo House activists urge Nama to house homelessDemonstrators to meet Simon Coveney after launching emergency housing planThu Jan 05 2017 - 15:04
Applications for Irish passports in US up slightly in 2016New York sees most requests, then San Francisco, Boston, Chicago and Washington DCWed Dec 28 2016 - 15:55
Actions over mortgages must take account of EU rulesJudge accepts EU regulations should apply in AIB case against couple over unpaid loanTue Dec 27 2016 - 01:00
Turkey dinner on the street: How the homeless spent Christmas‘I spent it sleeping. The day before I was drinking and don’t remember how it finished up’Mon Dec 26 2016 - 21:16
Mick Wallace over €235,000 in arrears on mortgagesWexford TD’s statement of affairs gives average after-tax income as €4,000 a monthTue Dec 20 2016 - 17:36
Online fraudsters focusing on small Irish businessesCEO scam involves email requests with bogus payment instructions from inside the firmMon Dec 19 2016 - 01:01
Joan Collins loses Supreme Court appeal on promissory notesIndependent TD challenged minister for finance’s issuing of €31bn in 2009 for bank debtFri Dec 16 2016 - 16:47
Demote gardaí who obstruct whistleblowers, says committeeOireachtas Justice group recommends expanding Policing Authority’s remitThu Dec 15 2016 - 14:15
Move to make drink-driving law more understandableCommission admits it is difficult to ascertain what legislation is at any given timeWed Dec 14 2016 - 19:55
Former TD Seán Conlan (FG) guilty of assault with broken glassCourt told of alleged pub arguments over water charges and Heather HumphreysTue Dec 13 2016 - 20:10
Judge revokes order freezing Mikhail Khodorkovsky assetsRussian Federation ‘disappointed’ at Ireland’s decision to release oligarch’s €100mWed Dec 07 2016 - 16:09
Gardaí consider Kinahan-Hutch link to Lucan murderMark Desmond had suffered number of gunshot wounds and died at sceneMon Dec 05 2016 - 10:30
‘Militancy pays’, AAA TD tells party conferenceParty’s main objective is putting end to ‘rule of the 1 per cent’, says Cork TD Mick BarrySat Dec 03 2016 - 18:26
Gardaí find weapon in burnt out car near Lucan murder sceneHost of suspects as many would have wanted to see criminal Mark Desmond killed, source saysSat Dec 03 2016 - 12:34
Denis O’Brien case raises questions of political freedoms going back centuriesCase stems from businessman’s fury his banking details were disclosed in the DáilSat Dec 03 2016 - 01:00
Challenging immunity of TDs in Constitution a difficult case to makeDenis O’Brien facing problems arguing against freedom of speech for TDsThu Dec 01 2016 - 18:40
Denis O’Brien case could benefit everyone, claims his counselMichael Cush tells court it is fundamentally important to define rights of the OireachtasThu Dec 01 2016 - 05:00
Denis O’Brien: Separation of powers key to High Court caseBusinessman claims Oireachtas strayed into arena of administration of justiceWed Nov 30 2016 - 01:00
How Putin’s foe ended up in Ireland trying to unfreeze €100mDissident former billionaire Khodorkovsky says money flowed from oil giant YukosSat Nov 26 2016 - 05:00
Court ruling could open Pandora’s box on rights of unbornAnalysis: State seeks clarity on whether foetus entitled to more than simple right to lifeFri Nov 25 2016 - 19:55
Explainer: How Ross and Fine Gael differ on judicial appointmentsGovernment dispute centres on proposals concerning role of judges in selection processFri Nov 25 2016 - 12:33
