Chief Justice warns against basing criticisms of courts system on ‘extreme’ instancesMr Justice Donal O’Donnell said constructive criticism of the courts is ‘welcome’ as new legal year beginsMon Oct 07 2024 - 12:34
Anti-stalking protection orders: ‘There are a lot of people who have been waiting a long time for this’New civil orders restraining stalking behaviours can now be sought in at District Court levelMon Sept 23 2024 - 06:00
Ulster Bank wins appeal in tracker mortgage row with ombudsmanThe Court of Appeal found two borrowers ‘gave up their contractual right’ to a tracker rate when they moved to a fixed rateFri Sept 20 2024 - 17:03
Hotel’s insurance policy triggered by lockdown and Covid ‘at’ its premises, High Court rulesHotel’s manager tested positive for the virus by the time the nationwide lockdown was imposedFri Sept 20 2024 - 14:19
Taoiseach’s stance on general election timing ‘has not changed’ despite Fine Gael’s strong showing in pollSimon Harris said he is ‘grateful’ to public for ‘giving me a chance’Thu Sept 19 2024 - 13:32
Limerick village mooted to host asylum seekers lacks services, says MinisterPlan to use former nursing home site for international protection applicants stalls following concernsWed Sept 18 2024 - 20:36
‘Everything is against you’: Farmers at National Ploughing Championship call for budget supportsInflated production costs and pressure to reduce fertiliser use were on the minds of farmersWed Sept 18 2024 - 19:43
‘You need your stamina for going around’: Ploughing Championships kick off under sunny skiesClose to 300,000 people expected to attend the three-day agricultural event in Ratheniska, Co LaoisTue Sept 17 2024 - 19:21
Investigation into death of nearly 1,100 Sligo wild salmon finds no specific causeInland Fisheries Ireland could identify no more than ‘potential’ contributory factors for fish kill, says spokesmanMon Sept 16 2024 - 18:29
Man arrested over fatal shooting of Cormac Berkeley in 2022Father-of-two was shot multiple times while in his car outside his home in Clondalkin, DublinMon Sept 16 2024 - 16:57
Prof Philip Nolan refused Supreme Court appeal over pre-trial employment statusThree top judges found no apparent urgency, as matter is to be heard by Court of Appeal next monthFri Sept 13 2024 - 19:28
Is it typical for a non-custodial sentence to be reviewed where person found guilty of another offence?Reviewing a suspension, the original sentencing court has a discretion on whether to activate a jail term in whole or in part or at allWed Sept 11 2024 - 19:58
Creating ‘diverse, open and welcoming platform’ a key aim for Culture Night 2024Arts Council hopes people will engage more in local projects after experiencing some of 1,700 free events nationwide later this monthTue Sept 10 2024 - 17:20
Constitutional rights to life and equality cited in High Court challenge to Government climate planDublin law centre and co-plaintiffs allege plan is too weak to comply with carbon budget programme and international obligationsMon Sept 09 2024 - 18:23
Rags to riches: Girl (16) transformed neglected rescue pony into Dublin Horse Show qualifierEmily O’Neill said ‘blood, sweat and tears’ went into breaking and training Da Vinci for the eventSat Aug 17 2024 - 16:22
‘Horses are our lives’: Equine enthusiasts descend on RDS for 149th Dublin Horse ShowMore than 120,000 people and 1,600 horses and ponies are expected to attend the five-day eventWed Aug 14 2024 - 19:00
Landlord’s move to pressurise and evict 92-year-old tenant ‘unconscionable’, says RTBA tribunal held that a termination notice was issued out of frustration when the tenant challenge a rent reviewWed Aug 14 2024 - 06:15
Court grants parentage to man in donor eggs caseJudge draws inferences from messages between the pair that made specific reference to man’s involvement exceeding that of a sperm donorTue Aug 13 2024 - 06:00
‘Sharp increase’ in prevalence of blackleg seen in cattle postmortemsThe factors behind the large outbreaks are unclear, but prevention is through vaccines, the agriculture department saidMon Aug 12 2024 - 19:06
Road safety: Small ‘correction’ to law could be ‘game changer’ in dealing with disqualified driversAmendment to Road Traffic Act would allow gardaí instant access on whether motorist disqualified, uninsured or carrying penalty pointsFri Aug 09 2024 - 06:00
Man who claims wife forged his signature for loans secures Supreme Court appeal over repayment orderThe top court said Brian Murray’s appeal raises issues of “significant” public importanceThu Aug 08 2024 - 16:03
Road users encouraged to report bad driving through new online portalThe Irish Cycling Campaign welcomed the initiative as a “significant step towards modernising traffic incident reporting”Thu Aug 08 2024 - 14:41
Man who saw abuser jailed says trial was ‘like being abused all over again’Judge criticises disclosure of medical information in trial, during which defence put to victim ‘extraordinary assertion ... that he enjoyed the abuse’Thu Aug 08 2024 - 12:45
Phonewatch billboard citing burglary statistics was ‘misleading’, ad watchdog findsThe authority released a series of reports on Wednesday holding that 11 ads breached the advertising codeWed Aug 07 2024 - 20:51
Girl seriously injured in Parnell Square stabbing visits new home for first time, says motherGirl (5) was one of three children injured in Dublin city centre incident last November along with a care workerWed Aug 07 2024 - 16:03
‘He was my best friend, my love and the best father’: Helicopter crash victim had courage to strive, funeral toldJillian Crosby said becoming a helicopter pilot was her late husband Niall Crosby’s ‘lifelong dream’Tue Aug 06 2024 - 14:54
State found guilty of breaching homeless IP applicants’ rights but no sanction issuedJudge denies IHREC’s request for order forcing Government to establish system that vindicates the fundamental rights of all international protection applicantsFri Aug 02 2024 - 06:00
Rights of homeless asylum seekers: No immediate changes likely after court ruling, Coalition figures indicateInternational protection applicants obliged to make ‘unacceptable’ choices due to Republic’s failure to meet obligations to themFri Aug 02 2024 - 06:00
Man loses damages claim for injuries sustained following ‘hazardous’ climb over gateJudge says the defendant was entitled to assume trespassers would take all reasonable care for their own safetyThu Aug 01 2024 - 17:30
Homeless asylum seekers’ right to human dignity breached by State, court rules Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission challenged lack of accommodation for many adult male International Protection applicantsThu Aug 01 2024 - 13:23
Appeal court finds ‘no legal basis’ for order preventing firm extracting peat from part of Midlands bogsHarte Peat argued some land considered by High Court not being extracted when EPA brought applicationThu Aug 01 2024 - 13:03
Man allegedly living rent-free for 15 years-plus in Dublin house overturns quit noticeJohn O’Gara claims ownership of the Rathfarnham house by adverse possessionWed Jul 31 2024 - 22:02
High Court extends orders restraining people from interfering with workers accessing Coolock siteCourt hears the site developer’s chief executive has left the country with his family on the advice of gardaíWed Jul 31 2024 - 21:06
Supreme Court to rule on Wednesday on Graham Dwyer’s conviction appealDwyer has been serving a life sentence after being convicted in 2015 for the murder of Elaine O’HaraTue Jul 30 2024 - 17:21
Bloxham liquidator asks court to approve offers of €195,000 from two partnersCourt hears four former partners do not have funds to contribute to stockbroker’s €16.7m wind-up costs and another is missingTue Jul 30 2024 - 16:42
Drink driving conviction correctly quashed due to garda’s technical error, Supreme Court rulesMajority of five-judge panel agreed that court bound by a 2014 ‘letter of the law’ decisionTue Jul 30 2024 - 11:59
Widower settles action over delay in diagnosing late wife’s cancerThe court heard Mary Gilroy died aged 71 in May 2020 after being diagnosed with terminal cancerFri Jul 26 2024 - 19:18
High Court challenges brought over tented accommodation for asylum seekersLatest case before court brought by Somalian national initially homeless upon arrival in State last DecemberFri Jul 26 2024 - 17:52
Judge justified in concluding child’s rights not properly considered by Minister for Justice, Supreme Court rules The five-judge court dismissed the appeal by Helen McEntee in relation to deportation case involving child’s fatherThu Jul 25 2024 - 20:03
Debt purchasing firm granted injunction restraining owner from re-entering houseMr Justice Rory Mulcahy said Everyday Finance is “clearly” entitled to possession of the north Dublin propertyThu Jul 25 2024 - 15:41
High Court to ask European forum to decide issues linked to validity of nitrate derogation measuresMr Justice Richard Humphreys said An Taisce’s case raised novel, complex and important issues of EU lawWed Jul 24 2024 - 18:44
Drones being used to deliver unlit petrol bombs to Coolock site, High Court hears‘Crackle of violence’ could spark into flames at site being developed as accommodation for mainly UkrainiansWed Jul 24 2024 - 15:47
Minister’s power to issue binding planning conditions constitutional - courtOireachtas ‘fully entitled’ to ensure local authority powers are exercisable in a way that conforms to national policy standards, judges saidTue Jul 23 2024 - 16:57
Bitter disputes between Web Summit co-founders to be heard over nine weeksThe parties involved in the five cases have spent more than two years sifting through files as part of the discovery processMon Jul 22 2024 - 18:10
Court rejects Philip Nolan’s application to be treated as not dismissed from Science Foundation IrelandProf Nolan contends the High Court gave a ‘fundamentally incorrect’ decision in his caseFri Jul 19 2024 - 17:31
Ryanair’s challenge to competition authority’s search warrant set for hearing next OctoberCourt hears there is an ‘urgency’ to the case, as competition investigations should be resolved quicklyFri Jul 19 2024 - 15:59
High Court awards €66,000 to barista discriminated against when dismissed while pregnantJudge concludes issuing of Renata Karpicz’s P45 constituted dismissal in all the circumstancesThu Jul 18 2024 - 17:52
Court grants order restraining ‘persons unknown’ from attending Coolock site to engage in threatening behaviourThe court heard there are plans to build more than 500 units to accommodate mainly Ukrainian familiesThu Jul 18 2024 - 16:19
Farming couple allege Pepper Finance is pursuing them over debts fully repaid 12 years agoA judge said that a 2012 letter, if proved correct, makes the case ‘truly astonishing’Wed Jul 17 2024 - 16:17
Supreme Court dismisses appeal by initiator of plan to rob man later subjected to ‘barbaric’ attackEdward McAndrew set upon by men who beat him with iron bars and demanded moneyTue Jul 16 2024 - 19:39
