Nursing home whistleblower gets €52,416 for unfair dismissalWorkplace Relations Commission finds job loss linked to protected disclosure to HiqaWed Apr 05 2017 - 20:54
Judge raps Garda authorities over ‘embarrassing’ speeding prosecutionsCases dismissed because of improperly served noticesTue Apr 04 2017 - 18:42
Council revenue from Cliffs of Moher car park under threatPark-and-ride firm Diamrem seeks closure of Clare County Council temporary car parkTue Apr 04 2017 - 01:00
Cattle thief ‘shunned by local community’, court hearsPadraig O’Brien (42) identified as a rustler by a trail of hoof marks that led to his farmFri Mar 31 2017 - 18:34
Mothers of young couple who ‘adored’ each other embrace at funeralDelia Keary (18) and Gary Kelly (18) died in a road crash near Abbeyfeale, Co LimerickThu Mar 30 2017 - 21:02
Care home worker sacked after not screening naked clientWoman awarded €22,000 after Employment Appeals Tribunal finds dismissal was unfairTue Mar 21 2017 - 18:09
Estate agent fined €1,500 over ‘no rent allowance’ policyMan refused flat had been living with his wife and child in cramped conditionsTue Mar 21 2017 - 17:13
Ryanair founder’s son gets go ahead to revamp Dublin 4 homeShane Ryan secures permission for 25m pool, gym and five-car garage in €4m houseTue Mar 21 2017 - 01:00
Council fires lifeguard for throwing boy (8) into deep endWRC rejects man’s claim for unfair dismissal, saying actions were totally inappropriateFri Mar 17 2017 - 18:06
Two law firms made €5m each from State agency in 2016Claims agency paid €37m to legal representatives in negligence cases last yearSat Mar 11 2017 - 01:00
Woman sacked after telling boss of pregnancy awarded €30,000Workplace Relations Commission hears restaurant manager was given no noticeThu Mar 09 2017 - 19:58
Judges claimed over €1.6m in expenses last yearDistrict Court judge Kevin Kilrane had the largest claim of 2016 at €51,563, figures showTue Feb 28 2017 - 01:01
State paid €43.5m to eight direct provision operators in 2016Avoca owner Aramark paid €5.2m for three centres in which 850 asylum seekers liveThu Feb 23 2017 - 19:36
Man charged with child abuse, possession of banned bookText is first book prohibited by censorship board in Republic for nearly two decadesWed Feb 22 2017 - 19:08
Woman jailed for stealing from home of Anthony DalyJudge says Stacey Massey has ‘horrific record’ with 60 previous convictionsTue Feb 21 2017 - 18:50
Hotels benefit from €40m windfall to shelter homelessAnnual cost of housing one family in a hotel tops €55,000 – over €150 per nightTue Feb 14 2017 - 01:00
Planning refused for extension to Liffey Valley centreBord Pleanála rules extension would worsen traffic congestion on Dublin’s M50Fri Feb 10 2017 - 20:47
Judge warns man who uploaded girls’ Facebook photos to porn siteSolicitor says Evan Meehan is addressing issues ‘that caused him to do something so foolish and so stupid’Wed Feb 01 2017 - 16:16
Married gay priest says Catholic Church has got God’s message ‘very wrong’Co Clare priest married Billy Desmond in Spanish Point last weekTue Jan 31 2017 - 15:01
Catholic priest from Co Clare marries long-time boyfriend‘Our Right to Love is our Right to Justice – Billy and Bernard’Fri Jan 27 2017 - 19:29
Judge ‘appalled’ gardaí agreed bail for man with 18 bail convictionsCourt hears agreement reached with gardaí for bail, subject to conditionsFri Jan 27 2017 - 18:45
Donald Trump resigns from Doonbeg resort firms over pledgeUS president took actions to distance himself from accusations of vested interestsWed Jan 25 2017 - 20:40
Father of five jailed for sexual assault of two women in chip shopMichael Harty sentenced at Ennis District Court to six months for ‘vile offences’Wed Jan 25 2017 - 18:46
Victims of rogue solicitors awarded €2.29m in 2015Law Society paid out millions in compensation to clients of defaulting legal advisersWed Jan 25 2017 - 01:00
Apollo House’s demolition put on hold following objectionsAppeals lodged over the planned redevelopment of the 1960s office block in DublinWed Jan 25 2017 - 01:00
Mother of five boys to lose family home in Co ClareWoman agrees to repossession as she cannot pay €486,000 owed to AIB subsidiaryMon Jan 23 2017 - 20:17
Host family ordered to pay au pair over €2,250Workplace Relations Commission finds for employee paid less than €5.65 per hourWed Jan 18 2017 - 20:48
Garda fined more than €16,000 for corruption130 gardaí fined total of €40,565 last year, down from 167 officers reprimanded in 2015Tue Jan 10 2017 - 01:00
‘Nothing as appalling as a liar’: Driver committed perjury - judgeDriver told ‘pack of lies’ when giving evidence he did not receive Garda speeding noticeFri Jan 06 2017 - 20:30
Glen Dimplex’s Fergal Naughton buys into Park HotelBrennan family retains majority control of five-star hotel in KenmareFri Jan 06 2017 - 18:27
Council ordered to pay €40,000 to disabled former employeeWoman banned from eating with colleagues and forcibly retired on medical groundsWed Jan 04 2017 - 19:16
Supervisor at KFC awarded €31,000 over unfair dismissalJoshua Jones sacked over alleged irregularities over sales of ‘Kream Balls’ dessertTue Jan 03 2017 - 16:57
Human trafficking clients have doubled, says Legal Aid BoardAnnual report shows organisation provided assistance to 38 new potential victims in 2015Tue Jan 03 2017 - 01:00
Wife fails in discrimination case against car dealershipPurchase of car was cancelled after dealership was contacted by estraged husbandMon Jan 02 2017 - 01:00
Worker sacked over horseplay awarded €5,400 and reinstatedEmployment Appeals Tribunal says Suir Pharma’s treatment of employee blatantly unfairSat Dec 31 2016 - 11:31
American Ireland Fund president’s salary rose to €641,903 last yearKieran McLoughlin was paid $154,583 bonus by philanthropic organisationFri Dec 30 2016 - 01:00
Law Society paid out €2.5m to 18 executives in 2015Former president Kevin O’Higgins received €110,000 for part-time roleThu Dec 29 2016 - 01:00
Dublin City Council leisure centre comes in €27m over budgetSpend on Ballyfermot Leisure Centre reaches €45.5m following six-year row over costsTue Dec 27 2016 - 20:36
Irish Water regulator splashes out €340,000 in staff bonusesPayments up 15% despite Commission for Energy Regulation falling into the redTue Dec 27 2016 - 01:00
Dunnes worker sacked for telling colleague to ‘slow down’Eileen Buckley awarded €9,330 for unfair dismissal at Employment Appeals TribunalThu Dec 22 2016 - 19:37
Emergency shelters costing Dublin City Council €1m weeklyDublin Regional Homeless Executive says €34.85m spent in city in year to SeptemberMon Dec 19 2016 - 01:00
Anthony Foley Facebook prayer campaign concludes in Knock‘Many people have gone back to Mass for the first time’ after #8masses4no8 appeal, says priestSun Dec 18 2016 - 17:28
TCD gets go-ahead for €50m student accommodation planCollege to college build accommodation for 250 student accommodation units on Pearse StSat Dec 17 2016 - 11:13
Judge says courtroom ‘stinking of perjury’ after drivers walk awaySpeeding cases struck out as drivers say fixed penalty charges did not arrive in the postFri Dec 16 2016 - 21:20
Trump-owned Doonbeg resort in Co Clare makes €2.5m lossEric Trump says company expects to report operating profits in second half of 2016Wed Dec 14 2016 - 22:41
Man jailed for stealing wig from ex-girlfriend’s headJudge takes dim view of ‘appalling act’ and sends Paul Carr to prison for three monthsWed Dec 14 2016 - 18:42
Doonbeg local says ‘whingers’ killed plan for Trump sea wallIt ‘beggars belief’ that community is not given support to fight coastal erosionWed Dec 07 2016 - 21:06
Denis O’Brien-backed firm gets go-ahead for €50m project in D4Decision granted to enable Gibraltar registered Purleigh Holdings build 71 apartmentsWed Dec 07 2016 - 16:56
Donald Trump firm abandons plan for €10m Doonbeg sea wallProposal for US president-elect’s Clare resort involved 2.8km, 20m high, 200,000 tonne barrierTue Dec 06 2016 - 15:55
Planning appeal over new Wetherspoons in DublinLocal resident says planned superpub part of trend to ‘completely alcoholise Camden Street’Fri Dec 02 2016 - 11:04
