Only 'court of public opinion' may judge Dáil statementsBERTIE AHERN "may be judged by the court of public opinion" over the accuracy or otherwise of Dáil statements about his financial…Fri May 09 2008 - 01:00
Ahern succeeds in court challenge to Mahon tribunalFORMER TAOISEACH Bertie Ahern has won his High Court challenge to the handling by the Mahon tribunal of aspects of its inquiries…Fri May 09 2008 - 01:00
High Court to rule today on Ahern's tribunal challengeTHE HIGH Court will give judgment today on the challenge by former taoiseach Bertie Ahern to the handling by the Mahon tribunal…Thu May 08 2008 - 01:00
Court rejects pharma group's bid to stop caseTHE SUPREME Court has upheld a decision by the High Court and rejected a bid by a pharmaceutical group to stop a father bringing…Thu May 08 2008 - 01:00
Supreme Court rejects bid to prevent murder trialA DUBLIN man Rattigan has lost his Supreme Court bid to prevent his trial for the murder of another man outside a fast-food outlet…Thu May 08 2008 - 01:00
Wyeth loses EPA High Court caseA pharmaceutical company today lost its High Court bid to prevent its prosecution by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA…Thu May 08 2008 - 01:00
State ordered to give court files on Monaghan and Dublin bombingsTHE STATE has been ordered to produce to the High Court documents of the McEntee Commission of Investigation into the 1974 Dublin…Thu May 08 2008 - 01:00
Law Society seeks €2m in fines for LynnTHE LAW Society will ask the High Court later this month to impose unprecedented fines of some €2 million against missing solicitor…Wed May 07 2008 - 01:00
Directors not disqualified, despite 'persistent failure'THE SUPREME Court has clarified the law on what is meant by "persistent" default of company director's obligations in a judgment…Wed May 07 2008 - 01:00
Developer told to repay €22.9m loansA PROPERTY developer has agreed to a court order requiring him to repay loans of €22Sat May 03 2008 - 01:00
Criteria for challenges to planning decisions clarifiedTHE SUPREME Court has clarified some of the criteria upon which planning decisions may be challenged in judicial review proceedings…Sat May 03 2008 - 01:00
Supreme Court says Nigerian parents of two Irish-born children can stayTHE SUPREME Court has unanimously rejected a bid by the Minister for Justice to uphold deportation orders issued against the …Fri May 02 2008 - 01:00
Ex-Waterford Crystal employee can proceed with pension claimTHE HIGH Court has cleared the way for a former Waterford Crystal worker, who has alleged fraud by the company in the operation…Wed Apr 30 2008 - 01:00
Fanning seeks to cancel management buyout of SmartFORMER SMART Telecom chief executive Oisin Fanning has initiated legal proceedings to cancel the €1 management buyout of the …Wed Apr 30 2008 - 01:00
Action by ex-Smart chief 'abuse of process', court toldA LEGAL action by former Smart Telecom chief executive Oisin Fanning over the conduct of the affairs of Smart is an abuse of …Wed Apr 30 2008 - 01:00
EBS takes action over €22m loans to developerTHE EBS Building Society has brought legal proceedings against a property developer aimed at securing repayment of loans of €…Tue Apr 29 2008 - 01:00
Experts to advise Eircom on illegal downloadingEIRCOM HAS agreed before the Commercial Court to consider information from experts relating to the operation of filtering or …Tue Apr 29 2008 - 01:00
High Court vindicates hospital's action on transfusionA LANDMARK High Court decision that the Coombe Women's Hospital acted lawfully in getting a court order allowing it give a necessary…Sat Apr 26 2008 - 01:00
Court allows blood treatments to save twin babies' livesTHE HIGH Court has made an order allowing doctors to provide blood transfusions and other medical treatments considered "almost…Fri Apr 25 2008 - 01:00
High Court grants twins transfusion orderThe High Court has made an order allowing doctors provide blood transfusions and other medical treatments considered “almost …Thu Apr 24 2008 - 01:00
Court disqualifies retired NIB official from being a managerA RETIRED senior manager with National Irish Bank has been disqualified by the High Court from involvement in the management …Wed Apr 23 2008 - 01:00
Mother objects to blood transfusion for twinsA WOMAN who is 32 weeks pregnant with twins who are severely anaemic and at risk has objected to the babies receiving a vital…Wed Apr 23 2008 - 01:00
Businessman and lawyer in €18m land case attending clinics, court toldA BUSINESSMAN at the centre of a controversial €18 million land deal in which €7 million lent by a bank has allegedly gone missing…Tue Apr 22 2008 - 01:00
Eircom rejects claim it should be liable for illegal downloadsEIRCOM HAS rejected claims by four major record companies that, as the largest broadband internet service provider in the State…Tue Apr 22 2008 - 01:00
Solicitor application on loansA SOLICITOR who was employed by the Walkinstown firm of Thomas A Byrne, which has been closed by the Law Society, has asked the…Tue Apr 22 2008 - 01:00
Soldier injured in Lebanon loses claim for damagesA YOUNG soldier who was injured and suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after a no-warning mortar attack on an Irish peacekeeping…Sat Apr 19 2008 - 01:00
Treasury Holdings firm wins Louth land deal caseDROCARNE LTD, a subsidiary company of Treasury Holdings, has secured a High Court order compelling the owner of 125 acres in …Fri Apr 18 2008 - 01:00
Sperm donor to lesbian couple fails in rights bidA GAY friend of a lesbian couple who donated his sperm to one of them, resulting in the birth of a boy now aged almost two, has…Thu Apr 17 2008 - 01:00
Director asked to write €7m cheque, court toldA COMPANY director told the High Court yesterday he was asked by a solicitor to write a € 7 million cheque related to an € 18…Thu Apr 17 2008 - 01:00
Judge rejects claim by woman over vote on public right of way in DonegalA HIGH Court judge has rejected claims by a local woman that a vote to extinguish a public right of way on a road in Bunbeg, …Wed Apr 16 2008 - 01:00
Pharmacies take payments action against HSEMORE THAN 400 pharmacies have initiated legal actions against the HSE over its unilateral and controversial changes in the community…Tue Apr 15 2008 - 01:00
Second credit union takes action against DavyA SECOND credit union has made complaints about advice on investments provided to it by stock- broking firm J&E Davy.Tue Apr 15 2008 - 01:00
Kenny land case due back in courtThe legal action between Pat Kenny and his neighbour over ownership of lands near their homes in Dalkey will be back before the…Mon Apr 14 2008 - 01:00
Mother ordered to return son to AustraliaTHE SUPREME Court has ordered a mother, who claims she had to flee Australia for Ireland 2½ years ago because her …Sat Apr 12 2008 - 01:00
Supreme Court rules man's hep C award is finalTHE SUPREME Court has ruled that a €5,000 award from the hepatitis C compensation tribunal to a husband, for loss of earnings…Fri Apr 11 2008 - 01:00
Cunningham firm says €1.3m wrongly withheld by RevenueKANWELL DEVELOPMENTS, a building company in the Cunningham group of companies, has argued before the High Court that the Revenue…Thu Apr 10 2008 - 01:00
Kennys say disputed land kept as 'reserve'RTÉ BROADCASTER Pat Kenny and his wife Kathy claim they maintained part of disputed lands on Gorse Hill in Dalkey as a "nature…Thu Apr 10 2008 - 01:00
Man tells court he incurred serious financial losses on Spanish property dealA MAN has claimed before the High Court that he sustained serious financial losses of some €540,000, plus lost expected profits…Wed Apr 09 2008 - 01:00
Hearing opens into dispute over profits at K Club projectA DISPUTE between two developers over the share of profits from a multimillion-euro residential development on part of the grounds…Tue Apr 08 2008 - 01:00
Court told of solicitor and developer disputeA DISPUTE between solicitor Ivor Fitzpatrick and property developer Paddy McKillen about the conduct of the affairs of a major…Tue Apr 08 2008 - 01:00
ESB worker awarded €45,000 for 'tennis elbow'A HIGH Court judge has awarded €45,000 damages to an ESB worker after finding the ESB breached health and safety regulations …Sat Apr 05 2008 - 01:00
Waste firm agrees not to use rival's computer dataONE51 PLC and five former senior managers of Mr Binman Ltd, a large midlands waste company, have all undertaken before the High…Fri Apr 04 2008 - 01:00
Mahon not precluded from referring to Dáil statements, High Court toldTHE CONSTITUTION does not prevent the Mahon tribunal referring to the fact that Taoiseach Bertie Ahern made statements in the…Thu Apr 03 2008 - 01:00
Judgment reserved on Ahern's privilege caseTHE HIGH Court has reserved judgment on the challenge by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to the handling by the Mahon tribunal of its …Thu Apr 03 2008 - 01:00
Tribunal entitled to query banking expertTHE MAHON tribunal is entitled to question Bertie Ahern's banking expert Paddy Stronge about his view that the tribunal has advanced…Wed Apr 02 2008 - 01:00
Tribunal seeks access to financial advice documentsA THREE-JUDGE High Court has begun hearing the challenge by Taoiseach Bertie Ahern to the conduct by the Mahon tribunal of its…Wed Apr 02 2008 - 01:00
Taoiseach cannot be questioned about statements made in DáilTHE MAHON tribunal has now accepted that the Constitution prohibits it from questioning Bertie Ahern about the veracity of statements…Wed Apr 02 2008 - 01:00
Man's appeal against15-year rape sentence failsA YOUNG man jailed for 15 years for the horrific and degrading rape of a 74-year-old widow in her home in the middle of the night…Tue Apr 01 2008 - 01:00
Pharmacist wins court injunction halting HSE drugs planA PHARMACIST has secured a temporary High Court injunction preventing the HSE from changing the way he is paid for dispensing…Sat Mar 15 2008 - 00:00
Judge criticises wind farm projectA DEVELOPMENT society in Derrybrien, Co Galway, scene of a massive bogslide in 2003, has won its High Court challenge to the …Sat Mar 15 2008 - 00:00
