Gardai not given fair procedures by superiors, court rulesTwo garda∅ stationed at Arklow were entitled to have their complaints of discrimination dealt with under an agreed grievance …Sat Dec 22 2001 - 00:00
Children in care may be placed abroad by District Court, not health board, judge rulesThe Supreme Court has upheld a High Court decision that a child in the care of a health board may be placed with relatives or…Sat Dec 22 2001 - 00:00
Judge doubts if he can make detention orders for childrenA High Court judge yesterday expressed serious concerns whether the High Court had jurisdiction to continue to make orders to…Fri Dec 21 2001 - 00:00
Accountant's forecast disputedA prediction in a 1988 report by chartered accountant Coopers & Lybrand that the Master Meat Packers companies would experience…Thu Dec 20 2001 - 00:00
Goodman paid for accountantThe founder of Master Meat Packers, Mr Paschal Phelan, told the High Court yesterday he had learned that an investigation carried…Wed Dec 19 2001 - 00:00
No warning on polio vaccine, says doctorA doctor told the High Court she was "absolutely sure" people bringing babies for polio vaccination in 1994 were not given a …Wed Dec 19 2001 - 00:00
Kelly found to have erred in making order against StateThe Supreme Court has overturned, by a four to one majority, a High Court order directing the State to adhere to its own time…Tue Dec 18 2001 - 00:00
Duty of courts emphasisedThe courts are entitled, and indeed have a duty, to intervene where there has been a clear disregard by the Government of its…Tue Dec 18 2001 - 00:00
Garda document on McBreartys to be withdrawnThree senior Garda officers have denied allegations by a Co Donegal publican, Mr Frank McBrearty, that they are among the conspirators…Tue Dec 18 2001 - 00:00
Result due of State appeal against order to provide children's unitsThe Supreme Court will rule on Monday whether the High Court was entitled to order the State to adhere to its own timescales …Sat Dec 15 2001 - 00:00
State failed to grant redress despite UN committee decision, court toldDespite a judgment by a United Nations committee that the decision to try a Dublin man before the non-jury Special Criminal Court…Fri Dec 14 2001 - 00:00
Gardai unfairly treated, counsel claimsTwo garda∅ stationed in Arklow, Co Wicklow, have taken High Court proceedings alleging they have been unfairly treated by their…Wed Dec 12 2001 - 00:00
Jailed drug addict seeks access to rehabA jailed heroin addict is being subject to "cruel and unusual punishment" as a result of the State's failure to place him on …Tue Dec 11 2001 - 00:00
Phelan had 'no reason' to doubt bona fides of Taher in meat plant dealThe founder of Master Meats, Mr Paschal Phelan, told the High Court yesterday he had "no reason" to doubt the bona fides of the…Fri Dec 07 2001 - 00:00
Phelan's speech on beef led to offer from GoodmanA speech by Mr Paschal Phelan on changing trends in the European beef industry led to Mr Phelan being asked by beef baron Mr …Thu Dec 06 2001 - 00:00
Abbeylara decision could hinder signalling inquiryThe Oireachtas sub-committee inquiry into cost overruns in the mini-CTC rail signalling project may be unable to complete its…Wed Dec 05 2001 - 00:00
Paschal Phelan prepares to take stand in Goodman actionPaschal Phelan, founder of several Master Meat firms, takes the stand today in the long-running High Court actions involving …Wed Dec 05 2001 - 00:00
Injunction for Naas couple who claim lottery winA Co Kildare couple have secured a High Court injunction preventing the National Lottery from paying out some £1Tue Dec 04 2001 - 00:00
11-year-old must remain in therapeutic unit - judgeA boy, whose mother was an in-patient in a psychiatric hospital and whose father had abandoned him, is to remain in a therapeutic…Tue Dec 04 2001 - 00:00
Principal had no authority to suspend boy indefinitelyThe High Court has told a school principal he had "no legal authority" to suspend indefinitely a boy who had admitted smoking…Sat Dec 01 2001 - 00:00
State will not appeal court finding on 'unjust' poll depositsIt is understood a High Court decision with major implications for the conduct of elections is not being appealed by the State…Fri Nov 30 2001 - 00:00
Army in 'denial' about post-traumatic stressA clinical psychologist told the High Court yesterday there had been a "cover-up" and "denial" within the Army about Post-Traumatic…Fri Nov 30 2001 - 00:00
Many soldiers 'could not handle' LebanonMany soldiers who were among the first Irish contingent to serve in Lebanon in 1978 wanted to go home because they "couldn't …Thu Nov 29 2001 - 00:00
Supreme Court dismisses coroner's appealThe Supreme Court has dismissed an appeal by the Dublin City Coroner against a decision that he may not investigate whether the…Wed Nov 28 2001 - 00:00
Professor fights suspension as UCC investigates car-park incidentThe head of the Department of Economics at University College Cork, Prof Connell Fanning, has asked the High Court to restrain…Tue Nov 27 2001 - 00:00
Court rules Oireachtas Abbeylara inquiry ran contrary to natural and constitutional justiceA three-judge divisional High Court has upheld a challenge by 36 garda∅ to an Oireachtas sub-committee inquiry into the shooting…Sat Nov 24 2001 - 00:00
Principal defends move to ban pupil over drugsA Co Wicklow school principal has defended his refusal to allow back into his school a boy who, with others, had smoked cannabis…Wed Nov 21 2001 - 00:00
Bail refused in appeal by father who killed sonThe Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday refused to grant bail to a Co Limerick father pending his appeal against a year's imprisonment…Tue Nov 20 2001 - 00:00
Judgment reserved in appeal against murder convictionThe Court of Criminal Appeal has reserved judgment on an appeal by a Co Dublin man, Francis Palmer, against his conviction for…Tue Nov 20 2001 - 00:00
Vaccination system with warnings would have failed - GPIf doctors had been required in 1994 to warn people presenting babies for polio vaccination that all non-immunised contacts of…Sat Nov 17 2001 - 00:00
Court grants retrial to man who pleaded guilty to rapeIn a case described by the Court of Criminal Appeal as "unique", a Dublin man who was jailed for 15 years after pleading guilty…Fri Nov 16 2001 - 00:00
Coroner seeks to investigate deathIn a case described as "of widespread importance" for the powers of coroners to investigate the causes of deaths, the Dublin …Tue Nov 13 2001 - 00:00
Irish Sugar in 'critical position'Irish Sugar plc has claimed at the High Court it is in an "absolutely critical" position due to "the IFA-organised" withdrawal…Tue Nov 13 2001 - 00:00
Ban on pickets at Don Tidey's homeA decision to end security at former kidnap victim Mr Don Tidey's home and a consequent dispute over redundancy payments for …Sat Nov 10 2001 - 00:00
Court rejects health board challenge to couple on test for sonIn a case raising important constitutional issues for the powers and duties of the State to act for the benefit of children, …Fri Nov 09 2001 - 00:00
Polio man drops action against one doctorA man who contracted polio after his infant daughter received the oral polio vaccine OPV has withdrawn "without reservation" …Thu Nov 08 2001 - 00:00
Mental hospital custody challengedA woman with a history of depression and self-mutilation but with no criminal convictions has brought a High Court challenge …Thu Nov 08 2001 - 00:00
Supreme Court sends divorce case settlement back to judgeIn a case with implications for the status of separation agreements in divorce proceedings, the Supreme Court yesterday directed…Wed Nov 07 2001 - 00:00
Polio vaccination fall-off fearedA UK specialist in polio said yesterday he was concerned that a legal action now before the High Court could affect the take-…Wed Nov 07 2001 - 00:00
Louth residents' Thorp case may begin in MarchA legal action by four Co Louth residents aimed at closing the Thorp reprocessing plant at Sellafield may finally open at the…Tue Nov 06 2001 - 00:00
Court orders State must provide for autistic boy's educationThe High Court has granted a mandatory order directing the Minister for Education to provide "forthwith" for free and appropriate…Sat Nov 03 2001 - 00:00
Unfair to criticise GP for failing to diagnose polio-doctorIt would not be fair to criticise a Co Laois general practitioner for failing to diagnose polio in a father of three who was …Sat Nov 03 2001 - 00:00
Parents should be immunised-expertAn expert on viruses told the High Court yesterday he agreed with a recommendation, made in 1982, that unvaccinated parents of…Thu Nov 01 2001 - 00:00
Court told man got polio from contact with inoculated childA father of three contracted polio most probably through contact with nappies of his infant daughter just days after she was …Wed Oct 31 2001 - 00:00
High Court hears dispute over plans for restoring Georgian houseA dispute over Dublin Corporation's handling of an application for planning permission to carry out additional restoration works…Sat Oct 27 2001 - 01:00
Woman loses damages claim in case over delay in getting legal aidA woman who had to wait more than a year and a half for the State to provide her with legal aid to help her obtain a judicial…Thu Oct 25 2001 - 01:00
Court told Phelan owes meat firms £15mPaschal Phelan engaged in a series of complex transactions which perpetrated a multimillion pound fraud at several Master Meat…Wed Oct 24 2001 - 01:00
Measures by health bodies to lower risks to childrenThree health boards have undertaken before the High Court to implement measures aimed at minimising the risks to children who…Tue Oct 23 2001 - 01:00
Planning officer has resolved his dispute with council, court toldA senior executive planning officer with Donegal County Council has resolved his legal dispute with the council, the High Court…Fri Oct 19 2001 - 01:00
Abbeylara decision expected soonThe High Court is expected to deliver its decision next month on a challenge by 36 garda∅ to an Oireachtas sub-committee inquiry…Thu Oct 18 2001 - 01:00
