Corporation fined for contemptGalway Corporation was fined £50,000 by the High Court yesterday for "extremely serious contempt" of a court order relating to…Sat Mar 31 2001 - 01:00
Troubled girl will be under supervision while she gives birthA vulnerable 15-year-old girl who is pregnant by an older man and due to give birth shortly is to be put under 24hour supervision…Sat Mar 31 2001 - 01:00
Funds to educate disabled refused, court toldDespite being told by the Department of Education that constitutional rights were at stake, the Department of Finance refused…Fri Mar 30 2001 - 01:00
Education cut-off at 18 `would hit those who need it most'If the State succeeded in imposing age 18 as the cut-off for entitlement to free primary education, the main group who would …Thu Mar 29 2001 - 01:00
State tells court free education only for childrenThe State's constitutional obligation to provide free primary education applies only to children up to 18 and does not extend…Wed Mar 28 2001 - 01:00
Seven judges to hear State appeal in the Sinnott caseA seven-judge Supreme Court will today begin hearing an appeal by the State against a landmark High Court decision in favour …Tue Mar 27 2001 - 01:00
Judge remembers `tragic' youthA High Court judge has expressed the hope that a troubled youth who died last week, six years after taking legal proceedings …Tue Mar 27 2001 - 01:00
Court sets guidelines for detained childrenThe High Court has set down guidelines for all applications for the detention of disturbed childrenTue Mar 27 2001 - 01:00
Health boards to appeal judge's refusalThree health boards are to appeal against a High Court judge's refusal to discharge himself from a hearing aimed at getting information…Sat Mar 24 2001 - 00:00
Judge warns health board on contempt of courtSenior health board managers will appear before the High Court today to explain why troubled children in care were placed in …Fri Mar 23 2001 - 00:00
Tallaght Two convictions quashedSixteen years after their convictions, the Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday certified a miscarriage of justice in the case …Wed Mar 21 2001 - 00:00
Children placed in custody of security firm, court hearsHealth boards placed 53 disturbed children in their care in the custody of a private security company which housed them in rented…Fri Mar 16 2001 - 00:00
State has no place for boy, court toldThere is no appropriate place in the State for a disturbed teenage boy, the High Court heard yesterdayTue Mar 13 2001 - 00:00
Clarification of `offers' by State to Sinnotts soughtLawyers for an autistic man and his mother, who last year won a landmark High Court judgment compelling the State to provide …Sat Mar 10 2001 - 00:00
Carers being scapegoated, health board lawyer claimsPeople caring for disturbed children do "an appalling job under appalling circumstances" and are "scapegoated any time something…Fri Mar 09 2001 - 00:00
Court told of new information on Kim O'DonovanThere was information indicating that, after she absconded from the care of Newtown House, Kim O'Donovan stayed with a person…Wed Mar 07 2001 - 00:00
Court told of girl's last call to care unitKim O'Donovan telephoned Newtown House once after she absconded and told a staff member she was fine but was not coming back, …Sat Mar 03 2001 - 00:00
Court told of regular assaults on staff working in care homeNewtown House in Co Wicklow was not suitable for the detention of seriously disturbed children, with staff there overworked and…Fri Mar 02 2001 - 00:00
Garda said publicity only chance to find girlTen DAYS before Kim O'Donovan was found dead, a Garda sergeant told Newtown House staff in whose care she had been placed that…Thu Mar 01 2001 - 00:00
Kim inquiry hears letter she wrote to judgeJust four months before she was found dead, 15-year-old Kim O'Donovan wrote to a High Court judge pleading with him to take her…Wed Feb 28 2001 - 00:00
Judgment reserved in `Tallaght Two' caseThe Court of Criminal Appeal said yesterday it did not need to hear any further evidence to determine if there was a miscarriage…Fri Feb 23 2001 - 00:00
State withheld evidence, MacEntee claimsTwo men, the so-called "Tallaght Two", served prison sentences after fundamentally defective and unfair trials in which the State…Thu Feb 22 2001 - 00:00
`Tallaght Two' seek miscarriage rulingA hearing to determine whether two men known as the "Tallaght Two" are victims of a miscarriage of justice dating back to 1984…Wed Feb 21 2001 - 00:00
Judge says health board did not observe fair proceduresDublin's South Western Area Health Board failed to observe fair procedures when it suspended without pay a consultant orthodontist…Sat Feb 17 2001 - 00:00
Cooper-Flynn never suspected launderingMs Beverley Cooper-Flynn has told the High Court she never had suspicions of money laundering while selling investment policies…Fri Feb 16 2001 - 00:00
Cooper-Flynn says she never met man making policy claimMs Beverley Cooper-Flynn told the High Court it was her belief she had never met retired farmer, Mr James Howard, who has claimed…Thu Feb 15 2001 - 00:00
TD `horrified' by undeclared £100,000The Mayo TD Ms Beverley Cooper-Flynn said yesterday she was "horrified" when she learned that some £100,000, which a social welfare…Thu Feb 15 2001 - 00:00
NIB and Purcell settle out of courtA legal dispute between National Irish Bank and a livestock exporting company, Purcell Brothers, over a £6.4 million (€8Wed Feb 14 2001 - 00:00
Ballsbridge reception centre challengedA group of local residents has taken a High Court challenge to proposals to locate a reception centre for asylum-seekers at Broc…Tue Feb 13 2001 - 00:00
Two gardai knew Bowden lied, says HollandTwo senior gardai knew protected witness Charles Bowden had lied about important evidence given in the trial of Patrick Holland…Sat Feb 10 2001 - 00:00
Court told of `acute crisis' in dentistryThere is an "acute crisis" in the public orthodontic services in the Dublin region, with more than 11,000 patients on a waiting…Thu Feb 08 2001 - 00:00
Man given leave to challenge failure to be declared qualified for early releaseA man serving a 40-year sentence for the murder of a Garda more than 20 years ago has been granted leave by the Supreme Court…Wed Feb 07 2001 - 00:00
Vulnerable girl located after major searchA vulnerable teenage girl who escaped from a health board placement before Christmas and who was said to be effectively a prisoner…Thu Feb 01 2001 - 00:00
High Court orders boy's release from institutionA troubled and out-of-control teenage boy who has been detained in St Patrick's Institution for six weeks because no appropriate…Wed Jan 31 2001 - 00:00
Reversal of decision not to prosecute `perverse'The DPP acted in an "arbitrary and perverse" manner in deciding to prosecute a woman in relation to a road accident involving…Sat Jan 27 2001 - 00:00
Ryanair told it must adhere to Aer Rianta charges, rulesRyanair must pay the same charges and adhere to the same rules of conduct governing ground-handling operations at Dublin Airport…Fri Jan 26 2001 - 00:00
Solicitor ordered to reveal identity of clientsA solicitor acting for Jackson Way Properties Ltd has been ordered by the High Court to disclose the identity of those persons…Thu Jan 25 2001 - 00:00
Ryanair charge irks Aer RiantaRyanair has misrepresented Aer Rianta's charges and is continuing to collect extra charges from the public on the basis of that…Tue Jan 23 2001 - 00:00
Judge welcomes progress made by detained girlsA High Court judge yesterday welcomed the "extraordinary turnaround" in the position of two extremely disturbed teenage girls…Tue Jan 23 2001 - 00:00
No appropriate place for troubled boy, court toldTrinity House, the State's only secure centre for juvenile offenders, is having "enormous problems" dealing with troubled children…Sat Jan 20 2001 - 00:00
High Court reserves WHB application to foster child abroadThe High Court has reserved judgment on a test case to determine whether a district court or a health board may legally place…Thu Jan 18 2001 - 00:00
At-risk girl returned to live with father until placement is foundA troubled teenage girl was yesterday returned to live with her father pending her move to a centre with therapeutic supports…Wed Jan 17 2001 - 00:00
ESB stages legal challenge to directive from regulatorA High Court challenge by the ESB's Independent Energy subsidiary to a 10-point directive from the electricity regulator is likely…Tue Jan 16 2001 - 00:00
Disturbed girl freed from mental hospitalAn extremely disturbed girl, who is not mentally ill, has been freed from the Central Mental Hospital after almost a year's detention…Tue Jan 16 2001 - 00:00
DPP reversed decision in death-crash caseA woman initially told she would not be prosecuted in relation to the death of a young man in a road traffic accident was later…Sat Jan 13 2001 - 00:00
State seeks to adjourn deafness casesThe State is seeking to adjourn until Easter all outstanding Army deafness cases so it can focus its resources on trying to secure…Fri Jan 12 2001 - 00:00
Bail restrictions for `Real IRA' suspectA Co Louth farmer, who is charged with IRA membership and who was described by gardai in the Special Criminal Court as a leading…Fri Dec 22 2000 - 00:00
Health board loses custody of girlA High Court judge has removed from the Mid Western Health Board custody of an out-of-control girl after the board failed to …Thu Dec 21 2000 - 00:00
Ill boy (11) to remain in care over ChristmasA deeply disturbed 11-yearold boy, who is very ill with a rare cancer and has serious behavioural problems, is to remain in a…Thu Dec 21 2000 - 00:00
Travellers to spend Christmas on road after objections to halting siteFifteen Traveller families, including more than 60 children, may have to spend Christmas on the roadside in parts of Tallaght…Tue Dec 19 2000 - 00:00
