Judge says treatment of boy in care is a disgraceIt was a "disgrace" that a disturbed 11-year-old boy suffering from a rare form of cancer has had no therapeutic services while…Tue May 29 2001 - 01:00
Goodman lawyers to present defenceLawyers for beef baron Mr Larry Goodman will next week outline Mr Goodman's defence to actions taken against him by the founder…Sat May 26 2001 - 01:00
Deportation law under Supreme Court scrutinyHundreds of legal challenges by asylum-seekers have been temporarily suspended pending a Supreme Court decision on the interpretation…Fri May 25 2001 - 01:00
Foley secures Aer Lingus restraint orderAer Lingus chief executive Mr Michael Foley has secured an interim High Court order restraining Aer Lingus from taking any further…Fri May 25 2001 - 01:00
Goodman `less than frank' with inquiryBeef baron Mr Larry Goodman gave 103 "less than frank" answers to the 1989 Fair Trade Commission inquiry into the ownership of…Fri May 25 2001 - 01:00
Law firm accused in Goodman caseLegal firm Matheson Ormsby Prentice pretended it was acting for Mr Zakaria el Taher, a 50 per cent shareholder in the Master …Thu May 24 2001 - 01:00
Gardai granted judicial review of Abbeylara inquiryThirty-six gardai have been given leave by the High Court to challenge the continuing inquiry by an Oireachtas sub-committee …Tue May 22 2001 - 01:00
High Court told whereabouts of at-risk teenage boy are unknownA teenage boy described as a very serious risk to himself and others has been at large for months with his whereabouts unknown…Tue May 15 2001 - 01:00
14 Garda sergeants sue the State over lack of allowances when transferred to TemplemoreFourteen Garda sergeants are taking High Court action because they were not granted normal subsistence allowances during their…Fri May 11 2001 - 01:00
Mother seeks `secure place' for disturbed sonAn out-of-control teenage boy, who suffers from Attention Deficit Disorder, is living rough in a Dublin park and urgently needs…Tue May 01 2001 - 01:00
Brother wins order preventing trialA perpetual injunction preventing the trial of a Christian Brother on 43 charges of sexual offences against two boys, former …Tue May 01 2001 - 01:00
Lecturer challenges savings planThe Government's new Special Savings Scheme will use up to £1 billion of taxpayers' money to make the wealthy even wealthier, …Sat Apr 28 2001 - 01:00
Judge orders baby not to be removedA High Court judge has granted an interim order directing that a baby due next week to a vulnerable teenage girl should not be…Sat Apr 28 2001 - 01:00
Girl resists move to put unborn child in careA vulnerable teenage girl is resisting moves by the Northern Area Health Board to take her unborn child into careFri Apr 27 2001 - 01:00
Supreme Court rejects appeal on boy's detentionA 15-year-old boy remains in Mountjoy Prison today after the Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the legality of his detention…Thu Apr 26 2001 - 01:00
CAB Act a criminal law dressed in civilian clothing, says counselThe legislation under which the Criminal Assets Bureau operates is essentially a criminal law dressed up in civilian clothing…Wed Apr 25 2001 - 01:00
Judge approves placement of abused boy in English care centreA disturbed teenage boy who was sexually abused and is alleged to have sexually abused three young people is to receive therapy…Tue Apr 24 2001 - 01:00
Man `very annoyed' Christian Brother not to be tried on 43 child sex abuse chargesA man who alleges he was sexually abused as a child by a Christian Brother in an industrial school told the High Court yesterday…Tue Apr 24 2001 - 01:00
High Court told O'Hare is qualified for early releaseThe Minister for Justice has specified Dessie O'Hare is a "qualifying prisoner" for early release under the terms of the Belfast…Sat Apr 07 2001 - 01:00
Eircell does not have market dominanceEircelL did not have a dominant position in the marketplace, a High Court judge found yesterdayFri Apr 06 2001 - 01:00
Progress made by teenager delights judgeThe "extraordinary" progress made by a disturbed teenage girl showed what could be achieved when the appropriate facilities were…Thu Apr 05 2001 - 01:00
Court upholds right to Irish version of lawsThe Supreme Court has strongly criticised the State's failure to provide official Irish translations of laws and important legal…Thu Apr 05 2001 - 01:00
Judgment is reserved on Sinnott case appealThe Supreme Court has reserved judgment on an appeal by the State against a landmark High Court judgment in the cases of an autistic…Wed Apr 04 2001 - 01:00
Teacher taking court challenge to halt indecent assault prosecutionA teacher has taken a High Court challenge aimed at preventing him being prosecuted on 523 offences of indecent assault on 23…Tue Apr 03 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
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
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
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
