Row over boy aged 11 in remand centreAn argument erupted at the High Court yesterday between the State and Southern Health Board over responsibility for an 11-year…Wed Dec 02 1998 - 00:00
Chief executive tells court his dismissal was due to maliceAn interim order preventing the Irish Council of People with Disabilities (ICPD) from appointing any person other than Mr David…Tue Dec 01 1998 - 00:00
Order stops Kosovo youth's deportationA 16-year-old ethnic Albanian youth who fled to the Republic from Kosovo after his parents and brother disappeared has secured…Tue Dec 01 1998 - 00:00
Deportee left sports car and £40,000, court toldAn assistant chef in a Chinese restaurant who was deported from Ireland last week left behind a 1997 Mercedes-Benz sports car…Tue Dec 01 1998 - 00:00
Judgment held in case against MinistersThe High Court yesterday reserved judgment on an application by an official in the Department of Health for an order directing…Fri Nov 27 1998 - 00:00
Court rules out trial of ex-garda on sex chargesA retired garda yesterday secured a High Court order preventing further steps in prosecuting him on 16 charges of indecent assault…Thu Nov 26 1998 - 00:00
Former Bula chief asks court to quash inspector's findingsFormer Bula chairman Mr James Stanley has returned from Russia to ask the High Court for leave to quash the findings of a report…Tue Nov 24 1998 - 00:00
Civil servant says he did all he could on promotionThe secretary-general of the Department of Health said yesterday he had given the blood policy division of the Department every…Sat Nov 21 1998 - 00:00
Civil servant denies going out of her way to find controversyThe Department of Health official who says she was passed over for promotion because of "personal animus" against her from the…Fri Nov 20 1998 - 00:00
O'Dwyer accused of dismissing problems of hepatitis C crisisThe secretary-general of the Department of Health, Mr Jerry O'Dwyer, was "unable or unwilling to comprehend the scale and depth…Thu Nov 19 1998 - 00:00
Steiner education superior, court toldAn Aer Rianta manager whose daughter attends a school based on the Steiner teaching system in Co Clare told the High Court yesterday…Sat Nov 14 1998 - 00:00
Funding for Steiner school at issue in hearingThe Constitution expressly prevents the State from forcing parents to send their children to schools of a particular type, the…Fri Nov 13 1998 - 00:00
Judgment reserved on Dunnes attempt to block postJudgment will be delivered next Wednesday on a challenge by Dunnes Stores to the Tanaiste's appointment of an authorised officer…Thu Nov 12 1998 - 00:00
Court told of lodgment of cheques valued at £180,000Three cheques with a combined value of £180,000 signed by Mr Bernard Dunne in 1992 were lodged to an account held by Carlisle…Wed Nov 11 1998 - 00:00
Dunnes challenges claim by Harney officer on paymentsA claim by an officer acting for the Minister for Enterprise and Employment, Ms Harney, that extra payments were made by Dunnes…Sat Nov 07 1998 - 00:00
EHB delay on report queriedA psychiatric assessment on a troubled boy, who has been held in a remand centre for several months, was requested of the Eastern…Fri Nov 06 1998 - 00:00
Ruling on NIB staff's challenge is reservedThe Supreme Court yesterday reserved judgment on an appeal by employees of National Irish Bank against a High Court ruling that…Thu Nov 05 1998 - 00:00
Court adjourns CAB plea to lift stay on judgment over alleged unpaid VATThe Criminal Assets Bureau has asked the High Court to lift a stay on a judgment for alleged unpaid VAT and interest for £103…Wed Nov 04 1998 - 00:00
Appeal by Quinlivan on escape documents dismissedThe Supreme Court yesterday dismissed an appeal by the Brixton Prison escaper, Nessan Quinlivan, against the High Court's refusal…Fri Oct 30 1998 - 00:00
Woman faces £400,000 bill in case over genetically modified cropA Co Dublin woman is facing a bill for legal costs estimated at more than £400,000 after she unsuccessfully challenged the granting…Wed Oct 28 1998 - 00:00
Summary judgment sought on alleged unpaid taxesThe Criminal Assets Bureau yesterday applied to the High Court for summary judgment against a Cork man for more than £2Sat Oct 24 1998 - 01:00
High Court challenge to CAB's tax move on ScotLawyers for a man alleged to have tax liabilities of around £300,000 asked the High Court yesterday to dismiss proceedings against…Fri Oct 23 1998 - 01:00
High Court hears claims of road hauliers' `illegal cartel' at portThe Irish Road Hauliers Association (IRHA) was behind "an illegal cartel" aimed at securing increases in prices for haulage services…Wed Oct 21 1998 - 01:00
High Court judge returns autistic boy to remand centreA High Court judge yesterday said it was "very regrettable" that the best the State could do for a sick boy "who has broken no…Tue Oct 20 1998 - 01:00
Woman motor mechanic awarded damages of £630,000 for loss of legA woman motor mechanic who had part of her left leg amputated after her foot was crushed between a forklift truck and a wall …Sat Oct 17 1998 - 01:00
Court asked to stop Government change of Articles 2 and 3A college lecturer applied to the Supreme Court yesterday to prevent the Government amending Articles 2 and 3 as provided for…Fri Oct 16 1998 - 01:00
`Not open to court' to make order on childA High Court judge yesterday drew attention to major problems regarding the enforcement in Italy, and other countries including…Thu Oct 15 1998 - 01:00
Girl in care wins plaudits for academic achievementsA 15-year-old girl who was taken into care three years ago because it was feared she could be dead within days has scored major…Sat Oct 10 1998 - 01:00
At-risk child returned to centre `with reluctance'A 12-year-old at-risk child who has been in a remand centre for 13 months was returned there "with great reluctance" by a High…Sat Oct 10 1998 - 01:00
High Court rejects grounds of challenge to beet trialsThe High Court yesterday cleared the way for field trials of genetically-modified crops in the State when it upheld the Environmental…Wed Oct 07 1998 - 01:00
Judge criticises holding of 12-year-old in remand centreA high Court judge said yesterday it was "simply not good enough" that a 12-year-old "atrisk" child was being held in a remand…Tue Oct 06 1998 - 01:00
Gardai discover body in houseGardai are treating as suspicious the death of a young man at a house in TallaghtSat Sept 12 1998 - 01:00
Lottery raises prices and prizesA lotto price and prize restructuring, which will see the cost of the minimum Lotto play increase by 50 per cent to £1Sat Sept 12 1998 - 01:00
£30m hospital waste contract awardedA Dublin-based company has been awarded a £30 million contract for the management of clinical waste from all publicly-funded …Tue Sept 08 1998 - 01:00
Hepatitis victims pleased with inquiryA number of women who contracted hepatitis C after receiving contaminated blood or blood products from the Blood Transfusion …Tue Sept 08 1998 - 01:00
Population up by 40% since 1966 in Eastern Health Board regionMain findings of the Eastern Health Board's department of public health report, Public Health in the Eastern Health Board Region…Mon Sept 07 1998 - 01:00
Lung cancer deaths much higher in Dublin - health board reportHeart disease, cancer and accidents are the main causes of illness and death among the 1Mon Sept 07 1998 - 01:00
More mothers getting AIDSIrish doctors have reported an alarming rise in the number of mothers who have contracted HIV through heterosexual contactSat Sept 05 1998 - 01:00
New Quartermaster General nominatedThe Government has nominated Brig Gen Colm Mangan to be appointed Quartermaster General of the Defence Forces.Wed Sept 02 1998 - 01:00
Bomb victim families suffer malicious callsTelecom Eireann yesterday announced details of its Malicious Calls Bureau as the families of two young boys killed in the Omagh…Wed Sept 02 1998 - 01:00
Rate of house price increases shows signs of slowing - surveyHouse prices in Dublin have risen by almost 20 per cent since the beginning of the year, according to a survey published yesterday…Tue Sept 01 1998 - 01:00
Survey finds Dublin hard on walkersProblems crossing the road, illegally parked cars and fears for personal safety are among the complaints of people visiting Dublin…Tue Sept 01 1998 - 01:00
Boy told not to break parents' heartsA High Court judge yesterday urged a 15-year-old mildly mentally handicapped "at-risk" boy to co-operate with a drug-treatment…Sat Aug 01 1998 - 01:00
Spring's beef tribunal bill cut by almost £500,000The solicitor who represented the former Tanaiste, Mr Dick Spring, at the beef tribunal has had his claim for costs reduced by…Sat Aug 01 1998 - 01:00
Judge criticises Minister as he orders action on places for children at riskA High Court judge yesterday made an innovative order compelling the State to provide resources and take all steps necessary …Thu Jul 30 1998 - 01:00
Moriarty tribunal may have to begin its work again following rulingThe work of the Moriarty tribunal may be significantly delayed by a Supreme Court determination yesterday that fair procedures…Wed Jul 29 1998 - 01:00
Court finds Act to set up tribunals is constitutionalThe Supreme Court declared that the Tribunal of Inquiry (Evidence) Act 1921, as amended, is constitutional and it rejected the…Wed Jul 29 1998 - 01:00
Heroin user `will be dead at 20' if not stoppedThe Eastern Health Board and the State have been given one week to put forward proposals to help a mildly mentally handicapped…Sat Jul 25 1998 - 01:00
