Residents denied permission to appeal €15m Hell Fire Club visitor centreGroup says plan will alter intensity, mix and balance of visitors to Montpelier Hill site in DublinWed Oct 13 2021 - 12:19
Minister appeals findings over rights of home-schooled studentsPair claim exclusion from calculated grades process breached constitutional rightsTue Oct 12 2021 - 17:18
Boy with special needs sues over delay in reviewing requirementsChild was assessed more than a year ago and matter is urgent due to need to find suitable schoolMon Oct 11 2021 - 17:05
Man takes court challenge over personal injuries board assessmentCalvin Keating says claim should not have been assessed under new Judicial Council guidelinesMon Oct 11 2021 - 15:31
Retired chief justice Frank Clarke on his life in law: 'I think I found the hole that suited my peg'The outgoing chief justice was the first member of his family to go to universitySat Oct 09 2021 - 06:00
Court refuses order to prevent receiver selling Cork landsOwner of lands at Charleville had sought injunctionFri Oct 08 2021 - 17:03
Human rights body can make submissions at mother and baby homes report challengesCases include one by retired nurse and former resident Philomena Lee (88)Fri Oct 08 2021 - 15:37
Judges applaud Chief Justice Frank Clarke as he retires‘I can’t recall a bad word with anyone,’ he tells colleagues who assembled to pay tributeFri Oct 08 2021 - 13:05
Appeal court to clarify planning board's obligations after High Court judges clashCase concerns planning application for apartments in Ballincollig, Co CorkThu Oct 07 2021 - 18:29
Hospital may detain patient who recently had large bleed on brain, court rulesWoman seeking to go home but doctor says she lacks capacity to make decisions in her best interestsThu Oct 07 2021 - 17:12
Judge approves appointment of provisional liquidator to Inner City Helping HomelessHigh Court told move comes in advance of hearing of a winding up petitionThu Oct 07 2021 - 16:12
Couple’s actions over alleged wrongful removal from Killiney home dismissedJudge says pair consented to a move that saw ‘main, and arguably only’ plank of their claim disappearWed Oct 06 2021 - 16:41
Farmer refused leave to appeal the dismissal of Intel challengeJudge critical of Bord Pleanála’s scrutiny of application after error emergesWed Oct 06 2021 - 15:34
Positive steps ‘urgently’ needed to close gender gap at senior counsel levelFive women among 23 barristers ‘taking silk’ at ceremony in Supreme CourtWed Oct 06 2021 - 13:08
Liability for cost of injunction application against Gemma O’Doherty to be decided laterBeaumont Hospital obtained orders for former journalist to remove videos she posted about itTue Oct 05 2021 - 17:08
Treatment of Garda HR manager facing dismissal has ‘echoes of Kafka’High Court told John Barrett being punished by force for making protected disclosuresTue Oct 05 2021 - 16:52
European court to rule on Bord Pleanála’s reasons when excluding EPAsHigh Court judge to await findings before judgment on challenge to housing developmentMon Oct 04 2021 - 22:45
Plan for 275 apartments in Drogheda faces legal challengeEnvironmental group claims permission for site next to Scotch Hall centre breaches density guidelinesMon Oct 04 2021 - 12:03
Judicial appointments to be rushed through after cases cancelledNewly appointed judges unable to sit before November because they have not yet got warrants of appointmentFri Oct 01 2021 - 19:53
Dunnes must take steps to fit out its anchor store at Point Village, judge rulesFinding is latest in lengthy litigation saga dating back some nine yearsFri Oct 01 2021 - 15:53
Director of ICHH seeks court appointed investigation into abuse allegationsAnn Birney says reputation of homeless charity ‘in tatters’ after ‘extremely serious’ allegationsFri Oct 01 2021 - 12:32
An Bord Pleanála may reconsider planning application for Cork incinerator, judge rulesHigh Court hears €160m project in harbour will not have to restart from scratchFri Oct 01 2021 - 11:19
Chief Justice Frank Clarke to address major conference on access to justiceContributions from incoming Chief Justice Donal O’Donnell and Minister for Justice Heather Humphreys will also featureThu Sept 30 2021 - 21:25
Man awarded €5,000 over State’s breach of right to speedy trialMore than four years elapsed between arrest of Michael O’Callaghan and quashing of conviction on appealThu Sept 30 2021 - 17:12
Minister agrees to defer decision on Jadotville medalsHigh Court applicants say all who showed bravery in 1961 battle should be awardedThu Sept 30 2021 - 15:08
Avalanche of litigation looms as High Court battles through delaysMs Justice Mary Irvine says Covid-19 changes have shown there are ‘better ways to do things’Mon Sept 20 2021 - 01:00
New to the bench: judges to be trained for the first timeEthics, bias and sensitivity training will help judges who feel ‘thrown in the deep end’Fri Sept 17 2021 - 03:00
Graham Dwyer challenge and Lisa Smith trial to feature in new law termAppeals over Ana Kriégel and Adrian Donohoe murders also to be heardSat Sept 11 2021 - 06:00
European court hearing of Dwyer data retention case to hear from member statesMobile phone records helped convict Dwyer for murder of childcare worker Elaine O’HaraSat Sept 11 2021 - 01:14
Call for action to end online abuse of women candidatesSocial media ordeal ‘threatens to silence women as political actors’, says CouncilThu Sept 09 2021 - 20:20
Supreme Court rules Moore McDowell cannot give expert evidence in VHI caseVHI had sought the preclusion of eminent economistThu Sept 09 2021 - 15:53
Dead bird in ‘extremely dirty’ storage area among latest reasons for food safety closuresHemp operation in Dublin city served a closure order concerning its food businessWed Sept 08 2021 - 14:10
GSK to provide ‘enhanced’ data for former mother and baby home residentsMore simplified information on trial summary papers for vaccine and infant milk trialsWed Sept 01 2021 - 20:04
Uncle fears for boys stranded in Kabul after travelling from IrelandMan says nephews want to return to Ireland in time for school after visiting relativesWed Sept 01 2021 - 09:56
Coveney casts doubt on Taliban’s efforts to portray moderate imageAfghan refugee in Ireland fears for boys stranded in Kabul on visit to grandparentsWed Sept 01 2021 - 00:00
Graham Dwyer phone data ruling due before European courtRuling could have impact on killer’s bid to overturn conviction for murder of Elaine O’HaraTue Aug 31 2021 - 18:02
Irish citizen stranded in Kabul says situation is ‘crazy’‘The street seems empty and fearful, with a feeling of despair and hopelessness’, he saysMon Aug 30 2021 - 20:02
Receiver entitled to possession of apartment, High Court rulesCouple claiming agreement to purchase home rejected a €120,000 offer from receiverFri Jul 30 2021 - 16:35
Judge finds 84 vehicles seized in Co Tipperary represent proceeds of crimeHigh Court rules ‘very large mandate frauds’ have enriched family by some €3.5mFri Jul 30 2021 - 13:15
Man who shot woman in neck loses Supreme Court appeal against convictionGavin Sheehan was sentenced to 11-year prison term in 2017 over Cork city shootingFri Jul 30 2021 - 10:15
Start Mortgages gets possession order for family home over €60,000 debtJudge urges homeowners to ‘do the sensible thing’ and engage with Start and MabsThu Jul 29 2021 - 20:14
Judge refuses to overturn permission for 105 apartments in BallsbridgeCourt told ‘only a small part’ of the planning process ‘miscarried’ as a result of the errorThu Jul 29 2021 - 12:03
Cork city group fails to overturn permission for flood relief worksSave Cork City Community Association not entitled to stay on works, judge rulesWed Jul 28 2021 - 15:56
Economist excluded as expert for hospital in case against VHICourt of Appeal ruling on conflict of interest does not impugn integrity of Moore McDowell, judge saysWed Jul 28 2021 - 14:02
Negligence claim against orthopaedic surgeon to be re-triedCourt of Appeal says High Court failed to adequately explain key findingsTue Jul 27 2021 - 21:54
Second court challenge taken over permission for Phibsborough apartmentsAn Bord Pleanála has given permission for development of 205 units near Cross Guns bridgeTue Jul 27 2021 - 20:21
Philomena Lee case to be one of lead actions over Mother and Baby homes reportHigh Court agrees to hear two of eight challenges in late October or NovemberTue Jul 27 2021 - 12:46
Woman entitled to hearing of fund’s claim for €3.39m judgmentCourt rules woman entitled to plenary hearing of claim by OCM under joint guarantee with husbandMon Jul 26 2021 - 17:21
Defamation cases against Dana Rosemary Scallon are struck outMother and daughter took cases against the singer and former presidential candidateMon Jul 26 2021 - 16:47
Judge orders HSE to pay senior employee’s €80,000 legal costsSaolta chief financial officer’s costs derive from successful bid to overturn Labour Court decisionFri Jul 23 2021 - 19:42
