Minister urged to prevent closure of Four Courts restaurantLawyers say facility a help to people going through the ‘stress’ of legal proceedingsWed Jul 25 2018 - 18:33
Priest fails in court bid to halt his drink driving trialFr Donnchadh Ó Cuinn argued, as a native Irish speaker, that his language rights were breachedWed Jul 25 2018 - 15:30
Woman with breast and cervical cancer begins action over smear testsCounsel for Ruth Morrissey (37) to give evidence that two tests were ‘negligently reported’Wed Jul 25 2018 - 13:46
Family of woman (26) who died of cancer secures €600,000 settlementFamily claimed 13 month delay in breast cancer diagnosis for mother of two Edel KellyTue Jul 24 2018 - 17:53
State entitled to costs in abortion referendum legal challengeHomemaker Joanna Jordan to appeal refusal to allow challenge to referendum resultTue Jul 24 2018 - 16:31
Solicitor struck off for taking €173,543 from dead woman’s estateImelda Leahy deemed ‘not a fit and proper person to be a solicitor’Tue Jul 24 2018 - 14:11
Court strikes out action by Dunnes as ‘entirely without merit’Legal case centred on design and specification of Point Square development in Dublin’s DocklandsMon Jul 23 2018 - 22:21
Order restraining husband visiting wife in nursing home liftedCouple’s son secretly recorded making ‘vile’ threats to his mother in her home must still not visit herMon Jul 23 2018 - 21:08
Windfarm seeks fast-track hearing over grid connectionDerrysallagh Windfarm tells Commercial Court it has to hook up to national grid by DecemberMon Jul 23 2018 - 18:35
Homeless man restrained by High Court from leaving hospitalCourt heard little is known about the man, aged in his sixties, whose memory is impairedMon Jul 23 2018 - 15:43
Judge invites cervical cancer woman and lab to mediationQuest seeks adjournment as specialist says woman can take ‘curative treatment’Fri Jul 20 2018 - 20:21
Applications to challenge abortion referendum result rejectedJudge orders result of vote cannot come into effect for a week to allow plaintiff seek appealFri Jul 20 2018 - 16:14
Man makes unprecedented High Court action against the StateMichael O’Callaghan spent almost two years in jail before his conviction was quashedFri Jul 20 2018 - 12:45
Sister of K Club ex-manager says he was ‘full of fear’Barbara Curran says Peter Curran was ‘half his weight’ two months after alleged incidentThu Jul 19 2018 - 18:14
Woman who sued after rental car hit bus fails to get damagesHigh court heard bus on which woman was travelling suffered ‘glancing blow’ when hit by rental car but did not move on impactThu Jul 19 2018 - 13:26
Judge set to rule on applications challenging abortion referendum resultHigh Court will rule on two separate applications for permission to bring petitionsThu Jul 19 2018 - 10:10
Vet wore Trump mask and gave fist pump to human resources manager, court toldCourt hears Dr Declan Gill wore mask day after US presidential election ‘as a joke’Wed Jul 18 2018 - 17:28
Widow of Malak Thawley fails in legal bid over death inquiryJudge rules Alan Thawley did not meet legal test to be joined as a notice party to caseWed Jul 18 2018 - 12:53
Supreme Court to decide if it will hear Facebook appealHigh Court referral to ECJ concerns validity of EU-US data transfer channelsTue Jul 17 2018 - 18:08
Reprieve expected for family facing deportation to GeorgiaDecision to expel due to lies told in asylum application ‘disproportionate’, judge saysTue Jul 17 2018 - 17:50
Planning appproval for Co Clare wind farm overturnedSupreme Court says An Bord Pleanála failed to make ‘precise’ findings under European lawTue Jul 17 2018 - 16:46
Michael Smurfit excused from attending High Court in K Club caseBusinessman is recovering from hip operation in Monte Carlo hospitalTue Jul 17 2018 - 13:09
Elderly woman must not be visited in hospital by son, husbandJudge says it’s a matter of ‘great sadness’ that family making woman’s life more distressingMon Jul 16 2018 - 16:54
Co Cork vet has registration cancelled due to ‘professional misconduct’Court told Cornelius Linehan (60) let his official stamp be used to certify unfit cattle for exportMon Jul 16 2018 - 13:54
Irish-born child who resisted deportation on health grounds diesChild with sickle cell disease had lost appeal over deportation of him and Nigerian motherFri Jul 13 2018 - 17:43
Court to hear disabled woman’s appeal over attempt to resume jobMarie Daly worked as SNA in Cork school before suffering serious injuries in road accidentFri Jul 13 2018 - 16:15
Supreme Court refuses appeal over new Dublin Airport runwayLocal residents appealed the planning permission decision for €320 million runwayFri Jul 13 2018 - 15:01
Doctor struck off for ‘sexual’ examination of female patient‘I just kind of started liking it and got carried away . . . I am just a man, not only a doctor’Fri Jul 13 2018 - 13:09
Authority may not recognise a foreign-based adoption – Supreme CourtCourt advises further legal measures to ensure regularisation of the adoptionThu Jul 12 2018 - 17:43
High Court reserves judgment on appointment of inspectors at INMWritten submissions to be accepted on exact terms of reference for inspectorsThu Jul 12 2018 - 16:58
Woman with terminal ovarian cancer settles case against HSE for €2mWoman had family history of ovarian cancer but claimed she was not referred for genetic testingThu Jul 12 2018 - 14:22
Woman’s children banned from removing her from hospitalJudge brands behaviour of son and daughter of dementia sufferer as ‘outrageous’Wed Jul 11 2018 - 18:56
INM rejects suggestion of ‘culture of deference’ to Denis O’Brien‘No basis’ for view ex-chairman had ‘untramelled’ influence at company, High Court toldWed Jul 11 2018 - 18:35
Michael Smurfit subpoenaed in K Club manager threat caseSecurity would put ‘fear of God’ in anyone threatening ‘establishment’, ex-manager saysWed Jul 11 2018 - 13:43
Juries should decide defamation awards, Supreme Court rulesDispute arose in two actions over whether sum should be determined by judge or juryTue Jul 10 2018 - 17:33
‘Unclear’ how ‘interrogation’ of data was linked to INM cost-cuttingINM board initially ‘downplayed’ alleged data breach to watchdog, High Court hearsTue Jul 10 2018 - 17:25
High Court told of ‘culture of deference’ towards Denis O’BrienCorporate watchdog concerned at ‘fundamental malaise’ in INMTue Jul 10 2018 - 12:44
Concern over Denis O’Brien’s influence at INM central to court actionHearing of corporate watchdog’s application for the appointment of inspectors, opposed by media group’s board, beginsTue Jul 10 2018 - 08:59
Group takes legal challenge over Cork flood defence wallsProceedings initiated by architects, business owners, artists and archaeologistsMon Jul 09 2018 - 18:06
Man recorded threatening elderly mother restrained from visiting her in hospitalHigh Court told security called when he tried to remove woman from hospital bed in breach of earlier ordersMon Jul 09 2018 - 17:38
Nurse challenges dismissal of racial discrimination complaintCourt told WRC heard no evidence from Indian woman in case about not being promotedMon Jul 09 2018 - 16:15
Woman jailed for refusing to vacate €1m home fails to get Supreme Court appealThe court also rejects the woman’s application for bailFri Jul 06 2018 - 15:26
DPC gains access to documents relating to alleged data breach at INMSeveral other parties have also been granted access to documents by the High CourtFri Jul 06 2018 - 13:01
Judge refuses to strike-off solicitor over €259,000 client deficitCourt told of ‘very unusual’ circumstances but no dishonesty surrounding the deficitFri Jul 06 2018 - 11:53
Four people in INM data breach case to get access to documentsData Protection Commissioner also to apply for permission to use ODCE documentsThu Jul 05 2018 - 14:37
Supreme Court to hear Facebook application for appealIssue is referral to Court of Justice to decide validity of EU-US data transfer channelsThu Jul 05 2018 - 12:03
Mediation fails to resolve Irish Country Women’s Association rowLegal action initiated in High Court over conduct of elections for national executiveWed Jul 04 2018 - 16:36
Court overturns refusal to release Cabinet discussions on emissionsRequest for access must now be reconsidered by Department of the Taoiseach reviewerWed Jul 04 2018 - 13:42
Quinn hearing on €2.34bn Anglo loans set for next yearCase had been put on hold pending conclusion of proceedings against bankersTue Jul 03 2018 - 16:35
Severely anorexic girl at ‘acute and chronic’ risk, court toldHigh Court orders transfer of teenager to hospitalTue Jul 03 2018 - 15:34
