Justice David Keane

Man has jail term increased for role in violence at party where Cameron Blair stabbed

Scott O’Connor armed himself with knife and encouraged ‘a situation of violence to develop’, judge said

Tue Apr 05 2022 - 13:55

Court upholds finding deceased driver’s estate liable for woman’s trauma

Lisa Sheehan awarded €87,000 over stress from witnessing ‘horror’ aftermath of crash

Fri Feb 04 2022 - 16:19

Man accused of murder pleads guilty to disposing of firearm

Lorcan Merriman to be sentenced in January when murder charge will be dropped, court told

Thu Nov 11 2021 - 15:41

Man (37) shot dead at his front door as he spoke to mother on phone, court hears

Lorcan Merriman pleads not guilty to murdering Thomas Farnham in Clondalkin in 2016

Thu Oct 28 2021 - 17:11

Boy sentenced for threatening partygoers on night of Cameron Blair murder

Teenager punched girl and ‘deliberately’ armed himself with butter knife, court told

Fri Jul 23 2021 - 15:01

DPP drops knife charge against teen at party where student murdered

Boy faced charges in connection with incident in which Cameron Blair was stabbed

Wed Jun 16 2021 - 15:08

Two boys with knives tried to get past Cameron Blair into house, court told

‘Give it to me, I’ll shank one of them’, teenager is said to have told another

Tue Jun 08 2021 - 18:24

Teenager pleads guilty to violent disorder on night of Cork student’s death

Boy in court in connection with events around the killing of Cameron Blair last year

Fri May 28 2021 - 18:41

Teaching Council allowed access details from abuse case against former teachers

Judge orders regulator can receive names of individuals man claimed assaulted him

Wed Dec 23 2020 - 14:51

Liquidators appointed to Pamela Scott and Richard Alan stores

Fashion outlets challenged by changes in shopping habits and Covid-19 pandemic

Thu Oct 15 2020 - 17:42

Flogas fails to get injunction preventing distributor allagedly soliciting customers

Injunction sought in High Court against North West Gas Co Ltd

Fri Oct 09 2020 - 16:36

Developer alleges ‘astounding’ conflict of interest from consultants

Shorevale claims consultants provided report to company appealing its permission

Fri Sept 11 2020 - 16:20

Second home schooled Leaving Cert takes court action over calculated grades

High Court hears that refusal of grades to 17-year-old is ‘unjust and discriminatory’

Mon Aug 31 2020 - 19:13

Judge refuses to order Google to give liquidator access to company's email

Liquidator says company being investigated by the NHS for alleged fraud

Wed Apr 29 2020 - 16:18

High Court refuses to stop Grafton Group holding ‘closed’ agm

Former chairman claimed holding meeting in pandemic breached shareholders’ rights

Tue Apr 28 2020 - 20:59

Jogger injured by galloping horses will pay substantial legal costs, court told

Gary Turner lost claim for damages over injuries sustained at Curragh

Fri Mar 13 2020 - 17:24

Cyclist injured after breaking traffic lights awarded €20,000

High court found Pat Deegan was 60% responsible for his own injury

Fri Dec 13 2019 - 19:56

Jogger sues over collision with horses at Curragh Racecourse

Gary Turner was knocked down by number of galloping animals at training grounds

Thu Oct 24 2019 - 17:43

Provisional liquidators appointed to Irish arm of Karen Millen

Business operates two stores and 16 concessions

Wed Aug 07 2019 - 18:32

Scouting and school abuse case settled for six figure sum

Christian Brothers and Scouting Ireland are understood to be each paying half of the settlement cost

Sun Jul 28 2019 - 12:12

Woman claims dry shampoo aerosol turned into ‘flamethrower’ in club toilet

Sam Clarke Kavanagh has sued over burns to her hand and face suffered in 2015 incident

Thu Jul 25 2019 - 18:36

Man sues over alleged sexual assault by teachers, scout leader

Accuser seeking damages from Christian Brothers, Scouting Ireland of up to €1.4m

Wed Jul 24 2019 - 20:50

Father’s crimes should not have denied child Irish citizenship

High Court judge overturns unsuccessful citizenship application by child, now aged eight

Fri Jul 19 2019 - 21:38

Man loses damages claim after Garda car ‘shunted’ into his

Judge says he prefers evidence from the gardaí and awards costs against plaintiff

Fri Jul 12 2019 - 14:31

Former school caretaker loses case over bike collision with car

Judge could not accept cyclist was entitled to use pedestrian pathway as cycleway

Tue Nov 27 2018 - 14:54

Car insurance case lifts the lid on a litany of fraud cases

Withdrawal of case represents a significant victory for Aviva

Sat Oct 13 2018 - 06:00

Woman who claimed she slipped on grape facing costs bill after action dismissed

Footage showed woman driving after claiming injury prevented her doing so for two months

Mon Oct 08 2018 - 11:44

Judge demands explanation from lawyers he accuses of misleading court

Solicitor for Polish criminal ordered to personally reimburse the State’s legal costs

Sun Jun 10 2018 - 09:51

Custom House liquidators pick Davy to manage initial assets return

Investors will soon hear about transfer on foot of High Court ruling

Wed May 16 2018 - 04:54

Child born to non-EU parents refused Irish citizenship ‘absurdly’

Child cannot be responsible for failings of abusive father, says barrister

Wed Apr 18 2018 - 17:37

RTÉ apologises and pays ‘substantial’ damages to Sean Gallagher over tweet

Broadcaster says production of ‘tweetgate’ programme fell short of standards expected

Tue Dec 19 2017 - 11:58

Three ex-Custom House Capital directors liable for liquidation costs

Decision means liquidator can pursue any of the three men for total amount of €214,457

Thu Jun 29 2017 - 15:49

‘Ripped off’ CHC investors should not have to pay for inquiry, court told

Liquidator of failed investment firm seeking costs of director disqualifications

Thu Apr 27 2017 - 17:38

IT expert to review Seán Gallagher ‘Tweetgate’ materials

Ex-presidential candidate taking action against RTÉ over broadcast during 2011 campaign

Tue Apr 11 2017 - 15:14