Court sittings to be limited to two hours daily on back of TDs’ moveNew social distancing advice is ‘bordering on bizarre’, says solicitors’ groupWed May 20 2020 - 17:24
Woman granted protection order against ‘menacing’ husbandFamily court hears man was ‘paranoid’ about virus and drank excessively every nightMon May 18 2020 - 20:54
Covid-19 payment refused to 1,200 people with no address in StateDepartment of Social Protection has withheld the €350 payment to 46,000 peopleSun May 17 2020 - 19:15
Covid-19 healthcare workers mirror heroes of the Famine, Minister saysJosepha Madigan makes comments at National Famine Commemoration in DublinSun May 17 2020 - 18:29
Tusla becomes first organisation fined for GDPR rule breachAgency fined €75,000 over three cases where data about children was wrongly disclosedSun May 17 2020 - 18:04
Coronavirus pandemic will expose bad governments, Robinson saysFormer president says people are learning that science matters when it comes to policySun May 17 2020 - 12:44
Ronan Ryan and Pamela Flood to sell house after reaching deal with US fundCouple won High Court appeal against possession order last yearFri May 15 2020 - 12:24
Effort to challenge Government’s Covid-19 restrictions falls at first fenceJudge found John Waters and Gemma O’Doherty failed to produce facts that might support their claimsWed May 13 2020 - 15:28
Coronavirus: How Dublin and London differ in their approach to ease lockdownDublin has five stage plan from May 18th – London opts for three, beginning May 13thTue May 12 2020 - 11:53
Covid-19: Travellers arriving in Republic from Britain still expected to isolate for 14 daysBoris Johnson has said 14-day isolation requirement in UK won’t apply to RepublicMon May 11 2020 - 14:21
Accumulated profits rise at Word Perfect Translation ServicesThe Dublin company is one of the largest providers of translation services in the StateSat May 09 2020 - 06:43
High Court to hear more remote cases as part of increased hearings planChief Justice says new measures may be in play until the second half of 2021Fri May 08 2020 - 19:18
Bar Council looking into idea of ordinary crimes being tried in non-jury courtsCoronavirus: How can jury trials resume amid social distancing rules?Wed May 06 2020 - 01:00
Coronavirus: Judge hopes more High Court cases can be heard remotelyRemote hearings ‘a way of tiding us over until we get back to physical hearings’Tue May 05 2020 - 03:27
Closure of courts sees income stream 'turned off' for many barristersStalled property market and the prospect of another economic downturn have badly hit solicitorsTue May 05 2020 - 02:02
Covid-19: Support group call for an end to the use of term ‘next of kin’Misunderstanding over phrase which has no legal standing and is an emergency contactTue May 05 2020 - 00:02
Covid-19: Ireland pledges €18 million to vaccine alliance GaviUrsula von der Leyen tells EU G20 group the race for a vaccination will be a 'marathon'Mon May 04 2020 - 20:49
Keelings says it can save fruit crop without additional workersIrish company addresses ‘misleading’ statements over hiring of staff from outside StateSun May 03 2020 - 13:40
Court of Appeal delays caused by Covid-19 not ‘catastrophic’With fewer sittings due to lockdown, judges ‘eat into’ list of reserved judgmentsSat May 02 2020 - 01:28
Serial murderer fails in European court application over right to a timely trialMark Nash denied murders of two women in GrangegormanFri May 01 2020 - 11:51
Coronavirus lockdown may spur courts system changes – solicitorRestrictions could be ’catalyst’ for overdue reforms, as first remote hearing takes placeFri May 01 2020 - 00:01
Lotto winner’s 11-year saga highlights ‘systemic problem’ in Irish courtsEuropean Court of Human Rights finds ‘no adequate explanation’ for delays in appealsThu Apr 30 2020 - 19:54
Man in 80s gets protection orders against three sons living with himMan had row with son in his early 50s during which he thought he would ‘get a few smacks’Tue Apr 28 2020 - 01:56
Coronavirus: 28 more deaths and 936 new cases reported in RepublicNursing Homes Ireland says redeployment urgent as many staff absent due to Covid-19Thu Apr 23 2020 - 22:53
Summer Gaeltacht courses cancelled due to coronavirusDepartment confirms Irish-language studies in communities will not take place this yearMon Apr 20 2020 - 22:29
Gardaí arrest man sought for extradition over Essex deathsRonan Hughes (40s) was charged on foot of a European Arrest Warrant issued by UK policeMon Apr 20 2020 - 21:01
Coronavirus: Wide testing in nursing homes essential, says professorOlder people with infection can present with gastrointestinal problems or confusionMon Apr 20 2020 - 01:50
Most pubs will ‘close for good’ if lockdown lasts to 2021, vintners sayHeineken Ireland has put its staff on a four day week as demand falls during crisisSun Apr 19 2020 - 22:01
Coronavirus: Birdsong seems louder and the ravens are more relaxedLockdown enabling people to engage with ‘calm and quiet’ natural worldFri Apr 17 2020 - 17:21
Coronavirus kills 11 residents over two weeks in Dublin care home for the elderlyHospital in Dublin’s Phoenix Park said deaths had been recorded since April 2ndFri Apr 17 2020 - 15:05
Irish hospital system ‘far from being overwhelmed’ by Covid-19Far from drawing up patient-scoring guidelines, Intensive Care Society president saysFri Apr 03 2020 - 05:50
Coronavirus: New initiative aims to answer needs of vulnerableCommunity Call aims to marshal volunteering energy to help elderly and isolatedThu Apr 02 2020 - 20:30
National children’s hospital takes legal action against building contractorBoard responsible for controversial project in dispute with construction firm BAMThu Apr 02 2020 - 17:23
Coronavirus: Gardaí waiting on new powers to enforce restrictionsNot clear when new law will be ready to be signed by Harris and Department of JusticeWed Apr 01 2020 - 20:24
People in residential care with Covid-19 should be kept in homes, crisis team saysNPHET develops enhanced policies aimed at preventing spread in nursing homesWed Apr 01 2020 - 17:13
Coronavirus in Ireland: New powers of arrest for gardaí expected to come into forceGardaí will have power to arrest those in breach of Covid-19 restrictionsWed Apr 01 2020 - 02:04
Courts to pilot hearing cases remotely during Covid-19 pandemicJournalists could watch proceedings in otherwise empty courtrooms under new systemTue Mar 31 2020 - 17:04
Coronavirus: Nursing home resident’s family very concernedClancy family call for greater support for nursing homes as father contracts Covid-19Tue Mar 31 2020 - 01:31
Coronavirus: Nursing homes await support to protect residentsPPE and staffing at frontline service discussed by Harris and Nursing Homes IrelandMon Mar 30 2020 - 20:11
Five million-plus property transaction documents may be digitisedRegistry of Deeds records going back to 1708 could be made available online to publicMon Mar 30 2020 - 01:19
Coronavirus: Nursing home staff will not ‘just walk out’ on residentsSector to seek financial support as nine clusters of Covid-19 found in nursing homesSat Mar 28 2020 - 01:00
Man threatened to kill mother of his child, court hearsWoman tells family court ‘I cannot even walk to the shops’ due to man’s behaviourTue Mar 24 2020 - 21:39
The new unemployed: ‘We’re hoping it will be short term’People turning up at a Dublin Intreo office are told to use a postbox rather than go insideTue Mar 24 2020 - 15:35
Appeal for information after motorcyclist killed in Co WaterfordMan in his 30s died after his motorcycle hit stone wall in Nire Valley on Sunday morningSun Mar 22 2020 - 19:32
Irish Cancer Society offers remote counselling during pandemicService for those unable to access face-to-face cancer-linked counselling due to coronavirusSun Mar 22 2020 - 17:36
‘I could only hold her hand while dressed in a biohazard suit with gloves’Irishwoman whose mother died of coronavirus describes final days togetherFri Mar 20 2020 - 12:27
Court rejects fears it has created new health screening standardInference that every error in reading slides now equals negligence ‘demonstrably wrong’Thu Mar 19 2020 - 19:19
Hyde and Seek childcare group takes defamation action against RTÉClaim arises out of programme, which led to Tusla and gardaí investigationsThu Mar 19 2020 - 14:22
Coronavirus: Court hearings and trials slow to a trickleAdjournments and jury member absences bring legal system activity to a near-haltWed Mar 18 2020 - 20:05
