Younger voters consider IRA past to be ‘history’, say new Sinn Féin TDsNewly elected deputies said voters were more concerned about housing and health issuesThu Feb 13 2020 - 06:01
Investigation into how son of bankrupt came to own father’s propertySon registered as owner of properties year after Woodside Properties purchased themThu Feb 13 2020 - 04:37
Longford-Westmeath results: Sorca Clarke tops poll as Boxer Moran loses seatMinister of State lost out after Carrigy’s transfers favoured having Longford--based TDTue Feb 11 2020 - 08:52
Election 2020: Joe Flaherty (Fianna Fáil)Longford-Westmeath – Elected 10th countMon Feb 10 2020 - 21:14
Election 2020: Sorca Clarke (Sinn Féin)Longford-Westmeath – Elected on first countSun Feb 09 2020 - 21:39
Barristers cannot discriminate against clients on the basis of politics, Bar Council saysStatement made after Jim O’Callaghan (FF) criticised for representing former SF leaderFri Feb 07 2020 - 15:52
Irish judges can now ‘authoritatively assert’ their independencePublic respect for rule of law should not be assumed, Chief Justice tells first meeting of Judicial Council toldFri Feb 07 2020 - 12:53
Courts Service breached data law by publishing man’s nameThe judge had included the man’s name in his ruling but ordered he not be identifiedFri Feb 07 2020 - 02:40
Election 2020: Fianna Fáil, Fine Gael spend most on Facebook advertisingTwo parties spent over €31,000 each in past week, with Labour third, Sinn Féin fourthThu Feb 06 2020 - 02:00
Disclosures tribunal rejects up to eight complaints from gardaíTribunal still considering further four complaints in privateMon Feb 03 2020 - 02:40
Department agrees deal on livestock exports to AlgeriaGovernment secures expanded access in effort to deal with excess number of bull calvesSun Feb 02 2020 - 17:07
Blackrock Clinic owner company’s profits leap to €12.38mGoodman’s Breccia expects €5.4m from Blackrock Hospital Ltd over court orderSat Feb 01 2020 - 06:35
Just three convictions since law targeting those who used prostitutes introducedA further 13 people were awaiting prosecution as of July of last year, review findsWed Jan 29 2020 - 21:02
New device to detect cars being driven without insurance issuedMIBI believes uninsured drivers accounted for more than 90% of claims received in 2019Wed Jan 29 2020 - 06:37
Legal measures to protect elderly and vulnerable listed in reportFinancial abuse part of ‘adult safeguarding’ study by Law Reform CommissionWed Jan 29 2020 - 01:00
Coronavirus: Plans to evacuate Irish citizens from ChinaDepartment considering choices for assisting Irish to leave Hubei province ‘if required’Tue Jan 28 2020 - 02:10
Courts Service re-issues 14,000 fine notices after date errorCourt dates cancelled for 8,000 peopleFri Jan 24 2020 - 18:37
Former SDLP deputy leader Seamus Mallon dies aged 83Mallon widely admired for courage, tenacity, and voicing of strongly held opinionsFri Jan 24 2020 - 17:26
Chief Justice calls for significant improvement in legal aid systemChairman of Legal Aid Board says income thresholds for support should be reviewedThu Jan 23 2020 - 20:58
Increased funding for free legal aid should be election issue, says FlacFree legal advice group says system is stretched to capacity and needs urgent reformWed Jan 22 2020 - 19:06
Fianna Fáil candidate served as director despite court orderMulligan served on board of Waterford theatre for 17 months after disqualification orderWed Jan 22 2020 - 00:54
FF spoke to Waterford candidate over issues around liquidated companyEddie Mulligan’s running mate says ‘onus’ is on all Fianna Fáil candidates to notify party about any financial difficultiesMon Jan 20 2020 - 21:47
Business made payments to Fianna Fáil candidate and wife as Revenue debts roseEddie and Dervla Mulligan’s firm Hype Hair Salon Ltd had tax liabilities of €153,770 in 2014Mon Jan 20 2020 - 01:00
Micheál Martin promises first-time buyer saving scheme if electedCoveney says poll showing Fianna Fáil 12 points ahead of Fine Gael would ‘act as a motivator’Sun Jan 19 2020 - 16:07
Varadkar promises ‘early retirement pension’ amid backlash over gapMicheál Martin said he would look to outlaw contracts that force people to retire at 65Sun Jan 19 2020 - 15:28
Ten-year digitalisation plan for courts could cut case costs by 20%Programme costing about €112m would replace lever-arch files with computersSat Jan 18 2020 - 01:00
€100 million digital-first plan for courts could allow online guilty pleasProposals for streamed court sittings could see parties contribute remotelySat Jan 18 2020 - 01:00
Hard Irish border will ‘never, ever’ come back, von der Leyen saysEuropean Commission chief says Ireland’s sovereignty magnified by EU in Brexit debateWed Jan 15 2020 - 22:14
Controversial cameras needed at children’s hospital ‘to prevent babies being taken’‘No decision’ made to use Chinese-made facial recognition technology, councillors toldWed Jan 15 2020 - 18:58
Judicial appointments Bill can be revived by next government - RossJudiciary and politicians who opposed controversial legislation welcome its lapsing with dissolution of DáilWed Jan 15 2020 - 01:00
Rugby stars line out with Focus Ireland to take on homelessnessCJ Stander: ‘Whatever we can do to help, even just to get someone out of the cold’Sun Dec 22 2019 - 21:04
Government approves appointment of three new judgesMove to Court of Appeal of High Court judge Mr Justice Donald Binchy also approvedFri Dec 20 2019 - 18:48
‘Superstar’ barristers get most State legal work‘Brown Thomas’ effect: FF justice spokesman says many able barristers not getting enough workWed Dec 18 2019 - 15:19
Excessive profit-taking fuelling insurance crisis, says FlanaganMinister calls on insurance companies to ‘give a lead’ in addressing high premiumsWed Dec 18 2019 - 06:54
Woman injured in alleged Arklow assault has diedNadine Lott is in her early 30s and was injured in the early hours of Saturday morningTue Dec 17 2019 - 19:38
Fermanagh and South Tyrone: Sinn Féin’s Michelle Gildernew re-electedGildernew returned with 57-vote majority over UUP’s Tom Elliott after recountFri Dec 13 2019 - 10:49
West Tyrone: Órfhlaith Begley wins comfortably for Sinn FéinTwenty-eight-year-old holds seat she won in 2018 byelection after Barry McElduff quitFri Dec 13 2019 - 03:17
Libyan warlord paid €1.35m for ex-Irish Naval vessel sold by Ireland for €100,000UAE firm breached UN arms embargo over decommissioned ship, Security Council toldThu Dec 12 2019 - 05:00
Former Irish naval vessel sold to Libyan civil war leaderUN Security Council traces ownership via UAE to Libya, contrary to sanctionsThu Dec 12 2019 - 05:00
Call for clarity on cap for personal injury damagesAlliance for Insurance Reform responding to paper by Law Reform CommissionWed Dec 11 2019 - 22:09
Law reform body reviews cap on personal injury awardsFour cap models proposed, interested parties asked to express views by end JanuaryWed Dec 11 2019 - 01:00
Barrister Paul Anthony McDermott diesFather of two was a ‘popular lecturer and entertaining newspaper columnist’Tue Dec 10 2019 - 13:58
China has ‘a lot of spies’ in Ireland, activists claimPeople in Chinese-Irish associations ‘keep an eye on everyone’ for signs of disloyaltySat Nov 30 2019 - 06:00
Seán Quinn’s gambling firm Quinnbet made €157,700 profit in 2018Website offers sports bets, an online casino and secondary betting on national lotteriesThu Nov 28 2019 - 06:15
Dublin parish paid €3.5m compensation for loss of light due to new developmentsImmaculate Heart of Mary Church is on City Quay which is undergoing extensive building worksTue Nov 26 2019 - 03:17
Government ‘deeply concerned’ following publication of China Cable reportsMore than 1m mostly Muslim minorites being held against their will, observers believesMon Nov 25 2019 - 20:29
Falling demand for IRA merchandise threatens SF firmRepublican Merchandising Ltd accumulated losses and laid off its three staff last yearMon Nov 25 2019 - 01:38
China Cables: Where is Xinjiang – the ‘new frontier’Natives of the region are Turkic, the main ethnic group being the Uighurs, most of whom are MuslimSun Nov 24 2019 - 18:00
China Cables: Worker gets 10 years for encouraging prayer and discouraging porn50-year old Uighur Muslim accused of incitement to ethnic hatredSun Nov 24 2019 - 18:00
Xinjiang policy ‘about fighting terrorism and separatism’, insists envoyChinese ambassador to Ireland says methods promote ‘prosperity, stability, social harmony’Sun Nov 24 2019 - 18:00
