Chinese woman linked to crime proceeds complains Cab case has made her famousBureau alleged Yan Yan Fan and Guang Ying Wang were in league with other Chinese nationals operating cannabis grow housesWed Jun 19 2024 - 16:17
‘Exotic’ lifestyle of James ‘Mago’ Gately funded by crime proceeds, High Court rulesAlleged Hutch associate, shot five times in May 2017, was ‘virtually never in the State’ amid overseas travelWed Jun 19 2024 - 12:50
How did today’s Supreme Court ruling over Angela Kerins’s claim for damages come about?Angela Kerins appeared before the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee amid public controversy about the charity sector in 2014Tue Jun 18 2024 - 19:07
Judge finds ‘Mexican standoff’ over pub licence for Dublin premisesIn a pre-trial decision, a judge found the tenant unlawfully held the publican’s licence to prevent the re-letting of the premisesTue Jun 18 2024 - 16:35
Angela Kerins’s claim for damages ‘cannot be maintained’, Supreme Court rules as it rejects appealNo possible change to former Rehab chief executive’s case could alter the fact that it seeks to impose civil liability on Dáil, judge saidTue Jun 18 2024 - 11:18
Supreme Court to rule on appeal by Angela Kerins in PAC damages claimLawyers for former Rehab chief executive claim client subjected to ‘witch hunt’ style of questioning by committeeMon Jun 17 2024 - 17:31
Court allows Monkstown locals to challenge 387-home scheme they say could affect bathing watersThe applicants secured “leave” of the court to pursue their claimsMon Jun 17 2024 - 16:09
Supreme Court finds phone data was admissible in ruling which could influence awaited Graham Dwyer decisionThe seven-judge court overturned Kinahan gang gunman’s conviction for assisting in attempted murder of James ‘Mago’ GatelyMon Jun 17 2024 - 12:44
Enoch Burke’s defamation case is yet another legal loss for the imprisoned teacherEvangelical Christian was not defamed by article that incorrectly stated he was moved cell for his safety because he was ‘annoying’Thu Jun 13 2024 - 18:55
Enoch Burke loses defamation claim against Sunday Independent publisherThe judge said the words of the story were incapable of injuring his reputationThu Jun 13 2024 - 10:13
Environmentalists bring High Court challenge over plans for €1.2bn data centreProject’s approval is not consistent with climate action objectives, groups sayWed Jun 12 2024 - 16:09
Marc Godart firm agrees to pay €15,400 awards to unlawfully evicted tenantDispute has now turned to the issue of liability for Lizet Peña-Herrera’s legal feesWed Jun 12 2024 - 13:12
Philip Nolan: SFI was in ‘serious and immediate peril’ due to managerial breach, High Court hears Director general is challenging dismissal without notice from State agency and rejects findings against him of inappropriate behaviour in dealings with management teamWed Jun 12 2024 - 06:00
Prof Philip Nolan dismissal: Minister for Innovation intervened in dispute between SFI and director generalNolan is before the High Court seeking extension of orders preventing his dismissal from state agencyTue Jun 11 2024 - 18:16
Blackrock Clinic takes court challenge over BusConnects corridor and compulsory land purchaseHospital chief executive says it supports project ‘in principle’ but believes it will have ‘serious’ negative effect on operations and patientsMon Jun 10 2024 - 15:51
Judge upholds decision refusing protection for Ghanaian man who claimed he was persecuted for being gayMr Justice Barry O’Donnell in High Court notes assessing credibility of assertions about sexual orientation ‘undoubtedly’ sensitive and difficultFri Jun 07 2024 - 20:07
Man resolves damages claim over 1980s sexual abuse by scout leader Scouting Ireland rejected all of the claims and denied it was legally responsible for David O’Brien’s actionsThu Jun 06 2024 - 17:00
Marc Godart firm will not appeal decision to bring him to court if found not liable for legal costs, court toldLawyers for controversial landlord said position is ‘certainly’ not meant to sound ‘like a threat’Wed Jun 05 2024 - 15:51
High Court begins hearing challenge to long-stalled Supermac’s motorway plazaAn Bord Pleanála and Supermac’s boss Pat McDonagh are contesting the case brought by a local engineerTue Jun 04 2024 - 17:54
Ammi Burke ordered to pay opponents’ Court of Appeal costs The solicitor’s appeal was dismissed last April, with her conduct in the High Court described as ‘utterly appalling’Tue Jun 04 2024 - 13:01
High Court dismisses challenges to demolish 19th-century house in HowthSite was granted permission for 32-apartment scheme by An Bord PleanálaFri May 31 2024 - 17:14
SFI agrees Prof Philip Nolan can remain in post until case returns to court in coming daysThe agency’s lawyers said Prof Nolan’s position was terminated by reference to the 'express terms' of his contractFri May 31 2024 - 14:54
Philip Nolan victim of ‘orchestrated’ bid to frustrate reform of State agency, court toldProf Nolan’s lawyers submit there was ‘no conceivable justification’ for his firingFri May 31 2024 - 06:00
High Court halts dismissal of Philip Nolan as director general of Science Foundation IrelandLawyers for Nolan submitted there was ‘no conceivable justification’ for his summary dismissal ‘in the most egregious fashion’Thu May 30 2024 - 20:52
Boy settles case over alleged birth injuries for €1.14m over five yearsHSE denied his claims and maintained its care was in line with accepted medical standardsThu May 30 2024 - 19:10
‘Absolutely clear’ State is failing in duty to meet basic needs of asylum seekers, court hearsHuman rights body says lack of resources ‘cannot be relied upon’ as excuse for not meeting obligationsWed May 29 2024 - 18:09
Court orders man to pay €410,000 to bereaved stepchildren he left alone in family homeJim Cahill cut his three stepchildren off from all income four years after their mother’s death in a road traffic incidentFri May 24 2024 - 06:00
Suspended solicitor’s explanation over client account deficit makes situation ‘even worse’, says High Court presidentRonan O’Brien has made ‘very serious admissions’ effectively of dishonesty, says Mr Justice David BarnivilleFri May 17 2024 - 19:14
Dublin drug dealer earns thousands from renting out properties now deemed crime proceedsHigh Court directs that any rental income David Waldron received must be redirected to a receiverThu May 16 2024 - 18:46
Drug dealer’s former partner given three months to leave family home deemed proceeds of crimeCriminal Assets Bureau took case against Adam Keatinge after PSNI found him in van with cocaine and cash in Co Antrim in 2016Wed May 15 2024 - 18:51
Supreme Court judge says ‘combative’ nature of litigation over Michael O’Flynn PIA objection unhelpfulTop judges say High Court has sole jurisdiction over the caseWed May 15 2024 - 18:20
Developer fails in bid to save one of two planning permissions for 208 apartments in KimmageAn Bord Pleanála had conceded it made an error in its decision to approve the schemeTue May 14 2024 - 18:28
State secures permission to appeal High Court ruling deeming UK returns system ‘unlawful’Cabinet approves emergency legislation aimed at recommencing transfers to UKTue May 14 2024 - 14:34
Provisional liquidator appointed to family business that ran Donegal hotelCourt hears claims the hotel has been left ‘vacant and unprotected’Mon May 13 2024 - 19:39
Bord Pleanála to reconsider application for 463 Leopardstown homes following court challengesPlanning authority acknowledged its original decision on planning permission was flawedMon May 13 2024 - 16:24
Man allegedly involved with credit card scam fails to overturn order for $700,000 to be given to StateThe High Court declared in 2011 that the sum was the proceeds of crimeSun May 12 2024 - 09:22
Marc Godart firm did not own property from which tenant was unlawfully evicted, court toldMr Justice Brian Cregan said the disclosure raises a ‘host’ of questionsFri May 10 2024 - 16:42
Judge hails ‘vastly improved situation’ for at-risk teen transferred to UK Girl had been sent to a British unit because there were no places for her in an Irish special care centreThu May 09 2024 - 16:37
High Court grants €117,500 judgment against former transport company director The judge found Brian Daly agreed to fully indemnify the plaintiff against losses incurred by the company he directedWed May 08 2024 - 15:57
Mistaken suspect awarded €10,070 for minor injury caused by forced vehicle stop by gardaí The judge said the award must be reasonable and proportionate to a low impact injuryTue May 07 2024 - 19:29
Court should dismiss case against Seán Dunne’s ex-wife in public interest, court toldGayle Killilea is asking the High Court to dismiss 2014 case that alleges Mr Dunne fraudulently transferred shares in a company to her in a bid to defeat his creditorsTue May 07 2024 - 17:36
Judge reserves decision in Enoch Burke case after claim that newspaper’s article a ‘malicious hit job’ Teacher tells High Court Sunday Independent made a ‘grave and serious libel’ and defamed him in an October 2022 pieceFri May 03 2024 - 17:47
Human rights body’s case around homeless male asylum seekers to proceed this monthState’s lawyers tell court an operation to move homeless applicants this week took ‘enormous’ planningFri May 03 2024 - 15:34
Sunday Independent editor does not ‘at all’ accept Enoch Burke was defamed in report about cell moveAlan English said it is ‘eminently’ possible that other prisoners found Mr Burke annoyingThu May 02 2024 - 19:21
Enoch Burke denies reputation tarnished before Sunday Independent articleJailed teacher says students greeted him on return to school after public dispute with a dance ‘flashmob’ and wanted him to sign their shirtsWed May 01 2024 - 18:40
State seeking to appeal High Court finding that designation of UK as ‘safe third country’ unlawfulJudge last month found that the Irish law underpinning the designation did not provide for all of the required safeguardsTue Apr 30 2024 - 19:21
Enoch Burke claims he was ‘held up to ridicule’ in allegedly defamatory newspaper articleJailed teacher, who is suing over Sunday Independent story, says kindness and goodwill of fellow prisoners toward him has never stoppedTue Apr 30 2024 - 17:56
Ammi Burke’s behaviour ‘utterly appalling and egregious’, says judge The court cut short a hearing of her case last week, opting instead to base its decision on written submissionsTue Apr 30 2024 - 16:47
Woman ordered to remove walls, gates and foundations erected without planning permissionDevelopment was carried out on a Co Cork site in ‘complete disregard of planning legislation’, Mr Justice Richard Humphreys saysMon Apr 29 2024 - 19:20
Judge rejects Leitrim council’s move to block use of former hotel as asylum seeker accommodationLocals last year protested in Dromahair over plans for Abbey Manor Hotel, which has been closed since 2009Mon Apr 29 2024 - 16:22
