Meath residents’ planning appeals used as ‘barter’ to extract higher price in land sale, developer claimsPat Lynch and Denise Leavy say Glenveagh’s litigation is designed to intimidateTue Mar 05 2024 - 17:54
Doyle’s pub owner takes High Court action over council’s ‘disproportionate’ demolition requirementDeclan Doyle says he bought a former betting shop to connect it to Doyle’s pub and open a new businessTue Mar 05 2024 - 15:53
Woman deemed ineligible to adopt de facto children due to surrogacy births, court hearsWoman was appointed guardian and joint custodian four years ago but is ‘not their parent as a matter of Irish law’Mon Mar 04 2024 - 19:57
Daughter of convicted criminal John Gilligan takes legal action over refused welfare claimsTracey Gilligan issues court proceedings, alleging she is being treated differently because of her familial connectionsMon Mar 04 2024 - 16:28
Man’s access to his children will be terminated if he fails drug test, court rulesCourt told wife found messages on man’s phone suggesting extramarital relationship and appearent engagement in ‘chemsex’Fri Mar 01 2024 - 18:06
Revenue secures provisional liquidator appointment for operator of Dublin pubRevenue claims it is owed €572,000 from Castor Ventures Ltd, which operates Mulligan & Haines on Dame StreetFri Mar 01 2024 - 17:17
Tusla breached ‘explicit and unambiguous’ duty, says Supreme Court as it dismisses appealsThe five-judge court dismissed agency’s appeals against two sets of High Court ordersThu Feb 29 2024 - 06:00
Minister’s designation of South Africa as ‘safe country of origin’ should be struck down, court toldApplicants allege designation ‘irrational’ and should be quashed by the High CourtTue Feb 27 2024 - 19:11
Supreme Court rules assignee of company can, in principle, pursue court action in place of firmThe court allowed the appeal by Eugene McCool, substituted as plaintiff for McCool Controls and Engineering LimitedTue Feb 27 2024 - 17:33
Company linked to comedian John Bishop secures €1 million judgment against tech investorThe court heard the defendants defaulted on a settlement agreement reached last yearTue Feb 27 2024 - 15:03
Insolvency plan approved for widow (70) with €2.4m debts to allow her remain in Cork homeHigh Court also approves insolvency plans for retired handyman and solicitorMon Feb 26 2024 - 19:00
South Dublin residents take High Court action against 600-plus housing project in MilltownAn Bord Pleanála approved the 636-apartment scheme following a previous court challenge to 661-home, mainly ‘build to rent’ planMon Feb 26 2024 - 18:36
DAA challenge to notice restricting night-time flights to be heard in MarchAirport operator warns it could be forced to cancel thousands of flightsMon Feb 26 2024 - 18:04
Denis O’Brien can reassert ‘truth and honest opinion’ defence to solicitors’ defamation claims, court rulesThe billionaire and his spokesman, James Morrissey, are being sued over a 2016 press releaseFri Feb 23 2024 - 17:42
High Court reserves ruling in cases arguing UK’s Rwanda plan invalidates ‘safe third country’ statusMs Justice Siobhán Phelan says she hopes ruling will not be delayed but it will take time as there is ‘a lot to consider’Fri Feb 23 2024 - 17:00
Child born in Ireland to mother with subsidiary protection not entitled to Irish passport, High Court rulesJudge says temporal restriction on mother’s right of residence prevents child’s automatic entitlement to citizenshipThu Feb 22 2024 - 17:53
Developer can defend planning permission in case An Bord Pleanála conceded, Supreme Court rulesArdstone Homes wants to prevent a revocation of approval it secured for 241 apartments near Dublin mountainsThu Feb 22 2024 - 16:26
State argues UK’s Rwanda policy does not exist legally or apply in High Court casesUK supreme court found policy unlawful due to leaving deportees open to human rights breachesWed Feb 21 2024 - 18:23
High Court grants €82,000 judgment for damage caused to south Dublin home by jacuzzi leakJudge found issue caused by inadequate tighting of the pipe connection during installationWed Feb 21 2024 - 13:29
High Court begins hearing lead cases arguing UK is not a safe third country due to Rwanda policyFollowing Brexit, the Minister for Justice designated the UK as a 'safe third country' to which asylum seekers can be returnedTue Feb 20 2024 - 17:42
Dispute between shareholders in Walls Construction set for mediation, court hearsProposed scheme would recognise and incentivise next generation of management, chief executive of building firm saysMon Feb 19 2024 - 16:18
High Court judge not convinced man’s trip in supermarket was accidentalIvan Bubak alleged that he caught his foot on the wheel of a trolley and fell, sustaining injuriesFri Feb 16 2024 - 16:24
High Court prohibits State from transferring Algerian asylum seeker to Spain until legal action resolvedJudge acknowledges ‘serious prejudice’ to State, but said Minister for Justice should not benefit from her failureFri Feb 16 2024 - 14:25
Court hears man’s appeal against conviction for murdering drinking companionMark Crawford is serving a mandatory life sentence for murdering Patrick ‘Pa’ O’Connor (24) in 2018Thu Feb 15 2024 - 21:00
Permission for 131 rental apartments in Clontarf overturned by High CourtJudge found flaws in An Bord Pleanála’s consideration of proposed open space and local transport capacityThu Feb 15 2024 - 14:54
Supreme Court to consider whether alleged sexual violence victims have certain privacy rights Man accused of historic offences wants access to a range of material about every incident in which complainant alleges she has suffered abuseWed Feb 14 2024 - 13:05
Sipo says complaint about Varadkar not part of its remitPaul Murphy’s lawyers said reasoning for rejecting his complaint ‘legally inadequate’Tue Feb 13 2024 - 18:30
Financial fund loses appeal over €4.68 million debt write-off for salesmanThe Court of Appeal rejected all grounds raised by Promontoria Aran LimitedTue Feb 13 2024 - 15:49
Leitrim council issues proceedings over plan to house asylum seekers in hotelHotel owner has brought separate but related case over council’s decision to invalidate its building compliance certificateMon Feb 12 2024 - 19:22
Gayle Killilea, ex-wife of Seán Dunne, asks court to dismiss 2014 case against herA US jury found in 2019 that Mr Dunne had fraudulently transferred millions of euro in assets to Ms KillileaMon Feb 12 2024 - 18:03
Case brought by builder Joe Cosgrave’s widow over shareholding in companies to be mediated, court hearsThe defendants maintain they have acted properly and in the best interests of the groupMon Feb 12 2024 - 17:43
Reducing man’s maintenance payments would place ‘intolerable’ burden on ex-wife, says judgeThe mother could not work due to her caring obligations to the former couple’s childrenFri Feb 09 2024 - 18:45
Supreme Court refuses to allow Dublin City Council make further appeal over Johnny Ronan tower heightsCourt of Appeal held last June that An Bord Pleanála was entitled to permit height increases for Dublin dockland apartment schemesFri Feb 09 2024 - 12:47
Woman who required above-knee amputation settles High Court personal injuries caseFrances O’Brien alleged she was seen by multiple doctors who failed to carry out a vascular examination of herThu Feb 08 2024 - 18:48
HSE recruitment freeze delaying handling of child disability complaints, court hearsMs Justice Niamh Hyland said there are a handful of new cases each week concerning the handling of child disability assessments which is a “very bad use of court time and of legal costs”Wed Feb 07 2024 - 15:49
High Court temporarily halts HSE’s disciplinary inquiry into claims against surgeonConsultant raised a fair issue to be tried that warranted restraining the investigation as currently convened, judge findsTue Feb 06 2024 - 21:19
Revenue granted legal costs of obtaining €2.5m tax and interest judgment against Dublin landlordMr Justice Michael Quinn says result of case is ‘very clear’ and defence of it delayed collection of taxesTue Feb 06 2024 - 16:51
Sipo agrees to order quashing its refusal to provide The Ditch with political donation statementPublisher brought case after being refused a copy of Leo Varadkar’s 2022 annual donation statement last AugustTue Feb 06 2024 - 15:29
Prisoner fails to secure release of dog that allegedly bit garda during arrestKevin O’Keeffe was arrested at his home in January 2023, when, it is alleged, his dog bit one of the gardaí presentSat Feb 03 2024 - 09:56
Potato farm liable for €88,000 damage to orchard caused by herbicide drift, court rules Judge found employee of potato farm acted negligently in spraying herbicide on windy dayFri Feb 02 2024 - 15:42
High Court orders businessman not to interfere with contract for asylum seeker accommodationCompany has paid the businessman €1.47 million on foot of May 2022 contracts with the State, court hearsThu Feb 01 2024 - 20:28
Monaghan jeans manufacturer ‘dishonestly’ copied Diesel trademark since 1979, judge rulesItalian-based Diesel SPA is entitled to register the trademark in Ireland, the High Court has foundThu Feb 01 2024 - 19:50
District Court directs pub group JD Wetherspoon to pay €6,500 to Traveller woman refused serviceFormer minister Mary Hanafin and retired garda gave evidence in support of discrimination caseWed Jan 31 2024 - 17:47
Tusla to meet contempt allegations ‘head-on’, High Court toldTusla’s lawyers say it is ‘not clear’ what role case can play in resolving boy’s situationWed Jan 31 2024 - 17:04
Widow sues local authority over alleged personal injuries arising from husband’s death at workVincent O’Brien died on December 31st 2019 while conducting maintenance work at a water treatment facilityWed Jan 31 2024 - 16:29
O’Connell Street hotel expansion proposal that would close popular beer garden challenged in High CourtLast November, An Bord Pleanála upheld permission for an additional 97 hotel rooms at the Holiday Inn ExpressTue Jan 30 2024 - 16:17
Father who won case regarding widowers’ pension calls for clarity on referendum wordingJohn O’Meara says he will be voting in favour of changing the family definition and would encourage everybody to ‘get out and vote’Sat Jan 27 2024 - 06:00
State to argue obligations to homeless asylum seekers met by providing €113.80 weekly allowanceWatchdog alleges Government failure to provide suitable reception conditions to meet basic needs of asylum seekersFri Jan 26 2024 - 17:31
Firm contesting man’s personal injuries action alleging he caught Covid-19 in meat factoryDeputy Master of High Court John Glennon says this is first such action that has come before himThu Jan 25 2024 - 18:11
State disputes human rights body’s ability to pursue aspects of case over homeless asylum seekersThe case is Irish human rights watchdog’s first invocation of its statutory powers under section 41 of the IHREC ActThu Jan 25 2024 - 14:59
