Stay-at-home father’s child maintenance doubledMan has full custody of two teenage children while ex-wife earns net pay of €620 a weekThu Jan 30 2014 - 01:01
Grandparents to have access twice a month to infant of deceased sonMother believes they blame her for deathTue Jan 28 2014 - 01:00
Fire continues for third day at waste plant in south DublinAsbestos among materials stored at Oxigen recycling facilityMon Jan 27 2014 - 01:00
Oxigen hopes to redeploy ‘as many staff as possible’ following fire at Dublin waste plantSome 60 people employed at waste facilityMon Jan 27 2014 - 01:00
Fire services continue to battle recycling plant blazeOxigen spokesman hopeful 120 staff can be redeployed to avoid job lossesSun Jan 26 2014 - 18:42
Murder victim’s death ‘a shocking why without an answer’Hundreds attend removal of Tom O’Gorman at Castleknock churchThu Jan 23 2014 - 20:05
Columnist John Waters resigns from broadcasting bodyJournalist was appointed to BAI in 2009Thu Jan 23 2014 - 16:25
Father of two children in State care asks judge to reinstate access via SkypeChildren’s mother made no effort to see boys over Christmas, says father in another caseThu Jan 23 2014 - 01:00
Man fails to get protection order against ex-partner he claims threatened himNew legislation allows limited reporting of childcare and family law casesWed Jan 22 2014 - 01:00
Baby of drug addicts to remain in care until aged 18Older children were neglected and abused, says Judge Colin Daly at Family CourtTue Jan 21 2014 - 07:31
Judges and journalists make progress on right to report family and childcare casesFamily courts seemed a little stunned by glare of attention during their first few days of being open to the mediaSat Jan 18 2014 - 01:00
Genetic father gets custody of infants born abroad to surrogateIn separate case, woman married for three months before learning husband already had wifeFri Jan 17 2014 - 01:01
Case of row over a skip heard in Family CourtMan granted sole custody of son and order to pay maintenance to his wife dischargedThu Jan 16 2014 - 01:00
‘Crisis’ in secure provision for children because of shortage of beds, judge saysGuardian tells court system is ‘criminalising a child’ due to inappropriate placementWed Jan 15 2014 - 01:00
Family court grants protection to woman who was ‘punched and kicked’ by partnerMan with €7,960 in maintenance arrears for two teenagers has wages garnished by courtTue Jan 14 2014 - 01:01
Surrogacy, abortion and legal limbo to feature in RTÉ documentaryIndian woman paid €4,400 to carry twins for Irish couple in their 50sMon Jan 13 2014 - 07:28
Plan for new Dún Laoghaire town hall to be droppedSmaller chairs will be used to accommodate increased number of councillorsSat Jan 11 2014 - 08:33
Legislation not needed to improve insolvency process, service director saysChanges to law ‘neither contemplated nor necessary’, says Lorcan O’ConnorSat Jan 11 2014 - 01:00
Decisions will have to be made on parts of coast to ‘let go’Coastal defences deemed too expensive to protect all areas vulnerable to erosionThu Jan 09 2014 - 07:58
Guidelines for collating sepsis data not in placeProposals made by HSE last June after an investigation into Halappanavar caseMon Jan 06 2014 - 09:17
Fitness-to-practise inquiries for nurses, midwives in publicFour nurses and one midwife struck off in 2013 following 13 inquiriesFri Jan 03 2014 - 08:10
Housing charity warns of looming crisis due to increasing cost of rental accommodationMore than 50 per cent of rent supplement recipients top up their rent, charity saysThu Jan 02 2014 - 01:00
Medical Council to bring out new guidelines following commencement of abortion lawProtection of Life During Pregnancy Act commenced by Minister for Health yesterdayThu Jan 02 2014 - 01:00
Application lodged for artificial beach at Dún Laoghaire harbourPlan includes floating swimming pool with heated seawater built on bargeTue Dec 31 2013 - 01:00
Just eleven debt resolutions initiated in courtOne applicant given final court approval for debt settlement arrangementMon Dec 30 2013 - 01:00
Hundreds seeking insolvency hit by delayLegal flaws mean no debt relief notices approved for those owing €20,000 or lessMon Dec 30 2013 - 01:00
Banks failing to help distressed mortgage-holders, says Phoenix ProjectCharity calls on banks to offer more permanent solutions to borrowers in difficultyMon Dec 30 2013 - 01:00
Haughey government considered bequest of studMinister for finance warned acquisition could only result in ‘heavier exchequer liabilities’Sun Dec 29 2013 - 22:03
Departments divided over the value of the government jet, 1983 papers showAircraft was branded ‘a very expensive and luxurious facility’Sat Dec 28 2013 - 01:00
Warning of ‘chaos’ on airwaves from pirate stations in 1983Airwave interference rendered ambulance radio systems ‘useless’, government was warnedSat Dec 28 2013 - 01:00
Widow of murdered British ambassador referred to as ‘pushy’ by private secretaryState papers show official’s letter to Haughey said Jane Ewart-Biggs was ‘bothersome’Fri Dec 27 2013 - 01:00
State papers from 1983 show drive to rein in spending on government entertainingFine Gael-Labour coalition tried to reduce spending in wake of Fianna Fáil largesseFri Dec 27 2013 - 01:00
First debt settlement arrangement gets final approval at Monaghan Circuit CourtCreditors to be paid just over 20% of money they are owedThu Dec 19 2013 - 01:00
Employee arrangments at Oireachtas ‘bizarre’, tribunal findsSacked parliamentary assistant only wanted “dignity to retire”, employment tribunal toldWed Dec 18 2013 - 10:50
Separated mother of special needs child declared bankrupt at the High CourtIn other, ‘questionable’ case, 18-year-old borrower was given mortage without completing a loan formTue Dec 17 2013 - 14:18
Former Priory Hall resident to get share of McFeely bath cashNew owners of Ailesbury Road house donate their €5,000 share of reward to Stephanie MeehanMon Dec 16 2013 - 23:33
A finger in the Christmas puddingAn Irishwoman’s Diary: All the family get a slice of the actionMon Dec 16 2013 - 01:00
Doctor tried to use scalpel to put tube in patient’s hand, hears medical councilNurse believed doctor not medically qualifiedSat Dec 14 2013 - 01:02
Doctor did not recognise high pulse rate, medical inquiry toldMedic facing 12 allegations of misconduct was viewing X-ray upside down, nurse saysFri Dec 13 2013 - 12:31
First bankruptcies declared under new three-year regimeFour of seven bankruptcies are personal applications with no legal assistanceWed Dec 11 2013 - 07:54
Dún Laoghaire sculpture to be sent back to artist‘Gateway’ creator Michael Warren supportive of artwork’s return, councillors toldTue Dec 10 2013 - 08:12
M&S stores close as 2,000 workers strikeDefined benefit pension scheme closed despite ‘surplus’, Mandate union saysSat Dec 07 2013 - 12:50
Bankrupts will not automatically lose family home, bankruptcy trustee saysMortgage may continue if cost ‘reasonable’, says Chris LehanWed Dec 04 2013 - 01:00
Judge warns of ‘snake-oil salesmen’ who take advantage of vulnerable peopleCouple lose home they had put into trust to protect it from repossessionTue Dec 03 2013 - 01:00
Bankruptcy changes expected to begin todayLegislation to be commenced by Minister for Justice to shorten bankruptcy to three yearsTue Dec 03 2013 - 01:00
Jockey Ruby Walsh opposes wind farms near studsWind industry business labels concerns a ‘non-issue’Tue Dec 03 2013 - 01:00
European judgments look to address anti-gay discriminationAn asylum seeker cannot be expected to conceal his homosexuality in his country of origin to avoid persecution, court rulesMon Dec 02 2013 - 01:03
Fáilte Ireland warns pylons may damage character of countrysideTourism authority met with Eirgrid to discuss the proposed new power linesFri Nov 29 2013 - 13:26
Construction of 37 new schools to begin in 2014Thirty-three other schools to have extension projects startedFri Nov 29 2013 - 12:32
Number of bankruptcies up by quarter in 2013Friends First Finance took largest number of cases, with 11 successful petitionsWed Nov 27 2013 - 07:09
