Meteor gets all-clear as court rules in its favourA Supreme Court decision yesterday has cleared the way for the award of the State's third mobile phone licence to Meteor Communications…Fri May 19 2000 - 01:00
Minister seeks order to keep girl in hospitalThe Minister of State for Children, Ms Mary Hanafin, has applied to the High Court for an order directing the continued detention…Fri May 19 2000 - 01:00
Minister asked to reconsider girl's detentionA High Court judge has asked that the Minister of State for Children, Ms Mary Hanafin, be informed of a consultant psychiatrist…Thu May 18 2000 - 01:00
Court to decide fate of disturbed teenage girlA High Court judge today has to decide whether to return a traumatised teenage girl to a locked, adult psychiatric unit or to…Wed May 17 2000 - 01:00
Boy regrets revealing that he was sexually abused, mother saysThe mother of an extremely disturbed, mildly mentally handicapped teenage boy, who is described as a real danger to himself and…Sat May 13 2000 - 01:00
Man challenges order for extradition to BritainA Dublin man, Mr Andrew Martin, is challenging an order for his extradition to Britain on charges of conspiracy to cause explosions…Fri May 12 2000 - 01:00
Court says appeal on detaining girl at mental hospital cannot be heardThe Supreme Court has said it is not in a position at this stage to hear an appeal to determine the legality or otherwise of …Thu May 11 2000 - 01:00
State failure criticised as girl sent to psychiatric unitA seriously at risk teenage girl, who is not psychiatrically ill but is greatly traumatised following sexual abuse as a child…Wed May 10 2000 - 01:00
Application for Reynolds lodgment rejectedA High Court judge yesterday said there was no evidence before him to support a claim by a Derry building firm that the former…Tue May 09 2000 - 01:00
High Court grants order restraining MilluraThe High Court has granted an order restraining Millura Enterprises from impeding a receiver in carrying on the business of the…Tue May 09 2000 - 01:00
Action against Romania refused, court toldThe Department of Justice has refused a request by a solicitor that the Government take legal action obliging Romania to adhere…Sat May 06 2000 - 01:00
Judgment is reserved in `youth' radio licence caseA decision is expected within three weeks on a High Court challenge to the Independent Radio and Television Commission's decision…Fri May 05 2000 - 01:00
Judge criticises lack of secure facility for disturbed girl (15)It was "a matter of great regret" that, in 2000, the best the State could offer an extremely disturbed, out of control teenage…Thu May 04 2000 - 01:00
IRTC member denies bias over radio licenceAn Independent Radio and Television Commission member, Dr Colum Kenny, has strongly denied claims that he was biased against …Wed May 03 2000 - 01:00
Quinlivan extradition appeal dismissedBrixton prison escaper Mr Nessan Quinlivan was taken into Garda custody yesterday after the High Court dismissed his appeal against…Sat Apr 15 2000 - 01:00
500 Army deafness cases due for next law term adjournedMore than 500 Army deafness cases listed for hearing in the Dublin High Court next term have been adjourned in the hope they …Sat Apr 15 2000 - 01:00
Cerebral palsy boy loses court action alleging negligenceA young boy suffering from cerebral palsy yesterday lost his High Court action alleging negligence in the circumstances of his…Sat Apr 08 2000 - 01:00
Keeping girl in CMH a disgrace - judgeA High Court judge said it was "a disgrace" that he had no option but to return a profoundly disturbed girl back to the Central…Thu Mar 30 2000 - 01:00
MMI Stockbrokers director decides not to sue liquidatorThe liquidator of Money Markets International Stockbrokers (MMI) will not be apologising for his decision to institute proceedings…Wed Mar 29 2000 - 01:00
Disturbed girl being held in `preventive detention'The continuing detention of an extremely disturbed teenage girl at the Central Mental Hospital amounts to "preventive detention…Wed Mar 29 2000 - 01:00
Court to review detention of `high-risk' girl (17)An extremely disturbed 17-year-old girl, described as "extremely high risk", was returned to the Central Mental Hospital yesterday…Sat Mar 25 2000 - 00:00
Place is found for boy after judge's warningA place in a State-run centre has been found for a troubled 13year-old boyWed Mar 22 2000 - 00:00
Disturbed teenager writes to judgeAn extremely disturbed teenage girl who was sent to the Central Mental Hospital earlier this month because there was no appropriate…Wed Mar 22 2000 - 00:00
Appeal against midwife heard in cameraThe Supreme Court yesterday ruled that an appeal by An Bord Altranais against the High Court's decision to lift an injunction…Tue Mar 21 2000 - 00:00
Judge warns State over lack of secure units for troubled childrenA High Court judge warned the State yesterday that he could not allow a situation to continue where the courts were unable to…Tue Mar 21 2000 - 00:00
Judge berates State on care of childrenAn extremely disturbed 14-year-old girl, who almost died after a drugs overdose and who was allegedly raped while in the care…Fri Mar 17 2000 - 00:00
Bank `did not tell horse breeder land he agreed to buy was repossessed'ACCBank never revealed to a horse breeder that a 72-acre holding which he agreed to purchase in Co Wexford six years ago had …Thu Mar 16 2000 - 00:00
Mother raises `special needs' of son with disorderThe State has allocated further funding towards research into Attention Deficit Disorder (ADD) and Attention Deficit Hyperactivity…Wed Mar 15 2000 - 00:00
Directors of MMI Stockbrokers may press for damages from liquidatorThe official liquidator of MMI Stockbrokers Ltd (MMI) has withdrawn his action alleging fraud against seven former directors …Tue Mar 14 2000 - 00:00
Judge `forced' to send young disturbed woman to mental hospitalA High Court judge has ordered that an extremely disturbed young woman who is not mentally ill but is considered a "very serious…Sat Mar 11 2000 - 00:00
Stockbrokers say liquidator has no case in fraud actionThe action by the liquidator of MMI Stockbrokers Limited (MMI) alleging fraud against seven former directors of the company is…Thu Mar 09 2000 - 00:00
MMI Stockbrokers' directors refute liquidator's fraud claimsSeven directors of MMI Stockbrokers Limited (MMI) have strongly refuted allegations of fraud levied against them by the official…Wed Mar 08 2000 - 00:00
Stockbrokers' liquidator can prove case, court toldThe liquidator of MMI Stockbrokers believes he can prove wrongdoing by directors of the company, the High Court was told yesterday…Tue Mar 07 2000 - 00:00
Court confirms sentences on heroin `mules'An attempt by the Director of Public Prosecutions to increase six-year sentences imposed on two Englishmen convicted of bringing…Tue Mar 07 2000 - 00:00
Judge critical of Minister for inaction on children's unitsA High Court judge yesterday said he could not understand why the Minister for Health, Mr Martin, had still not decided whether…Sat Mar 04 2000 - 00:00
High Court to hear pleaAn application by the liquidator of Money Markets International Stockbrokers Limited (MMI) to adjourn proceedings alleging fraud…Thu Mar 02 2000 - 00:00
Kinsale golf club owner challenges access provisionsThe developer of an £8 million golf course at the Old Head of Kinsale in Co Cork is challenging planning conditions requiring…Wed Mar 01 2000 - 00:00
Court approves detention place for girl of 14A troubled 14-year-old girl, described by a consultant psychiatrist as the "saddest child" he had ever met, is to be moved from…Tue Feb 29 2000 - 00:00
MMI Stockbrokers' liquidator seeks adjournmentThe official liquidator of Money Markets International Stockbrokers Ltd (MMI) is to ask the High Court for leave to adjourn an…Tue Feb 29 2000 - 00:00
`Mystified' liquidator looks to drop fraud proceedingsThe official liquidator of Money Markets International Stockbrokers Ltd (MMI) told the High Court yesterday he was "mystified…Thu Feb 24 2000 - 00:00
Dredging halted as complaints about wintering birds upheldThe High Court has upheld complaints by coast-watch campaigner Ms Karin Dubsky about work aimed at creating an alternative feeding…Wed Feb 23 2000 - 00:00
High Court asked to ban newspaper for `advertising sex'An engineer has argued before the High Court that the Examiner newspaper should be banned for carrying advertisements for "adult…Tue Feb 22 2000 - 00:00
Supreme Court criticises Oireachtas inactivityA widow will not have to attend an inquest today into her husband's death after the Supreme Court pointed to deficiencies in …Thu Feb 17 2000 - 00:00
State ordered to disclose papers on efforts by gardai to locate FuscoThe state was ordered by the High Court yesterday to discover all documents on Garda efforts to locate Belfast prison escaper…Tue Feb 15 2000 - 00:00
Evidence concludes in Cork autism caseEvidence concluded yesterday in a lengthy legal action taken by a Co Cork man, who is said to be autistic, against the Minister…Tue Feb 01 2000 - 00:00
Appeal against sentence for sex crimes dismissedThe Court of Criminal Appeal yesterday said it was tragic that a series of sexual crimes, including rape and buggery, which began…Tue Feb 01 2000 - 00:00
Award of mobile licence defendedIt was "mystifying" how the Office of the Director of Telecommunications Regulation (ODTR) can be accused of bias over the decision…Thu Jan 27 2000 - 00:00
Court grants order halting work on Clare golf courseAn interim order stopping work at a controversial development of an 18-hole golf course, 80 holiday homes, chalets and a leisure…Wed Jan 26 2000 - 00:00
Ruling on provocation plea in murder trials soughtA senior judge said yesterday it was "desirable" that the provocation defence in murder trials should be clarified by the Supreme…Tue Jan 25 2000 - 00:00
Orange wanted best of both worlds on bid, court hearsOrange Communications' lack of binding commitments on tariffs in its bid for the State's third mobile phone licence was one issue…Sat Jan 22 2000 - 00:00
