Retired cleric tries to prevent trial on sexual assault chargesA retired Christian Brother has taken High Court proceedings in an attempt to prevent his trial proceeding on charges of sexual…Tue Nov 30 1999 - 00:00
Conspiracy case by former CIE head rejectedThe former CIE chairman, Mr Dermot O'Leary, has been refused leave by the High Court to bring a claim that two senior civil servants…Sat Nov 27 1999 - 00:00
Challenge to expulsions from school over cannabis adjournedA high Court judge yesterday adjourned a challenge by two Leaving Certificate students to their expulsion from their private …Fri Nov 26 1999 - 00:00
Expert to assess autistic man's needsAn application by an ill, "sad and frightened" autistic man for orders directing the State and Southern Health Board to provide…Thu Nov 25 1999 - 00:00
Autistic man (21) seeks education court orderAn autistic man, whose parents claim he was physically and sexually abused while a resident at a centre at Lota, Cork, run by…Wed Nov 24 1999 - 00:00
Injured jockey gets £72,500 to start businessFormer jockey Shane Broderick, who is paralysed from the neck down as a result of a fall at Fairyhouse two years ago, is to set…Tue Nov 23 1999 - 00:00
Orange wins extra time to file court papersThe Supreme Court yesterday gave Orange a further week in which to file papers responding to an appeal against the High Court…Sat Nov 20 1999 - 00:00
Expelled pupils challenge school rulingTwo teenagers due to sit their Leaving Certificate next year yesterday took a High Court challenge to their school's decision…Sat Nov 20 1999 - 00:00
High Court to hear complaints on method of dredging valued wetlandThe Supreme Court has directed that the High Court should determine a complaint by a coastal campaigner, Ms Karin Dubsky, that…Thu Nov 18 1999 - 00:00
Extradition of Brixton prison escaper would be fruitless, court toldIt would be fruitless to extradite the Brixton prison escaper, Mr Nessan Quinlivan, to Britain because, under the terms of the…Wed Nov 17 1999 - 00:00
Ex-CIE head claims conspiracy in removalFormer CIE chairman Mr Dermot O'Leary is seeking to bring a High Court claim that two senior civil servants engaged in a conspiracy…Tue Nov 16 1999 - 00:00
Mother staged school sit-in with autistic son, court toldThe mother of a severely disabled and autistic man agreed in the High Court yesterday that she had "squatted" her son in a classroom…Sat Nov 13 1999 - 00:00
98FM chairman awarded £250,000 in libel case taken against `Irish Mirror'98FM chairman Mr Denis O'Brien was awarded £250,000 damages and costs at the High Court yesterday after a jury found he was libelled…Fri Nov 12 1999 - 00:00
EHB stance patronising, court hearsThe Eastern Health Board has been accused at the High Court of adopting an attitude of "patriarchal patronisation" in seeking…Fri Nov 12 1999 - 00:00
Health board contests coroner's decision to investigate possible role of vaccine in deathThe Eastern Health Board is challenging a decision by the Dublin City Coroner to investigate any role the pertussis or three-…Thu Nov 11 1999 - 00:00
Autism expert claims centre in Cork would be shut down in USA centre providing education for the mentally disabled in Cork would be shut down by the US authorities because of the absence…Thu Nov 11 1999 - 00:00
DPP's appeal against `lenient' sentence for drugs refusedAn appeal by the DPP against a "lenient" 18-month sentence for drug offences imposed on a Dublin man, described as a main heroin…Tue Nov 09 1999 - 00:00
State is sued over failure to educate handicapped autistic manThe mother of an autistic and profoundly handicapped man has taken an unprecedented High Court action alleging the State has …Wed Nov 03 1999 - 00:00
Disturbed boy again returned to St Patrick'sA 16-year-old boy with psychiatric and psychological difficulties was returned to St Patrick's Institution again yesterday by…Wed Nov 03 1999 - 00:00
Dispute on £130,000 solicitors' bill in medical case settledA YOUNG woman who was awarded damages of almost £600,000 in January for the misdiagnosis of a growth condition in her leg, yesterday…Sat Oct 30 1999 - 01:00
Judgment on RTE appeal reservedRTE has urged the Supreme Court to "consider carefully" the consequences of upholding a High Court decision that the station'…Fri Oct 29 1999 - 01:00
Equality at referendum `a basic requirement'The State was seeking to reverse the Supreme Court decision in the McKenna case which prevents the Government from using public…Thu Oct 28 1999 - 01:00
Appeal as wetlands action is dismissedThe coastal campaigner Karin Dubsky complained in the High Court yesterday that works aimed at creating alternative feeding grounds…Sat Oct 23 1999 - 01:00
High Court case unable to go ahead as no judge is availableAn action by the parents of a brain-damaged man against the Southern Health Board could not proceed at the High Court yesterday…Fri Oct 22 1999 - 01:00
Promoters of Kilkenny firm sue IDA for negligenceThe English promoters of a company in Co Kilkenny have sued the Industrial Development Authority for more than £2 millionThu Oct 21 1999 - 01:00
Glen of the Downs ruling challengedWicklow County Council was not entitled to construct a dual carriageway through the Glen of the Downs without changes to legislation…Wed Oct 20 1999 - 01:00
Former care worker appeals abuse convictionA former care worker at Trudder House residential centre, Co Wicklow, has appealed his conviction and seven-year jail sentence…Tue Oct 19 1999 - 01:00
Drug nearly killed patient, court toldA pregnant woman almost died and remains seriously brain-damaged after bleeding heavily because she was wrongly given a drug …Fri Oct 15 1999 - 01:00
Eircom brings High Court appeal against regulator's decisionEircom has brought a High Court appeal against a decision of the Director of Telecommunications Regulation on how the company…Tue Oct 12 1999 - 01:00
`Disturbed' girl who absconded from EHB care concerns judgeA high court judge expressed concern yesterday that a "profoundly disturbed" girl had absconded from Eastern Health Board care…Tue Oct 12 1999 - 01:00
Supreme Court rejects tribunal appeal against Lawlor rulingThe Flood tribunal failed at the Supreme Court yesterday to overturn a High Court ruling in favour of Dublin West TD Mr Liam …Sat Oct 09 1999 - 01:00
Council defends conditions and standard of facilities at west Dublin Travellers' siteSouth Dublin County Council yesterday defended a temporary site for Travellers in west Dublin as an appropriate place for temporary…Thu Oct 07 1999 - 01:00
`Slovenly' Garda investigation cuts short sex assault trialThe trial of a man on sex charges relating to an alleged assault on a teenage boy in 1977 was stopped by a High Court judge yesterday…Wed Oct 06 1999 - 01:00
Mobile licence process biased to favour Meteor over Orange, says judgeDraft reports from the evaluators of applicants for the State's third mobile phone licence were altered to generate a result …Wed Oct 06 1999 - 01:00
Man on welfare to challenge court feesA Dublin man in receipt of social welfare payments was given leave at the High Court yesterday to challenge the constitutionality…Tue Oct 05 1999 - 01:00
Regulator to appeal as Orange wins action on licenceThe High Court last night overturned the decision to award the third national mobile phone licence to Meteor Communications and…Tue Oct 05 1999 - 01:00
Revenue may appoint liquidatorAn application by the Revenue Commissioners for the appointment of a provisional liquidator to Transgold, a Dublin haulage firm…Tue Oct 05 1999 - 01:00
X case offender is reported accused of sexual assault while driving taxiA garda spokeswoman yesterday would neither confirm nor deny reports that the man at the centre of the 1992 X case was again …Mon Sept 20 1999 - 01:00
Mountjoy violence to hasten opening of Cloverhill jailViolence at Mountjoy prison during the weekend, after which seven prison officers received hospital treatment, could speed up…Mon Sept 20 1999 - 01:00
Republic policy can aid Irish in North - expertA question mark hangs over the development of the Irish language in Northern Ireland if the Republic "continues with policies…Mon Sept 20 1999 - 01:00
Seven killed in weekend road accidentsSeven people died in separate road accidents, North and South, over the weekend.Mon Sept 20 1999 - 01:00
Father of 3 falls to his death from tower blockA father of three who fell to his death from the fifth floor of a Ballymun tower block early yesterday was the eldest son of …Sat Sept 18 1999 - 01:00
Methadone is a factor in many Dublin deaths linked to drugsA pioneering study of the mortality risks of methadone has raised concern about the number of deaths in Dublin city in which …Thu Sept 16 1999 - 01:00
TDs write to Moderator over demolition of churchTDs in the Dublin South East constituency have written to the Moderator of the Presbyterian Church in Ireland urging him to intervene…Thu Sept 16 1999 - 01:00
Decision to demolish church criticisedThe Green Party TD for Dublin South East, Mr John Gormley, has accused the Presbyterian Residential Trust (PRT) of being "less…Wed Sept 15 1999 - 01:00
CORI wants new arrangements for social partnershipAlternative procedures for negotiating social partnership arrangements, which would ensure "maximum benefits for the State and…Wed Sept 15 1999 - 01:00
Clonakilty adds to Cork's 1999 trophy haulClonakilty, the west Cork town famous for its black pudding, has won this year's Tidy Towns competition with a record number …Tue Sept 14 1999 - 01:00
A Green Town competition for the millenniumA new Green Town 2000 competition, to promote environmental sustainability at local level, has emerged from a review of the Tidy…Tue Sept 14 1999 - 01:00
IFPA asks how soon problem will finally be confrontedThere was a general welcome for the Green Paper from pro-choice advocates yesterdaySat Sept 11 1999 - 01:00
Catholic bishops to read paper carefully, but want referendumThe Catholic bishops are to study the Green Paper carefully and will obviously be contributing to the public discussion on it…Sat Sept 11 1999 - 01:00
