Pensioner’s ‘cruel and senseless’ death continues to haunt family, court toldDPP urges 15-20 year headline sentence over killing of Tom NilandMon Oct 13 2025 - 18:36
Creche manager awarded €51,000 damages after being headbutted by parentQualified lawyer who is estranged from child’s mother assaulted woman in her workplaceSun Oct 12 2025 - 19:00
‘Silence’ and ‘evasion’ as family seek answers over father’s death in ambulance fireChristopher Byrne (79) died after an ambulance in which he was a patient burst into flamesSun Oct 12 2025 - 06:00
Man who said wife tried to hit him with stiletto-heeled boot gets protection orderWife had aimed shotgun at ex-husband and ‘might do the same to me’, court hears Sun Oct 12 2025 - 06:00
Two men were ‘shot to death’ and Dublin woman was part of ‘a team’ with boyfriend, jury toldProsecution will say Ruth Lawrence ‘spoke openly’ about murders and disposing of the bodiesThu Oct 09 2025 - 16:30
Planning approval for Aldi Moyross store overturned by High CourtExisting shopping centre opposed permission for stand-alone Aldi storeWed Oct 08 2025 - 16:59
Judge warns ‘real risk’ of jail over actions by Puska family after Ashling Murphy murderMurderer’s two brothers withheld information from gardaí and their wives burnt his clothesTue Oct 07 2025 - 16:09
‘All business issues’ at Conor McGregor’s brewery ‘have been, or will be, resolved’, firm says Statement made after two creditors issued court proceedings against Forged Stout Production over alleged debtsSun Oct 05 2025 - 19:07
Wife ‘terrified’ to sleep in same bed as husband who threatens to rape her, court hearsMan denies being angry and aggressive, making threats or comments about couple’s intimate relationsSun Oct 05 2025 - 06:00
New legal term: a woman’s double murder trial, DJ Carey’s fraud sentence and Conor McGregor’s application Supreme Court panel to decide if it will hear appeal by Conor McGregor over Nikita Hand’s civil action victorySun Oct 05 2025 - 06:00
‘Better quality’ planning decisions would mean fewer judicial reviews - Bar council chairSeán Guerin SC says decision-making failure over planning for Dublin drainage project ‘not the fault of judicial review’ Sat Oct 04 2025 - 06:00
Amount of judicial review planning litigation a ‘significant’ concern, says AGMany believe system ‘too favourable’ to objectors, conference hearsFri Oct 03 2025 - 06:00
Crime victims in Ireland expected to get higher State compensation after European court rulingVictim of violent assault awarded €645 compensation challenged exclusion of ‘pain and suffering’ from schemeThu Oct 02 2025 - 17:49
Conor McGregor’s stout firm sued by suppliers over alleged €240,000 debtsOne supplier is seeking order to wind up the company over alleged debt of about €36,000Wed Oct 01 2025 - 15:44
Hospital secures orders allowing it administer chemotherapy to woman with advanced cancer Woman faces fatal outcome unless she gets treatment, High Court toldMon Sept 29 2025 - 16:28
Ex-employees of car dealership fail to stop trials over alleged theft and forgeryAlleged offences relate mainly to onward sale of traded-in vehiclesMon Sept 29 2025 - 15:39
Online dispute resolution and AI ‘could revolutionise’ Irish courts system - judgeOnline dispute resolutionMon Sept 29 2025 - 06:00
Couple ‘living on borrowed time’ fail to have insolvency arrangements approvedCo Kilkenny couple had ‘very little engagement’ with lenders who got order for possession in 2016Sun Sept 28 2025 - 13:57
High Court refuses to order X to reinstate account of cryptocurrency influencerX was entitled to suspend account, judge saysFri Sept 26 2025 - 16:30
Fund entitled to €4.85m judgment against developer Tom Doran‘Canny businessman’ was ‘not deceived into taking any step’ when loans advanced to buy Westmeath lands says judgeFri Sept 26 2025 - 15:52
Support service for victims in court is ‘invaluable’, says former State pathologist Demand for voluntary service rising as it marks 20 years of supporting victims of crime and their familiesFri Sept 26 2025 - 10:00
Father urges State to help him get toddler daughter back to Ireland in ‘heart-rending’ caseChild taken by her mother to Poland without her father’s consent in dispute over medical treatmentWed Sept 24 2025 - 18:45
Academic seeks to challenge ‘unlawful’ nomination process for presidential electionProcess has turned election into ‘complete farce’, claims Dr Cora Stack Wed Sept 24 2025 - 17:55
Judge approves survival scheme saving 138 jobs at Cavan recycling plantWellman International has been based in Mullagh for more than 50 years Tue Sept 23 2025 - 16:51
Father fails to overturn secure care refusal for teenage son involved with drugs gangSocial workers made three referrals in a year for secure care due to ‘extremely significant’ risk to boyMon Sept 22 2025 - 18:14
Court protection extended for Galway man pursuing insolvency arrangement over €8.5m debts More time may help achieve ‘amicable resolution’ over debts, High Court toldMon Sept 22 2025 - 17:47
Ireland’s judge on Europe’s human rights court says court facing ‘serious test’ Event marking 50 years of Law Reform Commission hears of ‘chilling’ cases before human rights courtSun Sept 21 2025 - 06:00
Row over State failure to accommodate asylum seekers may go to Supreme CourtThe Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission is seeking leave to appeal finding State did not breach human dignity rights of international protection applicantsThu Sept 18 2025 - 16:21
Conor McGregor seeks permission from Supreme Court for further appeal over ruling in favour of Nikita Hand Lawyer says ‘lip service’ paid by courts to right to silence of McGregor Thu Sept 18 2025 - 12:56
Man with €161 recorded income loses appeal over finding house and cash funded by drug money Dermot Calvert was ‘primary target’ of Criminal Assets Bureau investigation, appeal court saidTue Sept 16 2025 - 16:15
Former attorney general to challenge Slane bypass planning approval in High CourtJohn Rogers says his lands and Unesco World Heritage Site will be affected by projectMon Sept 15 2025 - 19:28
DPP to appeal court ruling affecting thousands of drink-driving prosecutionsHigh Court decision identifies road traffic law inconsistencyMon Sept 15 2025 - 06:00
Interim examiner appointed to renewable energy firm Arena Capital PartnersCompany apologises to holders of €111m in debt over failure to adequately communicate with them in recent months Fri Sept 12 2025 - 19:25
‘Inspirational’ human rights lawyer Conor Gearty dies aged 67President Michael D Higgins leads tributes for Longford-born law professor and author Fri Sept 12 2025 - 18:17
X gets stay on temporary orders requiring it to reinstate account of cryptocurrency analystAnalyst claims he is $20,000 a month out of pocket and followers at risk of being scammed by alleged impersonator accounts Fri Sept 12 2025 - 15:21
Survival plan could save 138 jobs at Co Cavan recycling firm, examiner saysBusiness manufactures recycled polyester fibre products from used plastic bottles and polyester waste Fri Sept 12 2025 - 06:00
Cryptocurrency analyst gets temporary court order requiring X to reinstate his accountAnalyst claims he is losing up to $20,000 dollars monthly due to suspensionThu Sept 11 2025 - 17:09
Garda who engaged in sexual act with woman in station challenges fresh suspensionGarda Raymond Hegarty claims suspension decision is unlawful and irrationalWed Sept 10 2025 - 20:09
Showjumper’s ex-partner denies he lacked authority to remove horses from equestrian centreFive horses to be held in independent care pending outcome of dispute, with sixth and most valuable horse subject of separate caseWed Sept 10 2025 - 18:31
Inis Oírr to receive €36m for new pierRecord funding package will mean ‘safety and certainty’ and is ‘statement of intent’ on future of islandsThu Aug 28 2025 - 17:49
Man faces possible sale of €1.2m family home if €350,000 debt to brothers not paid in six monthsDebt arose after order was pulled for Irish souvenirs including leprechauns and fairy doors Thu Aug 14 2025 - 19:03
DPP mulls decision on perjury prosecution over withdrawn evidence in Conor McGregor appeal Should DPP proceed, this would mark only second prosecution under 2021 perjury law and sixth in past decadeWed Aug 13 2025 - 06:00
Mary Robinson urges states to act decisively to stop Gaza’s ‘unfolding genocide’Elders group urge targeted sanctions on Israeli prime minister and security cabinetTue Aug 12 2025 - 15:04
Child with additional needs loses legal challenge over year-long delay getting school transportHigh Court says claim can be renewed if transport not available in SeptemberTue Aug 12 2025 - 10:28
Man fails to halt sister’s damages claim against him over alleged rape and sexual abuseBrother denies he sexually assaulted his younger sister when she was between 11 and 13 years oldMon Aug 11 2025 - 06:00
Mother secures two-year barring order against son who threatened to kill her ‘stone dead’Mother gets two-year barring order as judge orders son to ‘sort out your demons’Sun Aug 10 2025 - 06:00
Gardaí investigate alleged perjury involving couple in Conor McGregor civil rape case appealNikita Hand’s neighbours’ evidence was withdrawn by McGregor’s side at the start of the appealSat Aug 09 2025 - 14:13
The struggle to rein in Ireland’s teen offenders: ‘These gangs have no fear of recrimination’Judges face daily dilemma over insufficient places as concerns expressed that ‘feral’ gangs are committing crimes ‘without any fear of recrimination’Sat Aug 09 2025 - 06:05
Teenagers ‘back on the tear’ within hours of court hearings amid lack of places at OberstownDistrict Court president Paul Kelly says the child justice system is at risk of being brought ‘into disrepute’Sat Aug 09 2025 - 06:00
High Court judge says judgments should avoid Latin and ‘terms of art’Legal terms for costs orders would mean ‘double-Dutch’ to lay person, says judge in costs rulingThu Aug 07 2025 - 15:29
