Man unidentified in psychiatric hospital for 30 years may have DNA takenPatient in 80s or 90s was first admitted in 1980s but essentially remains a ‘John Doe’Tue Sept 29 2020 - 16:58
Report on Seamus Woulfe’s attendance at golf dinner received by Supreme CourtCourt says it is considering report of former Chief Justice Susan DenhamTue Sept 29 2020 - 16:51
High Court approves ECT treatment for elderly priestDoctors consider treatment ‘crucial’ to keep worst aspects of cleric’s depression at bayMon Sept 28 2020 - 20:47
Nurse who falsified prescriptions is struck off register by High CourtCourt heard nurse presented forged prescriptions to obtain medications for own useMon Sept 28 2020 - 20:00
High Court grants permission to pay €2.7m tax billIrish arm of New Look putting together survival plan for outletsMon Sept 28 2020 - 18:19
Senior sources expect developments on Séamus Woulfe report this weekSupreme Court judge’s second meeting with Susan Denham took place within the last weekMon Sept 28 2020 - 01:13
Court rules public bodies must justify refusals to disclose certain documentsJudgments will have implications for application of the Freedom of Information ActFri Sept 25 2020 - 16:56
High Court told FBD staff texts discussed policies in ‘disparaging terms’Insurer to provide supplemental affidavit in pubs case by MondayFri Sept 25 2020 - 13:07
Mother refused meaningful access to teenage daughter in ‘profoundly sad’ caseCourt hears woman has serious alcohol problem and was violent to her childrenThu Sept 24 2020 - 21:28
Home-schooled Leaving Cert student wins case over calculated grades exclusionMinister’s policy did not live up to its own stated principle of ‘fairness and equality’, judge saysThu Sept 24 2020 - 18:08
Minister loses important Supreme Court appeals over approach to deportation casesCase concerned refusals to allow Nigerian spouses of two Irish citizens enter or remain in StateWed Sept 23 2020 - 16:49
Belevedere College student and St Kilian’s German school take Leaving Cert casesHigh Court judge says ‘lead’ case concerning standardisation of grades will be heard next monthWed Sept 23 2020 - 13:46
Leaving Cert student withdraws court challenge after getting place on dentistry courseMartha Woods had claimed standardisation had unfairly impacted on her ambition to pursue careerWed Sept 23 2020 - 11:07
Scrapping court oath would ‘materially increase’ false evidence, judge saysMr Justice Humphreys says pledge may seem outdated but has ‘a powerful role in bringing out the truth’Tue Sept 22 2020 - 18:42
Judge to rule next week on ‘unprecedented’ application over brain-injured childHospital seeking orders to withhold life preserving interventions from child injured in collisionTue Sept 22 2020 - 16:48
Judge orders release of woman who poses ‘imminent’ risk to motherNo legal basis for ‘dangerous’ woman’s continued detention, rules High CourtTue Sept 22 2020 - 12:19
Mother and son fined €6.2m over failure to clean up illegal farm dumpsEileen and Fred Hendy ordered to pay out to Meath County Council over contempt of court ordersMon Sept 21 2020 - 21:04
Judge urged to find novel way to legally detain ‘traumatised and dangerous’ womanTusla withdrawing wardship proceedings as 18-year-old does not any longer meet criteriaMon Sept 21 2020 - 16:46
Wife not entitled to deceased husband's entire estate, High Court rulesCouple married in a hospice four days before husband died of cancerFri Sept 18 2020 - 18:27
Judge orders gardaí be given material on ‘traumatised, dangerous’ woman18-year-old could be released into community as there is no legal basis to continue detentionFri Sept 18 2020 - 13:02
‘Give him time,’ mother urges court about severely brain-injured child‘He is not able to talk but he has a heartbeat and a pulse,’ says woman opposing palliative care for sonThu Sept 17 2020 - 17:27
Leaving Cert 2019 student who missed out on 2020 course, takes court caseWoman claims way grades standardised unfairly impacted ambitions for dentistry careerThu Sept 17 2020 - 14:29
Report on Séamus Woulfe to go to Chief Justice this weekSusan Denham tasked to carry out review into judge’s presence at golf dinnerThu Sept 17 2020 - 00:52
New Look examiner case adjourned on landlords’ disquietCourt hears of concerns company had sought to ‘contrive’ insolvencyWed Sept 16 2020 - 17:44
Brain-injured boy will make no meaningful recovery after road collision, High Court toldParents oppose hospital’s application for orders effectively allowing it to administer palliative care regimeWed Sept 16 2020 - 17:07
Parents oppose palliative care application for brain-injured sonYoung boy suffered catastrophic brain injury in a car crash earlier this yearTue Sept 15 2020 - 17:33
Traumatised woman who is a serious risk to others agrees to stay in detentionHigh Court hears 18-year-old woman is concerned she might harm herself and othersTue Sept 15 2020 - 15:37
Shannon gas terminal’s prioritisation cannot be referred to European court, judge rulesFriends of Irish Environment’s case focused on the decision-making procedure involving Commission and StateMon Sept 14 2020 - 18:43
No legal basis to detain traumatised woman regarded risk to mother, CFA acceptsWoman’s declared intention to harm a category of other females taken very seriously by doctors and gardaíMon Sept 14 2020 - 17:49
Developer alleges ‘astounding’ conflict of interest from consultantsShorevale claims consultants provided report to company appealing its permissionFri Sept 11 2020 - 16:20
Gardaí can examine calls, texts, social media, photos, videos on journalist’s phone, court rulesJudge notes there is strictly speaking no such thing as journalistic privilegeFri Sept 11 2020 - 13:46
Mother at ‘serious’ risk from daughter must be rehoused, court toldJudge says mother’s position should top any local authority priority listWed Sept 09 2020 - 15:04
Séamus Woulfe meets former chief justice over Oireachtas dinner controversySupreme Court judge was accompanied by Senior Counsel for meeting with Susan DenhamWed Sept 09 2020 - 14:55
Woman with dementia made a ward of court despite her objectionHigh Court hears woman lacks capacity to make decisions about her welfare and financesTue Sept 08 2020 - 17:37
Vet's registration suspended for six months over professional misconductPatrick O’Halloran created impression farmer’s animals complied with quality assuranceTue Sept 08 2020 - 16:44
Solicitor should be struck off over ‘fictitious’ land sale contract, judge rulesHigh Court finds against Daniel J Coleman over Co Galway land deal in 2004Tue Sept 08 2020 - 12:46
Further €900,000 payment approved for boy ‘defied all odds’ despite brain injuryJack Hegarty (5) previously got an interim payment of €1.7m over treatment in hospitalMon Sept 07 2020 - 12:38
Traumatised woman (18) a ‘serious risk’ to her mother and others, court toldPresident of High Court to decide if any medical basis for continuation of wardship proceedingsFri Sept 04 2020 - 21:56
Ailesbury Road residents fail to stop ruling on housing plan for RTÉ landDublin City Council planners separately recommend approval of 614-home schemeFri Sept 04 2020 - 18:12
Action over valuable horses being moved to Ireland is settledTwo of the horses being sent to Belgium have estimated value of €5mThu Sept 03 2020 - 14:40
Dublin waste firm loses challenge over information disclosure decisionUnder its permit, M50 Skip Hire had to provide an annual environmental report to the council, judge saysWed Sept 02 2020 - 16:47
Judge says State’s delay in deporation decision ‘no way to treat people’Court refuses State’s leave to appeal decission on quashing order for Pakistani woman and daughterWed Sept 02 2020 - 16:41
Woman made ward of court after presenting to nursing homeNeighbours separately raise objection with the High Court wards of court officeTue Sept 01 2020 - 22:15
Court rules in favour of developer in Raheny housing scheme caseChallenge is upheld after permission had been refused for 536-unit development next to St Anne’s ParkSat Aug 01 2020 - 11:09
Court ruling on State climate plan ‘demands’ political attentionNational agenda derailed by judgment, but Minister notes decision key to political focusSat Aug 01 2020 - 01:09
Former prisoner to get one third of €1m legal costs of taking caseGary Simpson was awarded €7,500 over his conditions of detention in Mountjoy PrisonFri Jul 31 2020 - 16:32
Supreme Court quashes Government’s plan to reduce greenhouse gasesCoalition will have to devise new plan following ruling of seven-judge courtFri Jul 31 2020 - 10:21
Intellectually disabled couple bring separate challenges over marriage banOrder prohibiting man proceeding with a civil marriage was made by High Court in 2019Thu Jul 30 2020 - 21:42
Disabled children affected by ‘extraordinary’ failure to bring 2004 law into force - judgeCourt rejects test cases by three children concerning the assessment processThu Jul 30 2020 - 16:59
Leaving Cert student’s challenge over calculated grades gets urgent hearingMinister for Education conceded Elijah Burke was entitled to leave to bring judicial review proceedingsWed Jul 29 2020 - 19:41
