Cork vet suspended after giving dog-owner wrong ashes from cremationJudge says Cornelius Twomey made clumsy effort to cover up mistake over remainsMon Jul 08 2019 - 18:46
Wicklow Travellers to challenge county council’s failure to provide housingHigh Court hears of agreement with residents not to expand Ballinteskin halting siteMon Jul 08 2019 - 15:53
Autistic man has made ‘enormous progress’ in care placement, court toldEvidence suggested man had been assaulted in home situation and exposed to pornographyMon Jul 08 2019 - 15:23
Woman cannot represent mother’s estate in dispute over €115,000 nursing home arrearsHSE cited conflict of interest as daughter lives rent free in €475,000 home bought in woman’s nameFri Jul 05 2019 - 15:45
Judge allows emergency treatment for child if necessary, after parents objectParents do not accept their son’s diagnosis or that he is as ill as his doctors maintain, court hearsThu Jul 04 2019 - 19:19
Elderly man with dementia found to be severely dehydrated , court hearsMan in his 80s not to be returned to nursing home after urgent transfer to hospital, judge saysThu Jul 04 2019 - 19:10
Car dealer allegedly giving Revenue ‘runaround’ in recovering €4.95mJudge warns John Alex Kane that ‘time for games is over’Wed Jul 03 2019 - 21:26
Sands hotel workers win appeal on payments under insolvency fundExtended courts process ends for duo who worked in White Sands Hotel, PortmarnockWed Jul 03 2019 - 17:41
Judge warns car dealer ‘time for games is over’Trader alleged to be giving Revenue the ‘runaround’ in bid to recover almost €5mWed Jul 03 2019 - 17:09
Woman settles case against Waterford hospital for €8.4mCiara Ormond (18) has spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and needs 24 hour careWed Jul 03 2019 - 12:48
Supreme court rules man not out of time to sue hospital‘Exceptional’ circumstances led to limitation period delay, judge saysWed Jul 03 2019 - 08:21
Palmerston Road couple lose Nama action over €32m loansJohn Morrissey had €32m outstanding in 2014 when Nama called in borrowingsTue Jul 02 2019 - 17:53
Nurse’s registration cancelled over concerns about ability to practice safelyMidwife has history of psychosis that regulatory body believes may be risk to herself or patientsMon Jul 01 2019 - 19:59
Proposed Balgriffin housing development to be fast-tracked in Commercial CourtLegal challenge opposes building of 96 homesMon Jul 01 2019 - 16:24
Michael Lynn challenges refusal of disability benefitFormer solicitor claims years spent in Brazilian prison left him traumatisedMon Jul 01 2019 - 16:04
Couple granted stay on inquest into death of daughter in SligoFamily wants coroner to consider report on death of Lisa Niland (19) who collapsed in restaurantFri Jun 28 2019 - 14:29
Man prohibited from legal marriage does not want ‘to be alone’Intellectually disabled man said highlight of recent ‘non-legal’ celebration was ‘F-O-O-D’, court toldThu Jun 27 2019 - 16:30
Elderly woman lived in ‘truly awful’ conditions, court hearsJudge says he will inquire into why attempt to seek wardship was not complied withThu Jun 27 2019 - 15:23
Former INM executives can use documents in data breach casesJudge rules Gavin O’Reilly and Karl Brophy would almost inevitably get the material following a discovery applicationThu Jun 27 2019 - 11:37
Pakistani mother wins significant appeal in bid for refugee statusUp to 150 other cases are potentially affected by the Court of Appeal judgmentWed Jun 26 2019 - 20:47
Farmer jailed for a week over ‘campaign’ to frustrate sale of landsSeamus Kane denied he broke locks or erected Irish Tricolour flags on the landsWed Jun 26 2019 - 17:43
Couple claim newly built home uninhabitable due to structural defectsDes and Anne Cavanagh suing Spring Homes and engineer over Dundalk houseTue Jun 25 2019 - 21:50
Equity firm partner granted court order over Twitter account‘Impersonation’ account issuing damaging and defamatory tweets, financier claimsTue Jun 25 2019 - 21:49
Two Garda inspectors challenge disciplinary findingsAidan Farrelly and Kevin Gavigan suffered cuts in pay by way of penaltyTue Jun 25 2019 - 20:13
Woman at centre of ‘horror story’ asks judge for supportVulnerable 18-year-old was allegedly sexually abused by 12 males before she was aged 10Mon Jun 24 2019 - 17:49
Doctor suspended after telling patient he wanted to kiss herRegistrar now living in Saudi Arabia banned from practising in Ireland for six monthsMon Jun 24 2019 - 17:06
Judge welcomes ‘remarkable’ recovery of man with anorexiaHigh Court heard young man had been at ‘death’s door’ before undergoing treatmentMon Jun 24 2019 - 14:02
Inquiry ordered into capacity of extremely vulnerable womanJudge hears concerns about woman leaving psychiatric care and entering homeless servicesFri Jun 21 2019 - 17:10
Woman supports order halting intellectually disabled brother’s marriageJudge granted order on Thursday preventing civil legal union of man and his partnerFri Jun 21 2019 - 15:24
Brothers face jail over claims of interference with land salesContempt application made against pair in relation to receiver’s efforts to recover €4.97mThu Jun 20 2019 - 21:31
Judge halts wedding of intellectually disabled manMr Justice Peter Kelly raises concerns about charity’s ‘gross delay’ in seeking the orderThu Jun 20 2019 - 17:40
Woman with schizophrenia unaware her home was sold, court toldHigh Court hears vulnerable woman in her 60s wants to return home to apartmentWed Jun 19 2019 - 20:10
Judge authorises legal action over State failures in child protection caseChild, for whom ‘no suitable placement’ had been available, was allegedly abused by more than 12 malesWed Jun 19 2019 - 15:15
Courts need more resources to administer justice, judge warnsMs Justice Mary Finlay Geoghegan makes comments as she retires from serviceThu Jun 06 2019 - 17:31
Man to face contempt claims over allegedly contacting vulnerable womanWoman terrified to leave home and stayed inside with curtains drawn, court toldThu Jun 06 2019 - 16:43
Court halts man’s case against hospital over alleged negligence at birthFamily of Paul Gallagher (32) say they did not have funds to get expert medical reportsThu Jun 06 2019 - 13:58
Elderly woman found in ‘abject squalor’ despite award of €164,000Home of woman, who may be made ward of court, described as a health hazardWed Jun 05 2019 - 15:09
Supreme Court gives significant ruling against fund over land claimFund cannot rely on a man’s deposit of land certificates to give it a claim over his landsTue Jun 04 2019 - 18:34
Dunnes Stores loses appeal over €36.5m plastic bag levySupreme Court rejects company’s claim that levy did not apply to ‘flimsy’ plastic bagsTue Jun 04 2019 - 18:31
Judge warns of danger to vulnerable woman if she is not made ward of courtJudge directs second report from a medical visitor because of concernsTue Jun 04 2019 - 16:54
Supreme Court to hear appeal over Graham Dwyer mobile data rulingHigh Court decision forms part of his bid to overturn conviction for Elaine O’Hara murderTue Jun 04 2019 - 11:45
Court overturns Minister’s refusal of citizenship on ‘national security’ groundsCourt directs Minister to reconsider matter via an ‘enhanced’ processFri May 31 2019 - 17:48
Stroke victim settles case against hospital for €2.25mClaim of ‘serious mistake’ made in diagnosis when woman brought to Tallaght hospitalFri May 31 2019 - 16:19
HSE urged to reconsider refusal to fund care plan for womanHSE says plan for woman in vegetative state clinically inappropriate and too expensiveFri May 31 2019 - 13:26
Facebook loses Supreme Court appeal in Max Schrems caseData protection commissioner raised concerns about revamped data privacy agreementFri May 31 2019 - 10:44
Supreme Court to rule on Facebook’s appeal over EU-US data transfer caseDecision is expected on Friday in case arising from complaints by Max SchremsThu May 30 2019 - 18:43
Council direction leading eviction was unlawful, Supreme Court rulesMan took judicial review proceedings, claiming he had lived at the house since 2003Thu May 30 2019 - 16:59
Father loses appeal over daughter’s Islamic marriageDad who backed union of daughter (16) to 29-year-old against her wishes was jailedThu May 30 2019 - 15:12
Judgment in Kerins case puts onus for action on StateSupreme Court ruling of unlawful conduct by Oireachtas committee unprecedentedThu May 30 2019 - 06:00
Denis O’Brien left with €1m bill after Supreme Court rulingBusinessman must pay most of costs from failed case over Dáil statements on bank affairsWed May 29 2019 - 16:37
