Law criminalising buying of sexual services has proven difficult to enforce, review finds Just 15 convictions recorded in seven years out of 161 prosecutions directed by the DPP Tue Mar 25 2025 - 17:14
Minister signs order closing penalty points loopholeMinister says drivers who reach penalty point threshold will now ‘always face the appropriate penalty’Tue Mar 25 2025 - 15:05
Naas court granted vast majority of legal loophole orders under which drivers got 24-hour bans and avoided penalty points Twenty-seven of 33 one-day disqualification orders granted over two years were by Naas District CourtTue Mar 25 2025 - 06:07
Judge at centre of controversy over 24-hour driving disqualification orders is no stranger to making headlinesJudge at centre of controversy over 24-hour driving disqualification orders is known for tough treatment of speeding offendersTue Mar 25 2025 - 06:00
Son menaced mother in demand for €100 to buy cocaine, court told Judge at domestic violence court notes ‘extensive bruising’ around eyes of another woman allegedly assaulted by husbandSun Mar 23 2025 - 06:00
Conor McGregor wants court to allow new evidence from two people in appeal of civil rape case finding MMA fighter seeking retrial of High Court civil action taken by Nikita HandFri Mar 21 2025 - 10:43
Dublin office employee used by rival company to obtain trade secrets, global HR firm claims Employee locked himself in toilet after being asked to hand over phone, High Court toldWed Mar 19 2025 - 06:00
Enoch Burke case: Receiver appointed over teacher’s future salary in bid to collect €79,100 in finesJudge also makes conditional order over Enoch Burke’s bank accountTue Mar 18 2025 - 14:23
Woman secures barring order against ‘aggressive’ partner who allegedly throws out food to stop her eatingIn separate case, man weeps as he consents to barring order sought by partner after allegedly beating her in front of their childrenSun Mar 16 2025 - 06:00
Woman secures orders setting aside ex-husband’s share transfers days after divorce ruling Timing of purported share transfers ‘gives rise to suspicion’ says High Court judgeThu Mar 13 2025 - 16:58
Landmark court ruling means alleged drink drivers can inspect breathalyser machinesState argued inspection was not relevant and would expose it to ‘inordinate expense’Wed Mar 12 2025 - 06:00
Conor McGregor appeal against civil jury’s rape finding due before Court of Appeal this monthMixed Martial Arts fighter expected to claim jury finding is unsafe because of alleged legal and factual errorsTue Mar 11 2025 - 13:36
Jogger whose leg was broken in alleged collision with e-bike on footpath takes prosecution Action has potentially significant implications for users of E-bikes and insurersMon Mar 10 2025 - 06:00
New system for appointing judges is an ‘important safeguard’ for judicial independence – Chief JusticeCommission of judges and lay members to begin public work this week Mon Mar 10 2025 - 00:01
Woman who decided to ‘play dead’ after partner allegedly kicked her in face and body gets barring orderMarried man fails to get protection order against ex lover over alleged threats and slanderSun Mar 09 2025 - 09:13
Conor McGregor ordered to pay legal costs of bid to stop spread of CCTV footage from civil rape trialMMA fighter ‘author of his own misfortune’ after reposting ‘some nonsense’ on social media, judge saidThu Mar 06 2025 - 12:31
Loophole used by some drivers to avoid penalty points due to be closed by end of monthNumber of motorists were allowed to get 24-hour disqualifications instead of endorsements on their licenceWed Mar 05 2025 - 19:00
Woman avoids penalty points for second time through 24-hour driving disqualificationWoman has avoided penalty points for not wearing a seatbelt and using a mobile phone when drivingWed Mar 05 2025 - 06:05
Vulnerable woman at risk of ‘actual harm’ in hospital transferred to nursing home against wishesFamily complain nursing home is 50km away but judge says it is the only one that can meet her ‘extensive’ care needsTue Mar 04 2025 - 15:31
Two elderly aunts get €937,000 estate of bachelor (54) who died without willHigh Court hears John Donnelly died suddenly in 2021 during Covid-19 pandemic before making willMon Mar 03 2025 - 15:52
Liability for up to €2m costs of law professor’s murder trial may be decided later this monthJury unanimously acquitted Diarmuid Phelan of murder after ten week trialMon Mar 03 2025 - 12:45
A day at a District Court: More than 40% of Garda time is taken up by ‘drunken fools’‘Seriously – come on,’ judge tells burglar who stole laundry pods but admits to Co Kildare court he does not know how to use a washing machineSat Mar 01 2025 - 06:00
Action by group clinical director of Sims fertility clinics against employer has been ‘compromised’, judge toldMichael ‘Mikey’ O’Brien claimed he was put on ‘gardening leave’ after making protected disclosuresThu Feb 27 2025 - 14:18
Man faces trial for allegedly having more than 300 child sexual abuse imagesJudge restrains identification of accused to protect his young childTue Feb 25 2025 - 18:20
‘Eccentricity is not incapacity,’ says judge when admitting pensioner’s will to probateWoman who left €450,000 estate had testamentary capacity despite ‘oddities’, High Court finds Mon Feb 24 2025 - 19:04
Defamation cases taken by Ryanair over Channel 4 documentary settled on undisclosed termsRyanair sued broadcaster and a former long-serving pilot after 2013 broadcastMon Feb 24 2025 - 17:15
Woman living in home owned by ex-partner fails to further defer its sale and get bigger share of sale proceedsCase demonstrates the complexity of litigation concerning non-marital families, High Court judge saysSun Feb 23 2025 - 19:00
Man barred from home over aggressive behaviour can return after agreeing to conditional safety order‘He told me, if you don’t kill yourself, I’ll put you in a coffin,’ woman tells family court in separate caseSun Feb 23 2025 - 06:00
‘We never got to say goodbye to him’: family seek answers years after Naas hospital ambulance fireChristy Byrne died in 2016 when an oxygen cylinder inside the ambulance ignited and engulfed the vehicle in flames – now his family want to know why a prosecution case against the HSE was droppedSat Feb 22 2025 - 06:00
Multi-agency protocol to speed up rape, murder cases involving children launched by Minister for Justice Provisions include right of child defendant to youth justice worker to support them and explain every stage of court proceedingsFri Feb 21 2025 - 19:12
Law Society moves to strike off suspended solicitor Declan O’CallaghanStrike off application put on hold pending outcome of challenge to procedures of disciplinary tribunalMon Feb 17 2025 - 17:00
Woman who claims ‘pillar of community’ husband is a ‘tyrant’ at home gets protection order‘It’s like he puts on a mask’ when outside the house, woman tells domestic violence courtSun Feb 16 2025 - 06:00
Fertility clinic director was suspended days after court had ordered reinstatement, judge told Sims alleges Michael O’Brien was showing messages concerning the litigation while playing the Abba song Money, Money, MoneySun Feb 16 2025 - 06:00
‘Part of the CV is to be unshockable’: the man who decides on legal costs State’s first chief legal costs adjudicator says legal costs claims are ‘high’ rather than ‘excessive’Sat Feb 15 2025 - 06:00
Refusal to take teen who ‘associates’ with gang leaders into secure care ‘baffling’, father saysMan says son is involved in crime and drug use and may be in danger due to witnessing a murderFri Feb 14 2025 - 16:23
Conor McGregor could face cross-examination over statements about CCTV footage used in civil rape trial Lawyer for Nikita Hand tells judge that McGregor is ‘still in breach’ of court orderThu Feb 13 2025 - 11:07
Mentally ill man’s case over father’s will to be progressed by decision-making representative, judge ordersImportant judgment addresses litigation capacity under Assisted Decision-Making Capacity ActWed Feb 12 2025 - 19:37
Angela Kerins says she was ‘nearly destroyed’ by Dáil committee experienceFormer Rehab CEO has written to the Taoiseach seeking ‘justice’ after court casesWed Feb 12 2025 - 07:41
Judge directs immediate reinstatement of group clinical director of Sims fertility clinics Michael O’Brien alleges he was put on ‘gardening leave’ after making protected disclosuresMon Feb 10 2025 - 18:36
Woman who suffered ‘significant’ wrist injury after slipping on dance floor awarded more than €233,000 Judge found dance floor of Co Donegal hotel was ‘wet and slippery’ due to spilled drinkMon Feb 10 2025 - 06:00
Man appears before court charged with murder of his father in Malahide, Co DublinStephane Benz (29) made no reply after caution, Dublin District Court toldSun Feb 09 2025 - 12:30
Husband barred from family home after wife and children flee over alleged abusive behaviour Woman leaves with children to ‘safe house’ run by a domestic violence support agency Sun Feb 09 2025 - 07:00
Supreme Court refuses to hear father’s appeal over life term for rape and sexual assault of his three childrenMan argued ‘unjustified’ disparity between life sentence and 18.5-year term for co-accusedThu Feb 06 2025 - 14:52
TD Paul Murphy seeks court injunction restraining super-junior ministers from attending Cabinet meetingsSuper-juniors at Cabinet is inconsistent with the Constitution claims TD in High Court caseWed Feb 05 2025 - 09:12
Disabled woman ‘totally dependent’ on husband alleges she did not eat for four daysEmergency domestic violence court: Father gets interim barring order after alleging son is a heroin addict who stabbed him six times Sun Feb 02 2025 - 06:00
Judges support draft guidelines increasing personal injuries awards by nearly 17%Proposed guidelines will now be sent to Minister for Justice to be laid before OireachtasFri Jan 31 2025 - 17:15
Order for man to pay lifelong €10,000 monthly maintenance to ex-wife overturnedMaintenance order ‘disproportionate’ as wealthy businessman had made substantial provision for woman, appeal court findsFri Jan 31 2025 - 08:58
Solicitor accused of helping couple to conceal €10,000 from bankruptcy officialAnthony Joyce denies claims made at opening of solicitors’ disciplinary inquiryFri Jan 31 2025 - 06:00
Judges expected to support draft guidelines for 16.7% rise in personal injuries awardsProposed increase reflects rise in inflation, says Judicial Council boardFri Jan 31 2025 - 06:00
Super-junior cabinet status facing court challengeSinn Fein TD has ‘strong’ argument in High Court challenge over ‘super juniors’ at CabinetWed Jan 29 2025 - 06:00
