Family gets €110,000 settlement after pensioner choked in nursing homeJudge hears man left alone to feed himself despite known risk of chokingTue Oct 24 2017 - 16:10
Supreme Court gets first-ever live TV broadcastMan extradited to US on fraud charges in first of two judgments broadcast on RTÉ appTue Oct 24 2017 - 12:24
Supreme Court live: Ireland broadcasts judgments for first timeBroadcast of two judgments, on extradition and redress, aimed at ‘demystifying’ courtsTue Oct 24 2017 - 08:51
Liquidator rejects Mick Wallace’s offer of consent on restriction orderHigh Court told TD should be subject to the more serious sanction of disqualificationMon Oct 23 2017 - 17:31
State body sued over condition of Mespil Road propertySolas sued in effort to compel carrying out of repair work at one of its propertiesFri Oct 20 2017 - 16:57
Music Nations Network sues over alleged breach of agreementsThe Sheffield-based company has sued Dublin-based Illuminata Media amongst othersFri Oct 20 2017 - 16:09
Row over Long Stone pub could delay Apollo House saleCommercial Court hears dispute over publican’s alleged unlawful occupationFri Oct 20 2017 - 13:42
Solicitors who treat client funds as own cannot expect ‘mercy’High court grants order that Galway-based Áine Feeney McTigue is not a fit person to be a solicitorThu Oct 19 2017 - 22:48
Doctor challenges forced retirement from HSE at age 65Dublin GP relying on an EU directive against age discrimination in his High Court caseThu Oct 19 2017 - 21:22
Woman who had court-ordered Caesarean ‘makes extraordinary recovery’Woman is discharged from wardship as she no longer suffers from mental illnessThu Oct 19 2017 - 18:38
Girl moved to UK centre over fears of self-harm and suicideNo appropriate facility in Ireland for teenager who had been sexually abused by her fatherThu Oct 19 2017 - 17:16
Revenue wins appeal on second home chargeCourt of Appeal agrees former non-principal private residence charge is not deductible against rental incomeThu Oct 19 2017 - 13:38
Brothers’ appeal against €1.1m settlement to get fresh hearingBrothers claim agreement to pay former building partner is void due to illegalityWed Oct 18 2017 - 21:08
Farmer entitled to €299,000 damages after department failed to return cattleDepartment of Agriculture seized cattle after dispute about animal welfare, Supreme Court toldWed Oct 18 2017 - 19:11
HSE could face hundreds of cases over special needs assessment delaysUnder the Disability Act 2005, an assessment must be commenced within three months of an application being receivedTue Oct 17 2017 - 20:07
Man alleged to have fathered child with daughter loses costs caseSeparate refusals by two District Court judges to grant legal costs were challengedTue Oct 17 2017 - 16:43
Apple data centre objectors plan further appealJudge will hear application for appeal of Athenry planning approval next weekTue Oct 17 2017 - 14:32
Storm delays Apple data centre appeal hearingHearing on objections to Athenry centre moved to Tuesday due to Hurricane OpheliaMon Oct 16 2017 - 13:06
Prisoner’s single ‘slopping out’ case likely to cost State over €1mA further 1,200 cases to follow over practice of prisoners emptying their in-cell latrinesFri Oct 13 2017 - 19:39
‘Overworked’ Mayo janitor (73) awarded €64,000 damagesRichard Steer never refused overtime and once worked 19 twelve-hour shifts in a rowFri Oct 13 2017 - 17:57
Woman who sued after falling on broken concrete settles caseAnne Marie Fagan told High Court her whole life changed after 2009 fall in CrumlinFri Oct 13 2017 - 14:22
Denis O’Brien loses court appeal over Red Flag dossierBusinessman sought access to documents that might have disclosed identity of clientFri Oct 13 2017 - 11:22
Potential exists for finding of legal right to State housing - judgeHigh Court judge dismisses appeal aimed at barring lawful eviction from rented dwellingThu Oct 12 2017 - 18:24
Woman settles action over her birth 20 years ago for €8.5mClaim involves alleged failure to monitor foetal heartbeat for period on day of birthThu Oct 12 2017 - 17:52
Apple given go-ahead to start €850m data centre in AthenryHigh Court judge dismisses objections to planning permission for facilityThu Oct 12 2017 - 13:29
Judge considers man’s freedom to make choices ‘for his own bad’Psychiatrists disagree over whether man with brain injury should be detained in hospitalWed Oct 11 2017 - 19:55
Court reserves judgment over Michael Lowry tribunal costsIndependent TD claims he was treated differently to Charles HaugheyWed Oct 11 2017 - 18:25
US wants views taken into account in data transfer caseLawyers for commissioner, Facebook and Schrems will try to agree on questionsWed Oct 11 2017 - 14:50
Denis O’Brien appeal over Dáil comments case to be heard in Supreme CourtBusinessman’s case to run in tandem with Angela Kerins action over treatment by PACTue Oct 10 2017 - 18:06
Gardaí deprived of ‘genuine’ sick pay consultation processSupreme Court reserves judgment on GRA appeal over halving of sick leave entitlementsTue Oct 10 2017 - 17:35
Court rules against Wallace attempt to secure documents from ODCEJudge rules documents sought by TD in case against disqualification orders are irrelevantMon Oct 09 2017 - 20:00
O’Flynn firm challenges Cabinteely planning refusalBord Pleanála refused permission for 34 houses and a roadway in south Co DublinMon Oct 09 2017 - 17:58
An Post ‘failed to tackle’ bullying of woman by co-workersCatherine Hurley left to ‘ride out the storm’ by employer after complaint about colleagueMon Oct 09 2017 - 16:52
Anorexic girl ‘missing Ireland terribly’ during UK treatmentTeenager, whose weight fell as low as 35kg, told judge visit would help ‘to motivate me’Mon Oct 09 2017 - 16:39
Human rights academic says pro-Brexit vote driven by ‘hatred of the other’There will be a hard Brexit because there is ‘no functioning British government’Sun Oct 08 2017 - 16:24
Court clears way for Tallaght shopping centre extensionDunnes Stores had appealed decision in favour of the owners and operators who want to build extensionFri Oct 06 2017 - 20:18
Man claims ‘cult’ payment caused ‘spiritual injury’ to elderly fatherCourt hears claim €200,000 was paid to priest acting as agent for House of PrayerFri Oct 06 2017 - 20:16
Man charged with sexual offences against two sisters fails to stop trialWomen claim family friend assaulted them when they were aged between nine and 13Fri Oct 06 2017 - 15:17
Woman fired over ‘vulgar emails’ can pursue unfair dismissal caseUPC terminated employment of Ann Marie Ryan on grounds of serious misconductThu Oct 05 2017 - 17:24
Debtors cannot directly appeal rejected insolvency arrangementsHigh Court judge’s ruling has implications for hundreds of casesThu Oct 05 2017 - 15:38
Workers can claim damages over substandard accommodation, court rulesIssues arising from workers’ treatment have ‘a distinctly Victorian feel’ to them, says judgeWed Oct 04 2017 - 16:13
Homeless family of seven ‘housed’ after months in hotelCouple and five children lived in 10 temporary accommodations in four yearsWed Oct 04 2017 - 14:56
State having ‘general whinge’ about Ian Bailey caseCork resident sought damages over Garda inquiry into Sophie Toscan du Plantier murderWed Oct 04 2017 - 12:58
Man barred from contacting intellectually disabled womanMan had smashed phone and laptop, barricaded her in bedroom, High Court toldTue Oct 03 2017 - 18:22
High Court asks ECJ to examine Facebook caseMax Schrems case may have huge implications for EU data privacy rights, says judgeTue Oct 03 2017 - 14:13
Judge to rule on Ryanair’s Channel 4 defamation caseDispatches, shown in 2013, dealt with Ryanair’s fuel policy, pilots and passenger safetyMon Oct 02 2017 - 18:41
Archbishop says law must ‘curb the arrogance of the powerful’Religious services held in Dublin to mark beginning of new legal yearMon Oct 02 2017 - 11:44
The high-profile cases scheduled for the new legal yearCatherine Nevin, Michael Lowry, Ian Bailey and the ‘unborn’ all face upcoming hearingsMon Oct 02 2017 - 01:00
High Court to rule on landmark data privacy case next weekJudge urged to ask EU court to decide on validity of transfers such as those in Schrems actionThu Sept 28 2017 - 18:03
State urged to consider ‘slopping out’ redress schemeThe High Court ruled this week the practice breached an ex-prisoner’s right to privacyFri Sept 15 2017 - 12:44
