High Court reserves judgment on Angela Kerins case legal costsFormer Rehab chief went before PAC to assist in administration of the State, court toldTue Feb 21 2017 - 17:33
Family challenges council refusal over ‘homeless priority’ listDublin City Council took unlawful and irrational approach to decision, court hearsTue Feb 21 2017 - 01:00
Land owners granted right to challenge interconnectorCase centres on a Bord Pleanála permission for 300 pylons for North-South projectMon Feb 20 2017 - 20:39
Constitutionality of new Workplace Relations Act challengedJudge grants man leave to contest adjudication officer’s decision in judicial reviewMon Feb 20 2017 - 19:03
Hospital bed found for psychotic man who was kept in prisonHigh Court challenge over breach of rights to bodily integrity ends after place is securedMon Feb 20 2017 - 15:30
Facebook warns of EU crisis if private data transfers blockedCrisis after clampdown would make financial crash seem minor, lawyer for firm claimsFri Feb 17 2017 - 16:55
Mother in direct provision awarded €1,680 over case delayJudge says one year lag in deciding application for international protection inordinateFri Feb 17 2017 - 16:31
‘Sunday World’ told to pay lorry driver €225,000 damagesNewspaper defamed driver involved in fatal road crash, High Court jury rulesThu Feb 16 2017 - 18:35
Data Commissioner legally required to suspend US data transfers, court toldFacebook lawyer rejects argument from Max Schrems as ‘extraordinary’Thu Feb 16 2017 - 17:35
Facebook says disclosures to US agencies have ‘appropriate safeguards’Company tells Commercial Court it has ‘world-class information security programme’Wed Feb 15 2017 - 17:21
Judge warns of ‘chilling effect’ for free speech of long defamation casesCourt refuses RTÉ’s application to halt proceedings against it by Declan GanleyWed Feb 15 2017 - 15:46
Judge to rule on Denis O’Brien case over Dáil statements next monthÚna Ní Raifeartaigh will consider submissions over separate case of Angela KerinsWed Feb 15 2017 - 15:12
Man denied records relating to girl he thought was daughterEstranged wife, who had birth cert edited, told clinic girl said she was molested by husbandTue Feb 14 2017 - 18:10
‘Leapfrog’ appeal sought on ruling over rights of the unbornJudgment came in case aimed at preventing deportation of Nigerian man due to family rightsTue Feb 14 2017 - 15:29
Mother’s appeal to be heard on extent of access to childrenCourt granted long-term care orders in 2014 for three children, with Tusla controlling accessTue Feb 14 2017 - 14:48
Brain-damaged boy settles case against Holles St for €5.5mCerebral palsy: Case was that antibiotics delayed, chance to deal with meningitis missedTue Feb 14 2017 - 14:25
Man seeks information about fate of baby sister at Tuam homeHugh Court directs Tusla to ask religious order if it has burial records for hundreds of childrenMon Feb 13 2017 - 17:34
Mother and son in court over ownership of Kilkenny shopsMan claims mother ‘summarily terminated’ his employment in a ‘demeaning’ mannerMon Feb 13 2017 - 15:42
Court refuses to allow Sean Dunne cross examine officialDunne wanted to address specific allegationsMon Feb 13 2017 - 13:53
Gay Byrne partnership gets injunction against receiverPartnership involving broadcaster in dispute with fund over €13.5m property in DublinFri Feb 10 2017 - 17:22
US law allows ‘extraordinary access’ to private data, court toldACLU attorney says surveillance affects ordinary citizens with no terrorism connectionsFri Feb 10 2017 - 16:43
Man abused by Marist as a boy awarded €75,000 against orderCourt ruling on vicarious liability of religious orders may have implications for othersThu Feb 09 2017 - 17:53
US data safeguards equivalent to EU rules, Facebook court toldAmerican professor says US system both effective and adequateThu Feb 09 2017 - 17:21
High Court rules no further submissions needed in O’Brien caseJudge did not want to finalise judgment until court ruled on case of Kerins and PACThu Feb 09 2017 - 11:49
Blogger must remove Facebook posts to remain anonymousHigh Court rejects Ugandan lawyer’s request for the identity of ‘defamatory’ bloggerWed Feb 08 2017 - 18:53
Data commissioner tells court US law fails to protect privacyRegulator cites lack of access to effective remedies in US if data privacy is breachedWed Feb 08 2017 - 17:48
Dublin girl (5) awarded €50,000 after tripping over Ikea trolleyIt was claimed Sophie Jennings tripped and fell over a trolley allegedly left unattendedTue Feb 07 2017 - 18:23
Data watchdog clashes with US over EU citizens’ privacy rightsCommissioner cites defects in US safeguards as case against Facebook Ireland opensTue Feb 07 2017 - 16:38
US warns of ‘sweeping’ ramifications from Schrems caseHigh court begins hearing far-reaching data privacy case affecting millions of EU citizensTue Feb 07 2017 - 15:30
Over 1m viewers could have access cut over illegal streamingCourt told six major studios targeting State’s main internet service providersMon Feb 06 2017 - 20:27
Film and TV studios sue over illegal downloads in StateSix studios suing nine internet service providers over access to ‘streaming’ websitesMon Feb 06 2017 - 15:42
Boston Scientific in court case over product at Galway plantUS firm Edwards Lifesciences alleges patent infringements over heart valve systemMon Feb 06 2017 - 15:35
Mother in direct provision compensated over delay in caseImmigration’s delay in deciding on application breached woman’s rights, judge findsFri Feb 03 2017 - 20:37
HSE denied appeal over damages for catastrophic injuryBody claims €12m ruling in case of boy (9) has implications for it, State and insurersFri Feb 03 2017 - 19:58
Partnership involving Gay Byrne in property sale court battleFirstwood Partnership alleges Launceston fund contrived default on performing loanFri Feb 03 2017 - 19:38
High Court orders arrest of lawyer over failure to pay debtLawrence Daniel O’Neill has repeatedly failed to pay €169,000 he owes Adriano FuscoFri Feb 03 2017 - 18:48
Bike accident victim’s award increased by €27,000 on appealPatricia Moore fractured her left elbow in 2013 incident with a van in Co DublinFri Feb 03 2017 - 18:02
Judgment reserved in bid for inquiry into 1976 killingNo one ever charged in ‘callous sectarian murder’ of Co Louth man in Dundalk in 1976Thu Feb 02 2017 - 20:51
Priory Hall developer loses appeal over bankruptcy appealThomas McFeely’s bankruptcy to continue until 2020 as all grounds dismissedThu Feb 02 2017 - 18:50
State calls 1976 murder of Louth man a ‘callous sectarian murder’Family of Seamus Ludlow are seeking commissions of inquiry into the unsolved murderWed Feb 01 2017 - 20:29
Woman (96) sues cousins over loans for Galway homesCourt hears New York woman needs repayment of €280,000 to cover homecare costsWed Feb 01 2017 - 19:34
Sale of Sean Dunne’s former Dublin home under examinationAssignee’s lawyer calls Walford sale the ‘conveyancing equivalent of Lazarus – a miracle’Wed Feb 01 2017 - 18:43
Handling of Ludlow murder suggests a scandal, High Court hearsFamily of forester shot by suspected loyalists seek inquiry into gaps in Garda investigationTue Jan 31 2017 - 20:02
Former worker sues Dunnes Stores over alleged slip on greaseWoman required operation to her ankle following fall in Carlow, court hearsTue Jan 31 2017 - 19:29
Angela Kerins may face large bill after losing case over alleged PAC ‘witch hunt’High Court says it has no power to intervene on how Dáil committee conducts hearingsTue Jan 31 2017 - 12:55
Woman who had money eaten by rats moved to nursing homeCourt to manage finances of pensioner with disabilities who lived in ‘squalid’ conditionsMon Jan 30 2017 - 16:04
Young man with severe anorexia is made a ward of courtParents fear his condition might deteriorate if there is further delay getting a bed in UKMon Jan 30 2017 - 15:03
Greens and British barrister take action over Brexit in Irish courtGoal is a legal declaration that article 50, once triggered, can be revoked by BritainFri Jan 27 2017 - 19:32
Monica Leech libel case against Independent Newspapers dismissedCommunications consultant took action over story on burglary at her home almost 12 years agoFri Jan 27 2017 - 13:28
Judgment reserved on teenagers’ claims rights were breachedFour males detained at Oberstown allege wrong treatment in wake of roof incidentThu Jan 26 2017 - 16:57
