Fianna Fáil activist loses challenge to gender quotas lawJudge says Brian Mohan failed to show he could not contest election purely because of ActTue Feb 02 2016 - 11:24
High court gives quarry company two months to wind downShillelagh Quarries based ‘in area of exceptional public amenity’ and must cease workTue Feb 02 2016 - 01:00
Handcuffing of drink-drive suspect does not make arrest invalidIn second case Mr Justice Moriarty says relevant District Court judge was entitled to dismiss caseMon Feb 01 2016 - 19:22
Yates’s wife asks that €1.6m judgment not be made against herGuarantee signed against AIB loans to her husband for bookmakers businessMon Feb 01 2016 - 19:05
McFeely asks High Court to refuse ‘oppressive’ bankruptcy extensionIf official assignee secures extension, bankruptcy will continue to 2020Mon Feb 01 2016 - 18:44
Leaving Cert student with dyslexia challenges refusal to grant ‘reader’Dubliner was given reader for Junior Certificate, but refused one for final examsMon Feb 01 2016 - 16:47
Court grants €2 million judgment against Mick WallaceCourt rules Irish subsidiary of US fund Cerberus entitled to summary judgmentFri Jan 29 2016 - 12:04
Homeless mother and children ‘at crisis point’, court hearsWoman takes action against Kildare County Council over refusal to offer accommodationThu Jan 28 2016 - 18:35
Bisexual woman loses legal bid for refugee statusWoman claimed she fled her native Nigeria after her family threatened to kill herWed Jan 27 2016 - 16:45
Legal bid to stop demolition of buildings linked to Rising to be heard next month1916 Relatives Association claims Moore Street properties are of historical significanceWed Jan 27 2016 - 14:38
€117,000 for woman who had medical swab left inside herSarah Daly sued consultant obstetrician after having baby at Dublin’s Mount CarmelTue Jan 26 2016 - 17:34
Wallace in legal challenge to €2m orders against himPromontoria seeking repayment of loans guaranteed by Independent TDTue Jan 26 2016 - 14:10
National Maternity Hospital seeks ruling in €1m new home caseGirl has to move to house after suffering serious injuries due to negligence during birthTue Jan 26 2016 - 01:00
Insurance brokers entitled to damages, court rulesCork firm of solicitors denies negligence as damages to be decidedMon Jan 25 2016 - 18:14
Moving woman (82) at 4am ‘bordered on inhumane’President of High Court questions wisdom in timing of transfer of patient to nursing homeFri Jan 22 2016 - 15:02
Fines needed to ensure parties meet gender quotas, court toldLaw not prescriptive in relation what parties do to achieve compliance, lecturer saysThu Jan 21 2016 - 17:37
Gender quotas in Irish politics ‘reasonable’, lecturer tells courtBrian Mohan says Fianna Fáil being ‘held over a barrel’ by potential funding lossWed Jan 20 2016 - 18:05
Fianna Fáil activist challenges law on electoral gender quotasParty directive ‘stymied ambition’ of Brian Mohan to run in Dublin Central constituencyTue Jan 19 2016 - 16:47
Battle over Gorey Business Park fast-trackedDispute between KBC bank and businessman James Osborne before Commercial CourtTue Jan 19 2016 - 01:00
Judge rejects O’Donnells’ latest claims in bankruptcy caseHigh Court judge does not accept arguments the O’Donnells do not have necessary informationMon Jan 18 2016 - 19:00
James Osborne brings proceedings against KBCKBC was granted €6.2m judgment against businessman over Gorey Business ParkMon Jan 18 2016 - 17:02
Treatment involves woman being ‘starved to death’, court toldJudge directs urgent hearing over woman (81) with dementia who has not eaten for 14 daysMon Jan 18 2016 - 17:01
Court finds black man was racially abused by bus driver in Dublin city centreAnthony Doran had to pull into bus stop after his car broke downMon Jan 18 2016 - 12:13
Lowry case told Revenue keen to ask ‘pertinent’ questionsDPP is opposing Lowry legal challenge aimed at halting his trial over alleged tax offencesFri Jan 15 2016 - 16:27
Top executive at Tallaght hospital attempts to stop inquiryJohn O’Connell disputes complaints against him by emergency department consultantThu Jan 14 2016 - 19:59
Michael Fingleton must pay costs of failed High Court challengeFormer Irish Nationwide chief had argued his case was brought in the public interestThu Jan 14 2016 - 17:37
Lowry company transaction ‘had shades of Father Ted’, court hearsHigh Court told Independent TD misappropriated some €372,000 from his own firm in 2002Thu Jan 14 2016 - 14:43
Judge hopes confusion over repossessions ends soonMr Justice Seamus Noonan says case of two men cannot be referred to another court as he gave earlier judgmentWed Jan 13 2016 - 21:41
Lowry claims Sunday Independent had campaign against himTD’s counsel argues articles prejudiced his right to fair trial for alleged tax offencesWed Jan 13 2016 - 17:46
Michael Lowry seeks to halt trial on alleged tax offencesTD claims transfer of trial to Dublin breaches his rights and amounts to punishment for being popular with voters in TipperaryTue Jan 12 2016 - 13:19
Carlow centre owners seek to prevent Supervalu closingOwners say Musgrave Group obliged under anchor tenant contract to keep premises openMon Jan 11 2016 - 18:21
Case over Moore Street buildings has ‘certain urgency’, judge saysHearing comes amid concern over potential demolition of properties with 1916 Rising linksMon Jan 11 2016 - 17:11
In court this term: TDs, bankers, and an entire Dáil committeeSeveral significant cases are listed to be heard, including two taken by businessman Denis O’Brien and a personal injuries action by the husband of Savita HalappanavarFri Jan 08 2016 - 16:40
Challenge to judicial appointment ‘vexatious’ and ‘abuse of process’Jerry Beades bid to restrain appointment designed to cause ‘acute embarrassment’Tue Dec 22 2015 - 08:04
Ryanair sues Google and Spanish online groupAirline seeking damages over advertising by ecommerce group on search engine’s AdWords serviceMon Dec 21 2015 - 19:11
Property transferred to wife to defeat abuse claim, court rulesEx-dancing teacher carried out transfer to defeat any award to pupil, Court of Appeal findsMon Dec 21 2015 - 18:52
Red Flag need not name client for Denis O’Brien dossierJudge says not enough evidence showing businessman harmed by alleged conspiracyMon Dec 21 2015 - 16:58
Judges should not paralyse inquiries, High Court president saysMr Justice Nicholas Kearns issues warning to courts on final day on the benchSat Dec 19 2015 - 01:00
Court should consider implications of decisions - KearnsOutgoing president of High Court speaks of potential Pandora’s box of verdictsFri Dec 18 2015 - 18:03
Attorney General calls for review of defamation lawsCourt reporters should not fear litigation due to a ‘simple oversight, omission or error’Fri Dec 18 2015 - 16:32
Supreme Court orders recount of votes in north KerryJudges upheld former senator Dan Kiely’s claim that there was a mistake in 2014 countThu Dec 17 2015 - 13:36
Coach who sued over crash ‘unforgettably idiosyncratic’Judge says Abdulwhab Mishtaba the ‘most unusual plaintiff’ he has seen in 29 yearsWed Dec 16 2015 - 16:05
Woman facing return to prison over refusal to hand over her home to bankClaire Knowles was lawfully jailed for contempt of court order, High Court judge rulesTue Dec 15 2015 - 16:47
Judge confirms KPMG as examiner for Mayo hotelJudge considered number of persons employed at McWilliam Park ahead of judgmentMon Dec 14 2015 - 21:21
Woman jailed for contempt says her home ‘is gone’Claire Knowles is on bail pending outcome of an inquiry into the legality of her detentionMon Dec 14 2015 - 18:31
Men get leave to challenge convictions based on mobile phone appApp on mobile phone takes photograph of person who tries to access phoneMon Dec 14 2015 - 15:21
Irish language decision goes way of priest on drink-drive chargeFailure to provide Donnchadh Ó Cuinn with documents in Irish breaches State obligationsFri Dec 11 2015 - 19:47
Judgment reserved in Denis O’Brien conspiracy caseBusinessman wants PR firm Red Flag to identify client it prepared dossier on him forFri Dec 11 2015 - 18:02
PAC appeal over discovery of documents to Angela Kerins allowedCourt says it must be established if Dáil body had right to question ex-Rehab chief’s payThu Dec 10 2015 - 18:45
Shellfish company loses legal appeal to force State to mediateCompany says oyster fishery business had to close due to the release of untreated sewage into Cork harbourThu Dec 10 2015 - 18:34
