Garden builder sues TV personality Diarmuid Gavin in defamation claimDermot Kerins, who built many of Gavin’s most famous gardens, has issued High Court proceedings against the celebrity garden designerMon Jan 02 2023 - 05:00
Airbnb caught off guard by introduction of short-term letting restrictions, correspondence showsNewly released letter to Minister for Housing expresses company’s ‘surprise and serious concerns’ at new measures and complains of a lack of consultationMon Jan 02 2023 - 04:45
Intel asked Government for help with staff fleeing RussiaUS chip giant asked about help for Russian employees ‘who might get caught up in restrictions’ on people leaving Russia after invasion of UkraineThu Dec 29 2022 - 05:12
HSE secures private beds as hospitals struggle to handle ‘apocalyptic’ surge in respiratory illnessesEmergency department at Cork University Hospital described as ‘crowded beyond recognition’Sat Dec 24 2022 - 05:00
Retired garda sues Donegal councillor Frank McBrearty for defamationLegal proceedings issued over online comments in response to article published on Donegal Daily news websiteFri Dec 23 2022 - 05:00
Irish dancing: Claims of competition fixes, sexual favours detailed in court challengeText messages show offer of sexual acts in one exchange between two male teachersFri Dec 23 2022 - 05:00
Varadkar would rather leave FG than join coalition with SF, he tells RTÉ documentaryIn part two of Sean O’Rourke’s Two Tribes, Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin leaves door open to possible coalition with Sinn FéinWed Dec 21 2022 - 17:45
Former High Court Taxing Master gets more time for debt deal with creditorsSolicitor James Flynn is seeking a new personal insolvency arrangement with the approval of the court to resolve debts of €3.5 millionMon Dec 19 2022 - 17:52
Rossa Fanning profile: New AG a courtroom bruiser with straight-talking reputation Rossa Fanning’s considerable legal experience and friendship with new Taoiseach Leo Varadkar helped put him in the frame as the Government’s new attorney generalMon Dec 19 2022 - 05:27
Golfgate? I can smile about it now, says Sean O’RourkeTwo years on from the ‘bruising’ Golfgate controversy, veteran broadcaster Sean O’Rourke is back on our screens next week with Two Tribes, a new series on the history and legacy of Fianna Fáil and Fine Gael since the Civil WarSun Dec 18 2022 - 10:00
CNN’s Donie O’Sullivan: Elon Musk banning me from Twitter ‘rich and ironic’Kerry reporter says billionaire’s suspension of journalists from social media platform undermines claim that he is self-professed free speech supporterFri Dec 16 2022 - 18:01
Twitter’s suspension of Irish journalist a ‘worrying development’, says NUJBlack list of reporters includes CNN’s Donie O’SullivanFri Dec 16 2022 - 10:40
Haulier support scheme to be extended by further €18m due to high costsFuel costs remain at record levels and wider economic landscape remains uncertain, says Minister of State at Department of TransportFri Dec 16 2022 - 00:01
More female lorry drivers among goals in road haulage planGovernment sets out 10-year targets in first strategy document for road transport industryThu Dec 15 2022 - 00:01
East Wall protesters target city traffic, angering retailers‘Nobody will know where we’re going to strike,’ say protesters of further planned demonstrations in DublinWed Dec 14 2022 - 19:54
Wealthier families in Ireland four times more likely to benefit from inheritanceIntergenerational wealth: CSO study finds one in five households received money as an inheritance or giftWed Dec 14 2022 - 12:27
Midlands property developer has almost €25 million in Celtic Tiger debt written offTony Diskin, the builder behind Athlone ghost estate where a two-year-old boy drowned in 2012, secures High Court approval for a personal insolvency arrangementMon Dec 12 2022 - 15:07
‘You have f**king fleeced me’: Ronan O’Gara seeks to overturn business partner’s debt dealFormer rugby international accuses former partner in Cork pub of misappropriating €15,725 in High Court actionMon Dec 12 2022 - 13:54
‘The beauty and risk of Leo’: Pressure is on for Varadkar to deliver as taoiseachThe pressure is on Varadkar to deliver on three fronts and make good on the promise of his political ascent during his second stint as TaoiseachSat Dec 10 2022 - 05:00
Death of child (4) from strep A confirmed as parents urged to keep children with signs of illness at homeWarning over ‘significant rise’ in viral infections as children’s hospitals say they are at ‘critical capacity’ due to ‘perfect storm’ of factorsWed Dec 07 2022 - 20:52
An officer and an unfair dismissal: how it took Dónal de Róiste 53 years to clear his nameThe former army lieutenant was wrongly dismissed from the army in 1969 over false claims that he had links with republican militants; a half-century later he has finally cleared his nameWed Dec 07 2022 - 19:00
Private nursing homes lodge State aid complaint with EUNursing Homes Ireland claims Fair Deal nursing home subvention scheme confers ‘illegal’ competitive advantage on public nursing homesTue Dec 06 2022 - 20:19
Former Quinn assets in Russia regularly monitored by liquidator firm for war sanction complianceCommercial properties that once formed part of Quinn family’s €455 million property empire are now controlled by liquidators of State-owned former Anglo Irish BankMon Dec 05 2022 - 05:00
Owners of ‘uninhabitable’ D4 apartments suing developers over excessive heat Five owners of luxury Lansdowne Place apartments in Ballsbridge claim they have to endure temperatures of close to 30 degreesSun Dec 04 2022 - 19:55
Denis O’Brien sues regulator for upholding PR firm’s refusal to hand over recordsO’Brien takes case against DPC over rejected complaint in bid to access information held by Red FlagSat Dec 03 2022 - 05:36
More than 1.3 million people to receive State Christmas bonus from next weekPensioners, carers, widows, people with disabilities and lone parents to benefit from paymentsFri Dec 02 2022 - 09:07
How the mighty Seán Quinn was toppled by his own flawsRTE’s three-part Quinn Country documentary sheds new light on rise and fall of man once reputed to be Ireland’s richestWed Nov 30 2022 - 23:00
US investors put clause in 2014 Quinn deal aimed at ending vandalismBondholders incentivised new owners to try to reduce ‘community interference’ in sale deal after prolonged campaign of vandalism against Sean Quinn’s former businessesWed Nov 30 2022 - 22:55
Seán Quinn saw €3bn Anglo Irish Bank loss like earlier ‘wee hiccups’ in 40-year careerSecond part of RTE documentary series Quinn Country charted collapse of former billionaire’s business empireTue Nov 29 2022 - 22:35
Dublin-based SMBC is latest aircraft lessor to sue over lost planes in RussiaAsian-owned leasing company joins growing list of firms suing over planes stuck after Russian invasion of UkraineTue Nov 29 2022 - 17:00
Celtic Tiger-era Cork property developer escapes debts of €170 million in record court dealDentist-turned-developer Barry Harte secures personal insolvency arrangement from the High CourtMon Nov 28 2022 - 11:19
Facial recognition technology ‘inappropriate for policing,’ say privacy rights advocatesIrish Council for Civil Liberties and academics raise concerns about plans for law to enable technology that is banned for policing in other countriesMon Nov 28 2022 - 00:01
CervicalCheck: Gabriel Scally says ‘serious work’ needed to create open disclosure policy Investigator reports substantial progress on implementation of recommendationsWed Nov 23 2022 - 21:56
CervicalCheck investigator condemns doctors shunning women in cancer support groupDr Gabriel Scally said treatment of 221+ group ‘completely unacceptable’ as one affected women complained about being ‘treated like a leper’Wed Nov 23 2022 - 21:11
CervicalCheck: Hostility towards campaign group ‘completely unacceptable’, says ScallyReport author said he was told some clinicians asked women whether they were members of 221+ before considering treating themWed Nov 23 2022 - 16:13
Electricity bills likely to remain high despite falling wholesale pricesMore significant and sustained reductions in wholesale electricity costs needed to bring consumer bills down, says regulatorWed Nov 23 2022 - 04:00
Ian Bailey’s ex-partner Jules Thomas to sue Netflix over Sophie Toscan du Plantier documentaryThe West Cork artist was not interviewed by the makers of the Netflix documentary seriesTue Nov 22 2022 - 14:13
‘God, that’s great!’ Bono reveals his most intimate self before a who’s who of Irish lifeThe U2 frontman plays a cast of characters from his life in Stories of Surrender, songs and stories from his new memoirTue Nov 22 2022 - 06:55
One in four lorries found to have major defects in inspectionsSafety body says almost one in 20 HGVs had dangerous defects, with nearly half of drivers checked breaching hours limitsTue Nov 22 2022 - 05:00
Irish rights group urges US regulator to change tracking rules for online adsIrish Council for Civil Liberties tells Federal Trade Commission that ‘real-time bidding’ internet advertising exposes consumers to ‘significant injury’Mon Nov 21 2022 - 20:19
Housing crisis main theme of party leader speech at Fine Gael Ardfheis Leo Varadkar who will become taoiseach next month addressed the 2,000 party delegates in AthloneMon Nov 21 2022 - 01:00
Civic forum to be held on extending presidential vote to Irish citizens overseasMinister hopes diaspora civic forum will drive support for extending vote to Irish abroad for possible referendum in 2024Sun Nov 20 2022 - 22:00
Sinn Féin to bring forward Dáil motion declaring housing emergencyMinister must ‘accept reality of crisis he is overseeing,’ says SF housing spokesman Eoin Ó BroinSun Nov 20 2022 - 14:40
Russia travel ban on 52 Irish politicians dismissed as ‘mind games’Moscow’s list includes the names of 33 Fianna Fáil and 16 Fine Gael politicians barred from entering RussiaSat Nov 19 2022 - 05:00
Russia’s travel ban list includes 33 FF and 16 FG politiciansLabour leader Ivana Bacik and Independent Senator Gerard Craughwell also on list targeting IrelandFri Nov 18 2022 - 14:10
Dublin-based CDB latest aircraft lessor to sue over planes trapped in RussiaAffiliate of China Development Bank takes High Court case against 18 insurers in DublinWed Nov 16 2022 - 17:52
Dublin 4 tops average house price league table at €880,000, CSO figures showPembroke, including Donnybrook and Ballsbridge, tops residential purchase prices for 2021Wed Nov 16 2022 - 12:04
Republican-led US House would still support Brexit solution for North, congressman saysDublin conference told that Republicans will not push for UK trade deal ahead of resolution to the Northern Ireland protocol rowTue Nov 15 2022 - 21:00
New gambling law will ban all social media advertising Gambling Regulation Bill will have power to impose terms of imprisonment on those who fail to protect children and vulnerable customersTue Nov 15 2022 - 20:24
Dublin-based BOC Aviation sues over leased aircraft lost in RussiaAsia’s largest aircraft lessor becomes latest firm to sue insurers over seized aircraftTue Nov 15 2022 - 11:00
