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Supreme Court sharply criticises judge’s comments about barristers

Supreme Court sharply criticises judge’s comments about barristers

Supreme Court describes High Court judge’s comments as ‘offensive and humiliating’

Tue Oct 13 2020 - 20:43
Chief Justice voices ‘serious concern’ as Woulfe meeting is delayed further

Chief Justice voices ‘serious concern’ as Woulfe meeting is delayed further

Clarke now scheduled to meet judge on Thursday to resolve golf dinner controversy

Tue Oct 13 2020 - 18:00
‘Golfgate’ has damaged public’s view of Supreme Court, say legal academics

‘Golfgate’ has damaged public’s view of Supreme Court, say legal academics

Controversy over judge’s attendance at Clifden golf dinner has ‘changed the narrative’

Thu Oct 08 2020 - 01:00
Care to dance? Colm Keena on an evolutionary quickstep

Care to dance? Colm Keena on an evolutionary quickstep

An Irishman’s Diary

Mon Oct 05 2020 - 19:31
Six hundred complaints against lawyers made over six-month period

Six hundred complaints against lawyers made over six-month period

Most complaints to regulatory authority related to alleged misconduct

Mon Oct 05 2020 - 13:46
Woulfe complained of ‘mood of hysteria’ and being ‘prejudged’

Woulfe complained of ‘mood of hysteria’ and being ‘prejudged’

Coverage of golf dinner ‘completely fake, overblown’, Denham was told at meeting

Sat Oct 03 2020 - 02:47
Woulfe’s actions create problem for Supreme Court despite ‘fool’s pardon’

Woulfe’s actions create problem for Supreme Court despite ‘fool’s pardon’

Some lawyers feel judge should have quit even after Denham’s ‘Golfgate’ verdict

Sat Oct 03 2020 - 01:00
Séamus Woulfe on Golfgate: ‘Jesus, they’re really scraping the barrel here’

Séamus Woulfe on Golfgate: ‘Jesus, they’re really scraping the barrel here’

Transcript reveals judge’s initial reaction on reading story about controversial golf dinner

Fri Oct 02 2020 - 21:05
Translation.ie directors share pension sum of €1.15m, accounts show

Translation.ie directors share pension sum of €1.15m, accounts show

Profit for 2019 was €675,180 with accumulated losses of €611,490 at language firm

Fri Oct 02 2020 - 04:47
Woulfe to receive ‘dressing-down’ from Chief Justice following Denham report

Woulfe to receive ‘dressing-down’ from Chief Justice following Denham report

Supreme Court says it fully accepts finding judge’s resignation over ‘Golfgate’ would be ‘unjust’

Fri Oct 02 2020 - 00:45
Golfgate review told Chief Justice aware of Seamus Woulfe invite

Golfgate review told Chief Justice aware of Seamus Woulfe invite

Then AG assured of organisers consultation with authorities on compliance with Covid-19 rules

Thu Oct 01 2020 - 21:56
Woulfe not ‘sufficiently vigilant’ about position as a new Supreme Court judge, report finds

Woulfe not ‘sufficiently vigilant’ about position as a new Supreme Court judge, report finds

Judge ‘failed to consider’ whether attendance in middle of a pandemic ‘might be an impropriety’

Thu Oct 01 2020 - 19:33
Séamus Woulfe did ‘nothing involving impropriety’ to justify resignation, Denham report finds

Séamus Woulfe did ‘nothing involving impropriety’ to justify resignation, Denham report finds

Calling for judge to stand down from Supreme Court over golf dinner ‘unjust and disproportionate’

Thu Oct 01 2020 - 17:05
Woulfe resignation would be unjust and disproportionate, Denham report concludes

Woulfe resignation would be unjust and disproportionate, Denham report concludes

Supreme Court judge should not have attended Clifden golf dinner, former chief justice says

Thu Oct 01 2020 - 13:45
Majority of Ireland’s barristers ‘facing huge drop in income’ during pandemic

Majority of Ireland’s barristers ‘facing huge drop in income’ during pandemic

Chair Bar council most barristers making modest or ordinary incomes

Thu Oct 01 2020 - 09:30
Reform group backs measures to tackle ‘paracetemol injury’ payouts

Reform group backs measures to tackle ‘paracetemol injury’ payouts

New legislation will put a cap on personal injury insurance claims

Wed Sept 30 2020 - 09:46
Plan for court personal injury cap guide likely to be constitutional – report

Plan for court personal injury cap guide likely to be constitutional – report

Law Reform Commission examines four types of legislative model for capping damages

Wed Sept 30 2020 - 01:00
New courts and judges as family law system set for major reform

New courts and judges as family law system set for major reform

Minister says reforms will result in a more efficient system with families at the centre

Wed Sept 30 2020 - 01:00
Highly-disturbed teenager who has threatened to kill mother due for release

Highly-disturbed teenager who has threatened to kill mother due for release

18-year-old arrested by gardaí on release from secure care unit

Fri Sept 25 2020 - 12:25
Road traffic law ‘extremely difficult’ to follow because of additions and amendments

Road traffic law ‘extremely difficult’ to follow because of additions and amendments

Law Reform Commission says laws should be available in consolidated form

Fri Sept 25 2020 - 10:49
FinCEN Files: Scale of challenge facing financial regulators revealed in leaked documents

FinCEN Files: Scale of challenge facing financial regulators revealed in leaked documents

Two former IFSC-based firms mentioned in a Suspicious Activity Report on multi-billion euro wire transfers filed by Wall Street bank

Fri Sept 25 2020 - 05:51
FinCEN Files: Dublin-listed fund sent $23m to firm suspected of links to Russian crime boss

FinCEN Files: Dublin-listed fund sent $23m to firm suspected of links to Russian crime boss

US bank became concerned that company may be linked to notorious gangster

Fri Sept 25 2020 - 04:00
Gardaí seize 85 cars worth €2m as part of money-laundering investigation

Gardaí seize 85 cars worth €2m as part of money-laundering investigation

Cab suspects crime gang was laundering cash through used-car outlet in Tipperary

Thu Sept 24 2020 - 21:09
Belfast mailbox address used by account holder in Russian money-laundering scheme

Belfast mailbox address used by account holder in Russian money-laundering scheme

The network processed hundreds of millions of US dollars

Mon Sept 21 2020 - 20:00
FinCEN Files: Dublin business features in leak of US treasury documents

FinCEN Files: Dublin business features in leak of US treasury documents

Financial crime agency leaks contain references to firm set up from Ranelagh house

Sun Sept 20 2020 - 18:15
The FinCEN files: The billion dollar a month money trail

The FinCEN files: The billion dollar a month money trail

A labyrinthine network of bank accounts over many years has moved enormous amounts of capital out of Russia and into the West. Some of those accounts began life in Dublin

Sun Sept 20 2020 - 18:01
‘I’ve put hours upon hours into my studies, I am gutted with the grades’

‘I’ve put hours upon hours into my studies, I am gutted with the grades’

Leaving Certificate student calls for comprehensive appeals system

Tue Sept 15 2020 - 13:40
Legal challenges over Leaving Cert results must clear high bar

Legal challenges over Leaving Cert results must clear high bar

Legal test is high for challenges to decision to disregard schools’ Leaving Cert track record

Tue Sept 15 2020 - 02:54
Court system could be changed for the better by pandemic

Court system could be changed for the better by pandemic

Head of service says technology is reducing wait times for cases and will lead to savings

Thu Aug 27 2020 - 03:00
Jay Bourke: ‘The last recession, it changed everybody’

Jay Bourke: ‘The last recession, it changed everybody’

Critics and past creditors of the talented publican-restaurateur ‘could fill a small bar’

Sat Aug 22 2020 - 06:00
Séamus Woulfe apology fails to quell criticism over ‘reckless actions’

Séamus Woulfe apology fails to quell criticism over ‘reckless actions’

Supreme Court judge understood event would be within public health guidelines

Fri Aug 21 2020 - 19:54
Judge criticises Justice Department for not implementing part of refugee regime

Judge criticises Justice Department for not implementing part of refugee regime

Panel of medics to assess those seeking protection not assembled after almost five years

Fri Aug 21 2020 - 01:00
Gardaí arrest two men in shop thefts investigation

Gardaí arrest two men in shop thefts investigation

Co Kildare house is searched as part of inquiry into robberies in Dublin, Wicklow, Galway, Meath and Kilkenny

Tue Aug 18 2020 - 11:42
Court cuts whiplash compensation, says injury awards should ‘not be a lottery’

Court cuts whiplash compensation, says injury awards should ‘not be a lottery’

Judge reduces €76,000 award to €41,000, says some judges viewed as ‘more generous or parsimonious’

Tue Aug 18 2020 - 10:03
Call for immediate closure of pubs, hotels in ‘flagrant breach’ of rules

Call for immediate closure of pubs, hotels in ‘flagrant breach’ of rules

Hospitality sector representatives say businesses breaching Covid-19 regulations should be ‘named and shamed’

Mon Aug 17 2020 - 19:51
Further restrictions to protect vulnerable from Covid-19 to be considered

Further restrictions to protect vulnerable from Covid-19 to be considered

Sharp increase in confirmed cases prompts ‘deep concern’ in national emergency team

Mon Aug 17 2020 - 01:00
‘This cannot continue’ warns Dr Ronan Glynn as 66 new cases of Covid-19 reported

‘This cannot continue’ warns Dr Ronan Glynn as 66 new cases of Covid-19 reported

Some are socialising recklessly, he warns, as Nphet prepares to meet Monday to consider ‘any necessary recommendations’

Mon Aug 17 2020 - 00:16
NPHET to discuss effect of rise in Covid-19 cases on re-opening of schools

NPHET to discuss effect of rise in Covid-19 cases on re-opening of schools

Dr Ronan Glynn says new cases across every county and region in ‘significant escalation’

Sun Aug 16 2020 - 19:57
Dramatic action needed to reduce spread of Covid-19 – infectious disease expert

Dramatic action needed to reduce spread of Covid-19 – infectious disease expert

Prof Sam McConkey warns of widespread infection in elderly if approach not changed

Sun Aug 16 2020 - 19:46
John Hume: Key leaders in build-up to Belfast Agreement pay tribute

John Hume: Key leaders in build-up to Belfast Agreement pay tribute

Hume ‘committed to pursuing objectives by exclusively peaceful and democratic means’

Mon Aug 03 2020 - 18:54
Donald Trump declares ‘income’ of €11.4m from Doonbeg resort

Donald Trump declares ‘income’ of €11.4m from Doonbeg resort

US president reports slight drop in revenue from Clare business in latest disclosure

Sun Aug 02 2020 - 21:24
Cervical cancer controversy: ‘Why are they fighting these women so badly?’

Cervical cancer controversy: ‘Why are they fighting these women so badly?’

Campaigner Lorraine Walsh: ‘We are all wondering if we have to go through torture just to get justice’

Sat Aug 01 2020 - 06:00
Covid-19: Too early to see case spike as serious threat to health

Covid-19: Too early to see case spike as serious threat to health

Public anxiety triggered by surge but precautions and next few days will shape pattern

Sat Aug 01 2020 - 01:35
Court’s quashing of climate plan a cause for international embarrassment

Court’s quashing of climate plan a cause for international embarrassment

Chief Justice criticises aspects of statutory plan as ‘excessively vague or aspirational’

Fri Jul 31 2020 - 17:17
Bankruptcy: ‘play ball and it's very easy’

Bankruptcy: ‘play ball and it's very easy’

Retired official assignee Chris Lehane on unmanageable debt, hidden assets and ‘acting the maggot’

Wed Jul 29 2020 - 05:36
Coronavirus: Criminal trial backlog equates to half a year’s cases

Coronavirus: Criminal trial backlog equates to half a year’s cases

Courts Service is looking at use of non-court buildings to allow for social distancing

Fri Jul 17 2020 - 14:00
Second ever woman elected to chair of Bar Council

Second ever woman elected to chair of Bar Council

Maura McNally SC follows in footsteps of Ms Justice Mella Carroll who held role in 1979

Thu Jul 16 2020 - 17:16
Two of three CervicalCheck Tribunal judges no longer available

Two of three CervicalCheck Tribunal judges no longer available

Process to deal with claims cannot be established until new members chosen

Thu Jul 16 2020 - 01:50
Court extends period of bankruptcy of farmer whose cattle were shot to 2024

Court extends period of bankruptcy of farmer whose cattle were shot to 2024

Money found hidden behind radiator when house searched was not listed in statement of personal information, court told

Mon Jul 13 2020 - 15:45
Varadkar ‘doesn’t fully trust’ banks amid profiteering claims

Varadkar ‘doesn’t fully trust’ banks amid profiteering claims

Ministers to meet chief executives of banks next week over Covid-19 mortgage breaks

Sat Jul 11 2020 - 16:03
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