Laws concerning membership of illegal organisations set to lapseMove unlikely to affect any cases pending before Special Criminal CourtWed Jun 17 2020 - 21:02
Judicial appointments Bill set to be enacted by incoming coalitionRoss call for lay role may fall by wayside amid family court plan and perjury hard lineWed Jun 17 2020 - 01:22
An Irishman’s Diary: A brush with KenyaThe counter staff were protected from their customers by the kind of ironwork you see protecting bank tellers in cowboy moviesMon Jun 15 2020 - 20:00
Shopping centres reopen today and nursing home visits resumeStrict protocols apply to retail outlet customers and visitors to residential facilitiesMon Jun 15 2020 - 08:06
Athlone schools facing online accusations of racismPrincipal responds as racist video made by girls from Our Lady’s Bower resurfacesSat Jun 13 2020 - 01:48
Michael D Higgins warns of ‘mass fatalities’ in Africa due to coronavirusProblems impeding Africa’s progress will remain after pandemic has passed, President saysWed Jun 10 2020 - 13:39
More than 900 cars driven by unaccompanied learner drivers seizedAlmost 5,000 learner drivers in State have held permit for more than 20 yearsMon Jun 08 2020 - 11:24
Covid-19: Chinese communist party endangered world, says NewspaperControversial free sheet Epoch Times says virus should be named after communist partyTue Jun 02 2020 - 00:35
Using nursing homes as ‘default option’ must end, experts sayCovid-19 has exposed Ireland’s over-reliance on an institutional model for elder careMon Jun 01 2020 - 03:31
Independent living centre is for ‘people who should not be in nursing homes’Chairty aims to provide people with security, protection from loneliness, and good foodMon Jun 01 2020 - 03:30
Populist politics in all but name is alive and well in IrelandWe should be wary of politicians who benefit from abusive online support basesMon Jun 01 2020 - 01:25
Coronavirus: Nine more deaths reported in the RepublicDeath toll in the Republic now stands at 1,651 with a total of 24,929 confirmed casesSat May 30 2020 - 18:47
Moving Luke Kelly sculpture suggested as response to vandalismSome councillors favour moving work after it was vandalised for a fifth time on FridaySat May 30 2020 - 16:23
Maria Bailey takes action against newspaper over ‘swing gate’ coverageDefamation proceedings lodged by former Fine Gael TD against publishers of Irish Daily MirrorThu May 28 2020 - 19:21
‘Over 1,000’ pubs have interest in Covid-19 insurance test caseDispute centres on whether insurers should pay for pubs’ losses over Covid-19 shutdownMon May 25 2020 - 16:45
Coronavirus: What will reopen in Ireland’s phases to ease restrictions?Timeline: The five phases are due to run through to August 10thMon May 25 2020 - 14:02
Sinn Féin massively dominant on Facebook during general electionParty had ten times more engagement on popular site than State’s other political partiesMon May 25 2020 - 02:07
Chicken farmer sues Revenue over failed family businessRevenue failure to act led to ‘irreversible character damage and expense’, farmer claimsSat May 23 2020 - 05:13
Man jailed over false application for Irish citizenshipAlbanian used alias of Kosovo national and sought asylum under false nameFri May 22 2020 - 20:14
Courts to resume sittings longer than two hours after getting adviceLabour leader Alan Kelly says it as ‘frankly bonkers’ politicians were unaware of advice about Oireachtas meetings of more than two hoursThu May 21 2020 - 20:01
Courts hope to resume full-day hearings ‘as soon as tomorrow’Courts Service is believed to have received advice from expert who raised issue of ‘two-hour limit’ at Dáil committee hearingThu May 21 2020 - 12:48
No Covid-19 ban on meetings exceeding two hours, says health officialDeputy CMO says he is unaware of advice used by Oireachtas and now judiciary to limit sittingsWed May 20 2020 - 20:01
Minister apologises to Cahersiveen over way direct provision centre openedCentre at former Skellig Hotel has had outbreak of Covid-19Wed May 20 2020 - 18:47
Court sittings to be limited to two hours daily on back of TDs’ moveNew social distancing advice is ‘bordering on bizarre’, says solicitors’ groupWed May 20 2020 - 17:24
Woman granted protection order against ‘menacing’ husbandFamily court hears man was ‘paranoid’ about virus and drank excessively every nightMon May 18 2020 - 20:54
Covid-19 payment refused to 1,200 people with no address in StateDepartment of Social Protection has withheld the €350 payment to 46,000 peopleSun May 17 2020 - 19:15
Covid-19 healthcare workers mirror heroes of the Famine, Minister saysJosepha Madigan makes comments at National Famine Commemoration in DublinSun May 17 2020 - 18:29
Tusla becomes first organisation fined for GDPR rule breachAgency fined €75,000 over three cases where data about children was wrongly disclosedSun May 17 2020 - 18:04
Coronavirus pandemic will expose bad governments, Robinson saysFormer president says people are learning that science matters when it comes to policySun May 17 2020 - 12:44
Ronan Ryan and Pamela Flood to sell house after reaching deal with US fundCouple won High Court appeal against possession order last yearFri May 15 2020 - 12:24
Effort to challenge Government’s Covid-19 restrictions falls at first fenceJudge found John Waters and Gemma O’Doherty failed to produce facts that might support their claimsWed May 13 2020 - 15:28
Coronavirus: How Dublin and London differ in their approach to ease lockdownDublin has five stage plan from May 18th – London opts for three, beginning May 13thTue May 12 2020 - 11:53
Covid-19: Travellers arriving in Republic from Britain still expected to isolate for 14 daysBoris Johnson has said 14-day isolation requirement in UK won’t apply to RepublicMon May 11 2020 - 14:21
Accumulated profits rise at Word Perfect Translation ServicesThe Dublin company is one of the largest providers of translation services in the StateSat May 09 2020 - 06:43
High Court to hear more remote cases as part of increased hearings planChief Justice says new measures may be in play until the second half of 2021Fri May 08 2020 - 19:18
Bar Council looking into idea of ordinary crimes being tried in non-jury courtsCoronavirus: How can jury trials resume amid social distancing rules?Wed May 06 2020 - 01:00
Coronavirus: Judge hopes more High Court cases can be heard remotelyRemote hearings ‘a way of tiding us over until we get back to physical hearings’Tue May 05 2020 - 03:27
Closure of courts sees income stream 'turned off' for many barristersStalled property market and the prospect of another economic downturn have badly hit solicitorsTue May 05 2020 - 02:02
Covid-19: Support group call for an end to the use of term ‘next of kin’Misunderstanding over phrase which has no legal standing and is an emergency contactTue May 05 2020 - 00:02
Covid-19: Ireland pledges €18 million to vaccine alliance GaviUrsula von der Leyen tells EU G20 group the race for a vaccination will be a 'marathon'Mon May 04 2020 - 20:49
Keelings says it can save fruit crop without additional workersIrish company addresses ‘misleading’ statements over hiring of staff from outside StateSun May 03 2020 - 13:40
Court of Appeal delays caused by Covid-19 not ‘catastrophic’With fewer sittings due to lockdown, judges ‘eat into’ list of reserved judgmentsSat May 02 2020 - 01:28
Serial murderer fails in European court application over right to a timely trialMark Nash denied murders of two women in GrangegormanFri May 01 2020 - 11:51
Coronavirus lockdown may spur courts system changes – solicitorRestrictions could be ’catalyst’ for overdue reforms, as first remote hearing takes placeFri May 01 2020 - 00:01
Lotto winner’s 11-year saga highlights ‘systemic problem’ in Irish courtsEuropean Court of Human Rights finds ‘no adequate explanation’ for delays in appealsThu Apr 30 2020 - 19:54
Man in 80s gets protection orders against three sons living with himMan had row with son in his early 50s during which he thought he would ‘get a few smacks’Tue Apr 28 2020 - 01:56
Coronavirus: 28 more deaths and 936 new cases reported in RepublicNursing Homes Ireland says redeployment urgent as many staff absent due to Covid-19Thu Apr 23 2020 - 22:53
Summer Gaeltacht courses cancelled due to coronavirusDepartment confirms Irish-language studies in communities will not take place this yearMon Apr 20 2020 - 22:29
Gardaí arrest man sought for extradition over Essex deathsRonan Hughes (40s) was charged on foot of a European Arrest Warrant issued by UK policeMon Apr 20 2020 - 21:01
