Totality of sentences for 1978 indecent assaults not considered by lower courts, Supreme Court findsJudges today cannot be expected to regard sexual offending against children in the same way as a judge 40 years ago, court hearsThu Dec 01 2022 - 22:10
Settlement of €12m for teen allegedly damaged by seizure control drugs during pregnancyAlex Fahey sued two doctors claiming his mother was not fully informed of dangers of taking products when pregnantThu Dec 01 2022 - 15:41
Supreme Court will hear appeal over insolvency plan allowing man to keep €1.8m farmThe court will consider the meaning of a “readily realisable asset” in the context of insolvency and debt restructuring applicationsThu Dec 01 2022 - 13:09
Woman (25) with cerebral palsy settles action over birth circumstances for €6.5mWoman alleges the defendant decided too late that her mother required a Caesarean sectionWed Nov 30 2022 - 20:46
Teen claims epilepsy drug prescribed to mother during pregnancy caused neurological damageThe claims are fully denied by the defendant GP and consultant neurologistWed Nov 30 2022 - 20:32
High Court approves €35,000 payment to mother of baby who died day after birthThe baby’s father died in a road traffic accident three years after the death of his sonTue Nov 29 2022 - 17:37
High Court awards €550,000 in exemplary damages against receiver over ‘wrongful action’Court entitled to mark disapproval of receiver possessing and selling some properties without court order, judge saysTue Nov 29 2022 - 16:13
High Court judge highlights ‘unavoidable conflict of interest’ in role of liquidatorsMr Justice Michael Twomey said the court has an ‘important role’ in approving the payment of liquidator feesMon Nov 28 2022 - 18:21
Residents bring second challenge over permission for hundreds of apartments at Blackrock siteAn Bord Pleanála conceded in the residents’ action over a 2022 permission, but they say the developer is now acting on earlier planning approvalMon Nov 28 2022 - 17:22
Man with three previous damages claims awarded €35k for wrist injury Jason McCarthy tripped and fell over a protruding lip on the pavement outside his father-in-law’s Waterford homeMon Nov 28 2022 - 15:44
Acupuncturist loses injuries claim against Dublin Bus over fall down stairs while holding items in both handsHigh Court judge dismisses woman’s case over fractured ankleFri Nov 25 2022 - 17:57
Teenager’s legal action over bus crashing into bridge settles for €75,000Leon McCabe Dillon claimed he was thrown forward in his seat when the bus hit a bridge in MulhuddartFri Nov 25 2022 - 16:14
Group initiates High Court challenge over permission for 208 apartments in KimmageKimmage Dublin Residents Alliance says fast-track approval for €106m scheme is invalidFri Nov 25 2022 - 13:51
Supreme Court dismisses appeals challenging Minister’s operation of asylum-seeking processIssue related to 2015 International Protection Act which established procedures for asylum applicants in IrelandThu Nov 24 2022 - 21:40
Mother of teens in school bus crash awarded €50,000 for traumaLinda Gavin’s daughters were carried from the scene at Caherconlish, Co Limerick in the 2018 incidentThu Nov 24 2022 - 15:43
Drug giant Novartis entitled to €1m VAT refund, court rulesRevenue fails to convince court that Swiss company should not be refundedWed Nov 23 2022 - 16:57
AIB can sell couple’s Dublin house despite no charge on husband’s 50% stakeCourt finds it is ‘just and equitable’ to allow sale of Balbriggan propertyWed Nov 23 2022 - 14:27
Garda’s case seeking reinstatement as member of the force resolvedGda Orlaith Fahy previously won a legal action quashing the Garda Commissioner’s decision to dismiss her over failing a fitness testTue Nov 22 2022 - 14:15
Woman held on remand as HSE seeks appropriate disability placement, court hearsWoman, who has been remanded to prison on consent since August, currently before court over criminal chargesMon Nov 21 2022 - 17:42
Court of Appeal orders fresh hearing of actions by women injured while dismounting playground swingThe Court of Appeal found it was “erroneous” to dismiss the cases against Tipperary County CouncilFri Nov 18 2022 - 14:53
Galway steel company alleges financial controller misappropriated €727,000Coen Steel has secured orders preventing former executive from disposing of assets below €900,000Thu Nov 17 2022 - 16:43
Twitter not objecting to Benfica’s request for order to reveal account holder identityPortugal’s most successful football club claims account posted defamatory comments against it, including allegations of financial and other improprietyThu Nov 17 2022 - 15:03
Provisional liquidators appointed to Co Cavan companies involved in data centre manufacturingACB Design and Construct has made a loss of over €2 million this year, petition documents stateWed Nov 16 2022 - 15:45
Group fails in Supreme Court bid to quash approval for Rathfarnham flood relief worksBallyboden Tidy Towns Group claimed permission for works should have been time-limitedTue Nov 15 2022 - 16:50
South African children who challenged transfer have started new schools, court toldFamily claims decision to transfer them from Co Wicklow to Co Mayo was ‘irrational’Tue Nov 15 2022 - 12:44
Inquest into death of Waterford couple’s newborn baby conducted appropriately - High CourtThe judge found coroner Philip Comyn gave adequate directions on the inquest evidenceTue Nov 15 2022 - 11:41
Dublin-based aircraft lessor claims Greek airline owes it more than €70.5mAirwork Ireland Limited claims Olympus airline defaulted on a series of lease agreementsMon Nov 14 2022 - 18:47
‘Urgent’ dispute over completed apartments enters fast-track commercial listMeath County Council agreed the case was urgent as prospective occupants have been identified for the apartmentsMon Nov 14 2022 - 16:06
Gerard Hutch ordered to pay half of State’s legal costs of failed Supreme Court appealCourt says Hutch and Dowdall had ‘significant personal interest’ in bringing proceedingsMon Nov 14 2022 - 14:14
Practice of taxpayer picking up part of personal injury settlement bill could end after judge’s rulingInsurers have used ‘consent settlement order’ to avoid covering benefits paid to plaintiffs pursuing their claimFri Nov 11 2022 - 18:32
High Court refuses request for summary judgment against Supermac’s for alleged unpaid rentsSupermac's has done enough to merit the matter proceeding to a full hearing, says Ms Justice Marguerite BolgerFri Nov 11 2022 - 12:47
Environmental planning challengers should not have to pay other side’s costs - Supreme CourtMr Justice Brian Murray said the Aarhus Convention requires states to measures to ensure that environmental law proceedings are “not prohibitively expensive”Thu Nov 10 2022 - 13:41
Former meat plant operative withdraws case after CCTV footage showed him operating diggerMan had claimed he was unable to work between December 2016 and May 2019 due to his injuriesWed Nov 09 2022 - 19:00
Supreme Court refers questions to Europe in case challenging Project Ireland 2040Friends of the Irish Environment’s case was previously rejected by the High Court and Court of AppealWed Nov 09 2022 - 13:45
Tribunal entitled to refuse protection for South African who claimed persecution for being a white manApplicant contended crime is out of control in South Africa and said he feared he would be killed if forced to returnTue Nov 08 2022 - 17:15
Former soldier withdraws action alleging ongoing side effects from antimalarial drugThe Minister for Defence denied the claims made by 35-year-old Jason SquiresTue Nov 08 2022 - 15:29
Fianna Fáil councillor withdraws High Court action over ski trip fallDetails of the case emerged during Deirdre Conroy’s campaign as a candidate in the 2021 Dublin Bay South byelectionTue Nov 08 2022 - 14:47
High Court asked to quash permission for increased disposal capacity at Limerick alumina plant Futureproof Clare has based case on significant number of domestic and European Union environmental law groundsTue Nov 08 2022 - 13:18
Zoning objective has ‘effectively sterilised’ Knocklyon site for 22 years, developer claimsJones Investments and its director claim there has never been a rationale for an objective that a school should be built on their landMon Nov 07 2022 - 16:47
State will contest asylum-seeking family’s challenge to accommodation changeCourt hears transfer came amid ‘unprecedendted pressure’ on Ireland’s internatinal protection systemThu Nov 03 2022 - 15:11
Family moved from Wicklow to Mayo amid ‘unprecedented pressure’ on asylum system, court toldSouth African family say decision to transfer them across country at short notice ‘irrational’ and a breach of rightsThu Nov 03 2022 - 12:58
Supreme Court finds State delayed ‘unreasonably’ in providing Irish translation of ActThe State appellants submitted there were practical difficulties in providing an Irish translation of the large number of Acts made each yearWed Nov 02 2022 - 17:25
Rider sues trainer Jessica Harrington over horse fallThe defendants deny liability, contending the bandages used on the horse were safe and correctTue Nov 01 2022 - 20:22
Former soldier (35) sues Minister over health problems allegedly linked to antimalarial drugJason Squires claims he continues to suffer neuropsychiatric and other persistent symptoms as a result of taking LariamTue Nov 01 2022 - 19:27
Asylum-seeking family challenges ‘irrational’ decision to change accommodationSouth African family claims they have been treated in an inhumane mannerTue Nov 01 2022 - 15:18
High Court president hails ‘remarkable’ turnaround in circumstances faced by vulnerable UkrainianJudge says it is ‘hard to overstate’ the dire situation the woman faced when she arrived in IrelandFri Oct 28 2022 - 15:45
Drug firm’s injunction that would cost taxpayer €8m refusedPharma companies sought to prevent sale of generic multiple sclerosis drugThu Oct 27 2022 - 20:16
Supreme Court to hear appeal from man convicted of murdering love rivalThe appeal concerns the admissibility of a 999 call made in the aftermath of the stabbingThu Oct 27 2022 - 16:12
Court rules woman in extra-marital relationship with man is not his cohabitantThere was significant dispute between the woman and the man’s wife over where he had lived in the years before he diedThu Oct 27 2022 - 13:32
Council unlawfully refusing to issue compliance certificate for Meath apartment block, developer claimsCorseet Limited says council believes an administrative default can only be remedied by demolishing and rebuilding the homesWed Oct 26 2022 - 17:57
