Dublin courthouses will not close, Courts Service saysProposals could have resulted in increased costs across the justice sectorTue Sept 23 2014 - 01:00
Wet weather fails to dampen spirits at Culture NightMore than 1,400 free events take place all over the countryFri Sept 19 2014 - 22:02
Care order for boy allegedly scalded when mother threw kettle of boiling water at himMother left jurisdiction, not notified of orderFri Sept 19 2014 - 01:01
Teenager suffered psychotic relapse but no adolescent bed is availableYouth to be held in adult mental health unit, court hearsThu Sept 18 2014 - 01:00
Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown council owed almost €3.5m in rent arrearsMore than third of tenants in arrearsWed Sept 17 2014 - 01:00
Judge grants domestic violence orders to couplesThirty-seven cases at Dublin District Family Court had domestic violence elementTue Sept 16 2014 - 01:00
Increase in Irish requests to other countries for help in offences against childrenIn 2012, 40 requests related to child pornography, 17 to child sexual assault or rapeMon Sept 15 2014 - 01:00
Mother regains joint custody of boys after moving back to WestJudge tells couple to say ‘kind things about each other’ to their childrenFri Sept 12 2014 - 01:00
Residential unit to care for sisters, judge ordersAsylum-seeking girls had requested to be placed with an Irish familyThu Sept 11 2014 - 01:00
Dún Laoghaire councillors call on chief executive not to sign incinerator dealCouncillors raise concerns about environment, costs and health and safetyTue Sept 09 2014 - 01:00
Locals pledge to fight ‘tooth and nail’ to oppose Poolbeg incineratorGreen Party councillor says plant will need to burn waste generated by ‘entire country’Fri Sept 05 2014 - 19:10
Controversial Poolbeg incinerator plan set to proceedWatchdog approves €500m Dublin waste-to-energy plant which could open by 2017Fri Sept 05 2014 - 16:05
Psychiatric bed found for teenager in urgent needOrder made to involuntarily detain girl in psychiatric unitWed Sept 03 2014 - 01:00
High Court may call head of mental health services to explain lack of bed for teenagerGirl’s condition deteriorated over weekendTue Sept 02 2014 - 01:00
McKevitt granted leave for judicial review on early releaseCourt told man convicted for Real IRA membership taking French, yoga and web design classesMon Sept 01 2014 - 19:10
Staff cost Mahon tribunal over €1.1m last yearAdministrative staff cost over €567,000 in 2013, five years after its last hearingMon Sept 01 2014 - 07:17
Croke Park Classic: fighter jet fly-past upsets people, dogs and anti-war groupMon Sept 01 2014 - 01:00
Troops role in Golan Heights to be re-evaluated, Coveney saysIrish soldiers help rescue 35 Filipino peacekeepers surrounded by 300 armed rebelsMon Sept 01 2014 - 00:58
No bed for teenager who should be in psychiatric unit, High Court hearsGirl’s ‘life is at risk’, court toldSat Aug 30 2014 - 01:00
Teenager in care may be moved to holiday cottage because of lack of secure care bedsBoy “not getting care and protection he is entitled to”, Judge saysFri Aug 29 2014 - 09:08
Court dispenses with need for parental permission to immunise child in careJudge says immunisation ‘in child’s best interests’Wed Aug 27 2014 - 01:00
More than 6,500 children in care of State, up 23 per cent on 2007Tusla reports increase in number of babies from north Dublin city going into careTue Aug 26 2014 - 01:00
McKevitt to seek judicial review of early release decisionThe convicted Real IRA member had applied for a third off his 20-year-sentenceMon Aug 25 2014 - 13:21
Expenses claimed by named judges to be releasedInformation Commissioner finds public interest in accountability outweighs privacySat Aug 23 2014 - 06:48
Garda Commissioner wrote to support withholding judges’ names in FOI requestCourts Service argued revealing names could adversely affect security of the StateSat Aug 23 2014 - 01:00
Teenagers taken into care after village burnt by ‘Islamic sect’Family Court judge also concerned for safety of girl who went missing six times last month while in care of the StateFri Aug 22 2014 - 01:00
Two-year-old boy drowns in SpainVictim fell into a swimming pool near his home in Mijas on the Costa Del SolTue Aug 19 2014 - 10:18
Parents 'exploited' by overseas youth cancer treatmentsSpecialists say experimental approach unrealistic and may harm some childrenTue Aug 19 2014 - 06:35
Most women suicidal in pregnancy and seeking termination will travel to UKPerinatal psychiatrist “ regularly” sees reports of women who have killed themselves while pregnantTue Aug 19 2014 - 06:30
Man dies following north Dublin stabbing attackVictim (45) sustained a number of wounds in attack in North Strand area of city last nightMon Aug 18 2014 - 20:38
Three die in road crashes and one in tragic accident over the weekendMan died after falling from rocks at Donegal lighthouseMon Aug 18 2014 - 01:00
Plan to relocate two children in care will go aheadGuardian concerned about impact of move on boy facing State examsFri Aug 15 2014 - 01:00
Secretary at private school in south Dublin loses pay claimCase over wage cut has been appealed to High CourtWed Aug 13 2014 - 21:59
Three children to stay in State care until they are 18Judge Colin Daly finds each child suffered ‘emotional trauma and neglect’Wed Aug 13 2014 - 01:00
Singles clause in Gender Bill is ‘forced divorce’Revised Bill allows 16 and 17 year olds apply for legal gender recognition with consentThu Aug 07 2014 - 16:03
Care order for child who suffered severe scaldingCourt heard the child’s mother cancelled an ambulance called to take her to hospitalThu Aug 07 2014 - 01:00
Former helicopter landing site at Dublin nature reserve soldCouncils had tried to buy Booterstown site from Nama for public use and benefitTue Aug 05 2014 - 01:02
Fennelly commission seeks accounts of any calls taped by gardaíCommission will also try to establish if any information was used improperly or unlawfullyTue Aug 05 2014 - 01:02
Services for Criminal courts of Justice cost €846,000 a monthCost to State could top €604m by time complex comes into ownership of Courts ServiceTue Aug 05 2014 - 01:00
Rehab hospital to seek fast-track planning permissionProposed 120-bed unit in Dún Laoghaire to replace existing facility opened in 1918Tue Aug 05 2014 - 01:00
Call for stricter sentencing following spate of violent attacks on taxi driversAttitude of society toward taxi drivers contributes to attacks against them, TTnH saysMon Aug 04 2014 - 07:10
Case study: taxi driver Peter Gunn‘Even with witnesses coming out of houses it didn’t seem to faze them’Mon Aug 04 2014 - 04:02
Human limb found at Dublin recycling plantDeputy State pathologist to visit Thornton’s waste recycling plantFri Aug 01 2014 - 16:16
Natural father fails in bid for sole custodyJudge rules child to continue living with deceased mother’s partnerFri Aug 01 2014 - 01:00
Stolen money used for extension and Barbados apartment, O’Brien trial hearsInvestments characteristic of ‘Ponzi scheme’, court toldThu Jul 31 2014 - 23:00
O’Brien destitute and living on €188 a week, court toldCourt hears that O’Brien not only financially but also socially ruinedThu Jul 31 2014 - 01:03
State spent hundreds of thousands to bring former solicitor to justiceO’Donoghue maintained his innocence until two weeks before his trialWed Jul 30 2014 - 01:02
Law Society to take part in judicial review of costs case involving taxing masterDecision by Rowena Mulcahy to withdraw from case raises concerns, Law Society saysWed Jul 30 2014 - 01:02
‘Lasting damage’ to courts if budget cut again - Chief JusticeSusan Denham says funding for service decreased by a quarter since 2008Thu Jul 24 2014 - 14:18
Protection order granted against man who said he was exorcistWoman said her ex-partner bought a ‘Mass kit’ and performed exorcism on herThu Jul 24 2014 - 01:00
