Senior judge rejects McDowell sentencing commentsA Supreme Court judge insisted today the judiciary will not be influenced by "strident and repeated public comments" in recent…Thu Dec 21 2006 - 00:00
'Misconduct' medic can return to workA consultant obstetrician at Sligo General Hospital who was found guilty of professional misconduct over his treatment of three…Wed Dec 20 2006 - 00:00
Court to rule on Taylor's affidavitsThe High Court will decide next month whether two affidavits by Tony Taylor, the founder of collapsed finance company Taylor …Tue Dec 19 2006 - 00:00
Judge withdraws from Foynes caseAn application to restrain an investigation into claims made against the chief executive of Shannon Foynes Port Company and a…Tue Dec 19 2006 - 00:00
NIB executive had not considered how to pay Revenue liabilitiesFormer National Irish Bank (NIB) executive director Barry Seymour has agreed before the High Court that he had not considered…Sat Dec 16 2006 - 00:00
Non-compliance an industry wide issue, banker tells courtFormer National Irish Bank chief executive Barry Seymour told inspectors who investigated the affairs of NIB that he believed…Fri Dec 15 2006 - 00:00
High Court rules against lesbian coupleCourt report: Judge finds that right to marry here is confined under the Constitution to the union of a man and womanFri Dec 15 2006 - 00:00
Judge notes women's 'loving relationship'Dr Katherine Zappone and Dr Ann Louise Gilligan clearly "have a long-lasting, loving relationship of mutual commitment" and had…Fri Dec 15 2006 - 00:00
Ex-NIB executive to be cross-examined in High CourtA former National Irish Bank (NIB) executive director, Barry Seymour, will be cross-examined at the High Court today in proceedings…Wed Dec 13 2006 - 00:00
Woman unlikely to bear children, barrister claimsA 35-year-old woman who underwent surgery at Louth County Hospital in Dundalk is now unlikely to conceive or bear children, her…Wed Dec 13 2006 - 00:00
PMPS liquidation closes with final paymentsThe High Court has made final orders in the 23-year liquidation of PMPS, the deposit-taking arm of the PMPA insurance group.Tue Dec 12 2006 - 00:00
Accused 3 months in jail awaiting bed in mental hospitalA psychiatrically disturbed man who has been found presently unfit to be tried on assault charges has been detained in prison…Tue Dec 12 2006 - 00:00
Liquidator spurns Taylor bid to involve directorsTony Taylor, the founder of collapsed finance company Taylor Asset Managers, has made a number of allegations in an affidavit…Tue Dec 12 2006 - 00:00
Senior garda denies information leakedA Garda superintendent has told the High Court it is not considered "appropriate" for gardaí to notify neighbours that a convicted…Sat Dec 09 2006 - 00:00
Ansbacher report claims rejectedMultimillionaire property developer John Byrne has lost a High Court attempt to overturn parts of the Ansbacher inspectors' report…Fri Dec 08 2006 - 00:00
Developer and council in court over affordable housing disputeDeveloper Glenkerrin Homes, which rejects claims that it has failed to meet social and affordable housing requirements, has lost…Thu Dec 07 2006 - 00:00
Deaf woman challenges her exclusion from jury serviceA deaf woman has brought a landmark legal action challenging her exclusion from jury service allegedly on grounds of her deafness…Thu Dec 07 2006 - 00:00
Shell ordered to clean up site of Trimcivic officesIrish Shell faced a multi-million euro bill yesterday after the High Court ordered it to take immediate steps to clean up the…Thu Dec 07 2006 - 00:00
Hospital liable for operation errorSt Vincent's University Hospital in Dublin and its pathology department were responsible for the "dreadful error" of mislabelling…Wed Dec 06 2006 - 00:00
Unions refused request to join Greencore sugar aid caseThe High Court has refused an application by two trade unions, Siptu and the TEEU, to be joined to the court action brought against…Tue Dec 05 2006 - 00:00
Judge seeks criteria for legal challenges to planning rulingsThe Supreme Court has been asked by a High Court judge to set out the criteria upon which the courts can decide that a person…Fri Dec 01 2006 - 00:00
€111,000 rail incident award overturnedThe Supreme Court has overturned a €111,000 award of damages to a young man whose right leg was amputated below the knee as a…Fri Dec 01 2006 - 00:00
€100,000 for woman over 'botched' extensionA builder and firm of architects are facing a legal costs bill of at least €1 million after the Supreme Court ruled that a woman…Thu Nov 30 2006 - 00:00
Judge warns on delayed child sex casesA Supreme Court judge has said the courts will have to consider "sooner rather than later" whether specific warnings should be…Thu Nov 30 2006 - 00:00
Solicitor wins appeal on 'wasted costs' orderThe president of the High Court has overturned a unique direction by the master of the High Court which required a solicitor …Wed Nov 29 2006 - 00:00
Newspaper says tribunal must prove files are confidentialAn order restraining the media from publishing material circulated by the Mahon planning tribunal could mean there might never…Wed Nov 29 2006 - 00:00
Mahon seeks order to ban publishing of confidential materialThe Mahon planning tribunal has asked the Supreme Court for an order banning publication by the media of certain "confidential…Tue Nov 28 2006 - 00:00
Newspaper questions if material is confidentialA claim by the Mahon tribunal that material circulated by it is confidential does not mean the material in question is "actually…Tue Nov 28 2006 - 00:00
Irish speakers lose bid to stop sale of housesFive native Irish speakers have lost a High Court bid to restrain a developer from selling a number of houses in a small housing…Sat Nov 25 2006 - 00:00
Man avoids jail after material about barrister removed from websiteA man allegedly involved with a controversial website which invites people to "rate" their lawyers avoided a four-month jail …Fri Nov 24 2006 - 00:00
Schoolgirl wins gym injury claimA teenage schoolgirl was awarded €60,000 in damages by the High Court yesterday over an ankle injury sustained during exercise…Fri Nov 24 2006 - 00:00
Bupa loses court bid to bar risk correction schemeHealth insurance company Bupa has lost on all grounds its High Court challenge to the introduction of the risk equalisation scheme…Fri Nov 24 2006 - 00:00
Principal settles action against school boardA national school principal has settled his High Court action against his school's board of management over its refusal to allow…Wed Nov 22 2006 - 00:00
Judge rules in-laws may marryA High Court judge yesterday wished a "happy life" to a divorced woman and her brother-in-law who had successfully challenged…Wed Nov 22 2006 - 00:00
Rossport residents seek use of Shell documentTwo residents of Rossport, Co Mayo, who have brought legal counterclaims against Shell E&P Ireland and the State over the…Wed Nov 22 2006 - 00:00
Cab gets orders for €270,000The Criminal Assets Bureau has secured orders for the seizure of some €270,000 from a father and son after a High Court judge…Tue Nov 21 2006 - 00:00
Man faces jail over website contentA man allegedly involved with a controversial website which invites people to "rate" their lawyers is facing a four-month jail…Tue Nov 21 2006 - 00:00
Existence of embryos outside womb 'precarious'Legal status: The absence of any rules or regulations governing IVF treatment in Ireland means that embryos outside the womb…Thu Nov 16 2006 - 00:00
Woman loses bid to have embryos implantedA mother of two has lost her legal action to have three embryos implanted in her against the wishes of her estranged husband.Thu Nov 16 2006 - 00:00
Parents were wrongly refused leave to stayThe High Court has found that the Minister for Justice unlawfully breached the rights of several Irish-born children in the way…Wed Nov 15 2006 - 00:00
Operators to give centre back to ownersDublin Waterworld Ltd is to hand over possession of the €62 million National Aquatic Centre on November 30th next to the State…Wed Nov 15 2006 - 00:00
Natural parents win battle to have Baby Ann returnedA two-year-old girl who has lived with her prospective adoptive parents since she was three months old is to be returned to her…Tue Nov 14 2006 - 00:00
Election rule for Independents found to be unconstitutionalThe Supreme Court has overturned as unconstitutional a new electoral regulation compelling all of the 30 people required to nominate…Tue Nov 14 2006 - 00:00
Ex-NIB director resists case for cross-examinationA former executive director of National Irish Bank "knew nothing" of "the Irish culture of tax evasion" in 1994 when he was "…Fri Nov 10 2006 - 00:00
'Malicious campaign' against port chiefThe chief executive of a Limerick port company has told the High Court that "malicious, vexatious and totally untrue" allegations…Thu Nov 09 2006 - 00:00
Sister, nephew lose challenge to farmer's willA High Court judge has said that he "must say in emphatic terms" that there was no evidence of undue influence in the making …Wed Nov 08 2006 - 00:00
Port directors removed papers, High Court toldThe High Court has granted orders restraining the chief executive and a non-executive director of the Limerick port company from…Wed Nov 08 2006 - 00:00
Pat Kenny and wife 'annexed' property, court toldA retired solicitor has brought legal proceedings against his next-door neighbours - broadcaster Pat Kenny and his wife, Cathy…Tue Nov 07 2006 - 00:00
Man sues over pain since 1989 vasectomyA father of seven continues to have severe testicular pain and his life is "a misery" following a vasectomy operation in Dublin…Sat Nov 04 2006 - 00:00
Judge adjourns Shell applicationThe bitter legal row between Shell E&P Ireland and a number of local people over the route of the onshore pipeline linked…Thu Nov 02 2006 - 00:00
