Judge hears of death threats against bricklayersTwo bricklayers working at a building site in Dublin have received anonymous death threats, the High Court heard yesterdayTue Jan 28 2003 - 00:00
Adverts ban on tobacco products set to be shelvedTough new legislation banning the advertising and promotion of tobacco products is expected to be scrapped because of failure…Tue Jan 28 2003 - 00:00
Gardai told to enforce orders on siteIn the continuing bitter controversy about the use of sub-contractors on building sites, the High Court yesterday granted an …Sat Jan 25 2003 - 00:00
State told it must produce orders on use of airspaceThe Government has been ordered by the High Court to discover within four weeks documents related to its permitting the overflying…Wed Jan 22 2003 - 00:00
Court action over US military flightsA High Court application by a student peace activist for discovery of documents relating to the Government permitting military…Tue Jan 21 2003 - 00:00
Editors, producer face contempt actionTwo national newspaper editors, a managing editor and an RTÉ producer have been directed to appear before the High Court on Monday…Sat Jan 18 2003 - 00:00
Shots fired at plaintiff ahead of action, court toldTwo shots were fired at a property developer, narrowly missing him, during an attempt earlier this week by a car to force his…Fri Jan 17 2003 - 00:00
Property developer trusted accountant, High Court toldA property developer, Mr Cathal Kelly, has taken High Court proceedings against Dublin businessman and declared bankrupt Matt…Thu Jan 16 2003 - 00:00
Way cleared for McKevitt trialA High Court judge yesterday cleared the way for the trial of Michael McKevitt, the alleged leader of the "Real IRA", to proceed…Wed Jan 15 2003 - 00:00
Judgment is reserved in hepatitis C test caseThe Supreme Court yesterday reserved judgment on a test case to determine whether the High Court was correct in deciding that…Tue Jan 14 2003 - 00:00
Keane rules himself out of appealA challenge by the Minister for Health and Children against a High Court decision allowing hepatitis C victims to appeal awards…Sat Dec 21 2002 - 00:00
McKevitt seeks leave to access data on FBI agentA High Court application by Mr Michael McKevitt, the alleged leader of the "Real IRA", is not an effort to ensure he receives…Sat Dec 21 2002 - 00:00
Material may relate to deals, says McKevitt's defenceLawyers for Mr Michael McKevitt, the alleged leader of the "Real IRA", have told the High Court they "suspect very gravely" that…Fri Dec 20 2002 - 00:00
Court cuts damages over false claimsA welsh woman who sued Bus Átha Cliath over a fall on a "wedding bus" had her £129,375 (€154,306) damages cut to £45,000 by the…Thu Dec 19 2002 - 00:00
Court rules mother 'abandoned' childIn a case centring on interpretation of the legal basis on which a parent may be deemed to have "abandoned" a child, the Supreme…Wed Dec 18 2002 - 00:00
CEO asks for court order to be continuedThe chief executive of a Dublin company has asked the High Court to continue an order restraining the company from acting on …Wed Dec 18 2002 - 00:00
New challenge mounted to credibility of FBI witnessMichael McKevitt, the alleged leader of the "Real IRA" and first person in the State to be charged with directing terrorism, …Tue Dec 17 2002 - 00:00
Judge finds protesters at airport were in contemptEight men, including a number of trade union officials, were ordered to pay legal costs yesterday arising out of a protest at…Sat Dec 14 2002 - 00:00
Court allows Minister's appeal on job sharesThe High Court has allowed an appeal by the Minister for Finance against a Labour Court decision that cleared the way for job…Sat Dec 14 2002 - 00:00
Dispute over assets between man and mother of his children settledA dispute between a man and his former partner over the beneficial ownership of a company which operates a caravan park in Co…Sat Dec 14 2002 - 00:00
Minister appeals job-share decisionThe Minister for Finance has appealed to the High Court against a Labour Court decision clearing the way for hundreds of job-…Fri Dec 13 2002 - 00:00
Couple in court over disputed firm, assetsA bitter dispute between a man and a woman, whom he claims he never legally married but with whom he lived for 15 years and by…Wed Dec 11 2002 - 00:00
Appeal in garda murder case deniedA man serving a 40-year sentence for the murder of a Garda sergeant in Co Louth 17 years ago has lost a legal application aimed…Tue Dec 10 2002 - 00:00
Woman suing Scientologists feared private life would be made publicA woman who is suing the Church of Scientology was photographed by a man while she was on a licensed premises early last year…Sat Dec 07 2002 - 00:00
Five-year legal battle by midwife ends in victoryA five-year legal battle between a Co Dublin domiciliary midwife and An Bord Altranais (the nursing board) ended at the High …Thu Dec 05 2002 - 00:00
Disabled child to get #3.75m in damagesThe High Court yesterday approved a settlement of €3Thu Dec 05 2002 - 00:00
Gardai seek to halt inquiry into conductTwo gardaí against whom complaints have been made in connection with the controversial policing of an anti-globalisation rally…Tue Dec 03 2002 - 00:00
Rudds in court to save its baconThe future of Rudds bacon company in Co Offaly, which employs 25 people and has won several awards for its products, will be …Sat Nov 30 2002 - 00:00
Assets freeze continues on accused in VAT caseAn order freezing €22 million in assets was continued by the High Court yesterday against an Irish businessman, who is charged…Sat Nov 30 2002 - 00:00
Care unit unable to cope with boy (12)An extremely disturbed 12-year-old boy with no criminal convictions, who has been in care since the age of five and has Attention…Thu Nov 28 2002 - 00:00
Leitrim couple challenging School Attendance Act convictionA challenge by a Co Leitrim couple against their conviction under the School Attendance Act for failing to send one of their …Wed Nov 27 2002 - 00:00
Retrial set for man given life term for murderA man jailed for life for the murder of another man at Dolphin's Road in Dublin three years ago had his conviction quashed by…Tue Nov 26 2002 - 00:00
Garda's suspension case dismissedThe High Court has dismissed a challenge by a Co Donegal garda to her suspension, which came into effect the day after the Court…Sat Nov 23 2002 - 00:00
Building site is closed on safety groundsAn order closing a construction site for 23 houses in Co Tipperary was issued by the High Court yesterday.Sat Nov 23 2002 - 00:00
Developers seek to build apartments on Yeats house landsTwo property developers are seeking leave from the High Court to challenge a refusal of planning permission for the construction…Sat Nov 23 2002 - 00:00
Woman says brother kept proceeds of family home saleAn elderly man has sold the childhood home of himself and his sister at Ballyshannon, Co Donegal, without informing his sister…Fri Nov 22 2002 - 00:00
Residents query leachate treatmentThree residents who successfully secured a High Court order closing a controversial landfill site near Lough Corrib almost four…Wed Nov 20 2002 - 00:00
Nurse claims phrases deletedA statement by a psychiatric nurse about an incident in which a disturbed patient died at Cork University Hospital contained …Sat Nov 16 2002 - 00:00
Psychiatric nurse sues over fatal incident at hospitalA psychiatric nurse has sued the Southern Health Board over an incident which took place at Cork University Hospital on April…Fri Nov 15 2002 - 00:00
Court order restrains pickets in sub-contracting disputeA continuing dispute over the use of sub-contractors on building sites led yesterday to the High Court granting an interim order…Thu Nov 14 2002 - 00:00
Court plea heard to quash 1985 murder convictionA Monaghan man serving 40 years for the murder of a Garda sergeant 17 years ago has brought a legal application aimed at having…Tue Nov 12 2002 - 00:00
Gilligan assets order overturnedConvicted drug dealer John Gilligan has won his High Court challenge to an order by the non-jury Special Criminal Court for confiscation…Sat Nov 09 2002 - 00:00
Former Irish teacher will not face trialA former teacher in a number of Irish-language schools has secured a High Court order permanently restraining his prosecution…Thu Nov 07 2002 - 00:00
First autistic primary school unitA national school in Co Wexford has become the first primary school in Ireland to incorporate a unit for autistic children which…Wed Nov 06 2002 - 00:00
Court plea to increase sex-abuse jail term is refusedThe Court of Criminal Appeal has dismissed an application by the DPP to increase a prison sentence imposed on a cleric, Brother…Tue Nov 05 2002 - 00:00
McBrearty relation fails to get case heard by a juryA relative of Co Donegal publican, Mr Frank McBrearty, yesterday lost her High Court application to have her action for damages…Sat Nov 02 2002 - 00:00
Authorities 'entitled' to suspend gardaInformation relating to Garda Tina Fowley in the Court of Criminal Appeal's judgment certifying a miscarriage of justice in the…Sat Nov 02 2002 - 00:00
Order to suspend garda contested in courtA Co Donegal garda has claimed that her suspension in the immediate aftermath of the declaration of a miscarriage of justice …Fri Nov 01 2002 - 00:00
Jail escaper denies CAB claim he had hackney cabA Belfast prison escaper whom the Criminal Assets Bureau has alleged worked as a hackney driver without paying tax told the High…Thu Oct 31 2002 - 00:00
Jury in Crerar murder trial resumes its deliberations todayThe jury in the John Crerar murder trial resumes its deliberations today after spending last night in a hotel.Thu Oct 31 2002 - 00:00
