Cablelink suitors square off in High Court battle over contested bidsTelecom Eireann and RTE propose to sell Cablelink within days, for more than £525 million (€666Sat May 01 1999 - 01:00
Claims on leak `outlandish'The challenge by Dunnes Stores to an authorised officer's investigation of two of its companies took a dramatic turn yesterday…Fri Apr 30 1999 - 01:00
Committee to set up a system for complaints about judgesThe Chief Justice, Mr Justice Hamilton, has announced the establishment of a judicial committee, whose tasks include establishing…Thu Apr 29 1999 - 01:00
Consortium secures High Court order preventing Cablelink saleA consortium including Esat Telecom last night secured a High Court order preventing the sale of Cablelink to a US company, NTL…Thu Apr 29 1999 - 01:00
State to pay for rehearing of six cases in Supreme CourtThe State is to pay the cost of rehearing at least six cases before the Supreme CourtWed Apr 28 1999 - 01:00
Judge tells court troubled boy could die if freedA high Court judge has warned that in a fortnight he will have to release a troubled boy on to the streets, where the child faced…Tue Apr 27 1999 - 01:00
Case against millennium spire allowedAn artist and retired school inspector, Mr Micheal O Nuallain, has been given leave by the High Court to seek orders preventing…Sat Apr 24 1999 - 01:00
Dunnes reluctant to work with inquiry, court toldThe Tanaiste at all times acted correctly and in accordance with her statutory duties in appointing an authorised officer to …Wed Apr 21 1999 - 01:00
Dangerous driving term increased on DPP appealA man who was effectively jailed for two years for dangerous driving causing serious bodily harm and who served a three-year …Tue Apr 20 1999 - 01:00
Steiner school loses case for State fundingThe State was entitled to refuse to fund a Co Clare school, which is based on the Steiner method of education, because of the…Sat Apr 17 1999 - 01:00
Harney accused of duplicityReasons given by Tanaiste, Ms Harney, for her decision to appoint an authorised officer to two Dunnes Stores companies were mostly…Fri Apr 16 1999 - 01:00
Dunnes attack on Harney approach to groupThe Minister for Enterprise, Trade and Employment, Ms Harney, referred to "substantial cause for concern as to the standards …Thu Apr 15 1999 - 01:00
Judge praises State's efforts to meet needs of children at riskA High Court judge yesterday said the message has been "brought home" to the State about meeting the needs of children at risk…Thu Apr 15 1999 - 01:00
Dunnes says it can prove leaks by Department to the mediaDunnes Stores says it can prove the Department of Enterprise and Employment "deliberately and illegally" leaked to the media …Wed Apr 14 1999 - 01:00
Judge orders arrest of two men who are occupying cottageAn order was issued by the High Court yesterday for the arrest of two men alleged to be illegally occupying a cottage which Fingal…Tue Apr 13 1999 - 01:00
No suitable place found for boy at riskWhile there has been much focus on a revolving door system for adult criminals, there appears to be a "no door" system for child…Sat Mar 27 1999 - 00:00
Priest fails to prevent sex assault caseA Franciscan priest has failed in his application to prevent the DPP proceeding with his prosecution on nine charges of indecent…Fri Mar 26 1999 - 00:00
Man returns to jail after premature releaseA Dublin man agreed yesterday to return to jail after being freed by a judge last November, having served one year of a four-…Fri Mar 26 1999 - 00:00
EHB says it cannot place boy with severe problemsThe Eastern Health Board cannot "wave a magic wand" to find a suitable place for a 16-year-old out-of-control boy who suffers…Thu Mar 25 1999 - 00:00
State and EHB admit they have no suitable place to send troubled and vulnerable boy (16)The State and Eastern Health Board admitted in the High Court yesterday that they have no suitable place for a 16-year-old out…Wed Mar 24 1999 - 00:00
IMO to challenge pay rise for consultantsThe Irish Medical Organisation was given leave by the High Court yesterday to challenge a decision of the Minister for Health…Tue Mar 23 1999 - 00:00
Child `was placed in care of heroin addicts'A High Court judge has expressed alarm that a 13-year-old girl was apparently placed in the care of two heroin addicts facing…Wed Mar 17 1999 - 00:00
Boy may have to go to English institutionA 12-YEAR-OLD mildly mentally handicapped boy from a disturbed background who suffers violent sex fantasies may have to be sent…Sat Mar 13 1999 - 00:00
Hearing concludes as judge visits Glen of the DownsA HIGH Court judge yesterday visited the Glen of the Downs to inspect pathsSat Mar 13 1999 - 00:00
Garda Board's ruling on complaint quashedAN investigation by the Garda Complaints Board into allegations by a man that he was beaten by gardai in Co Waterford was not…Fri Mar 12 1999 - 00:00
Court told bureau sought taxes without statutory noticeThe Criminal Assets Bureau instituted proceedings for collection of £300,000 taxes against a Scotsman living in Co Mayo without…Wed Mar 10 1999 - 00:00
Supreme Court overturns High Court decision upholding the dismissal of drink-driving chargeThe Supreme Court has overturned a High Court decision upholding the dismissal of a drink-driving charge on the grounds that …Wed Mar 10 1999 - 00:00
Youth Defence occupied clinic, High Court toldMembers of Youth Defence, supported by a large number of Americans, forcibly occupied a Dublin family planning clinic and filmed…Tue Mar 09 1999 - 00:00
Court role in children's care upheldThe Eastern Health Board has lost a High Court challenge to the entitlement of the District Court to retain or impose some form…Sat Mar 06 1999 - 00:00
NIB seeks staff interview filesNational Irish Bank (NIB) offers financial assistance towards the legal costs of employees who are interviewed by inspectors …Fri Mar 05 1999 - 00:00
Inspectors reject NIB criticisms of investigationThe inspectors investigating the affairs of National Irish Bank (NIB) strongly rejected a "barrage of criticism" from the bank…Thu Mar 04 1999 - 00:00
Appeal opens in Supreme Court over licensing of Clare waste incineratorThe Environmental Protection Agency effectively took a risk with the health of local people in Co Clare when it granted a licence…Wed Mar 03 1999 - 00:00
Company with debts of almost £500,000 wound up by High CourtA company with debts of almost £500,000, including some £200,000 owed to the Revenue Commissioners, was wound up on the order…Tue Mar 02 1999 - 00:00
Annihilation of woodland fearedIreland's loss of native woodland is almost complete, with less than 1 per cent of the land area wooded, the lowest in Europe…Sat Feb 27 1999 - 00:00
Glen of Downs road needs to be widened, says engineerTHERE is an imperative public interest in widening the road through the Glen of the Downs to improve safety, the High Court was…Fri Feb 26 1999 - 00:00
High Court finding on deportation challengedThe Minister for Justice is disputing a High Court finding that there is no policy or principles set out in the Aliens Act 1935…Thu Feb 25 1999 - 00:00
Decision to free man over Garda refusal to release interview notes held unlawfulThe Supreme Court has granted an appeal by the State against the first successful challenge to new security legislation enacted…Wed Feb 24 1999 - 00:00
Challenge to Guinness's buying of UBH is settledA challenge by a number of drink manufacturers and distributors to the Competition Authority's decision to give the go-ahead …Wed Feb 24 1999 - 00:00
Partners in Murrays not to hold meetingTwo partners in the public relations firm Murray Consultants Limited have undertaken not to hold a board meeting within the next…Tue Feb 23 1999 - 00:00
Court orders Loughrea TV deflector firm to end serviceA dispute over a TV deflector service in Co Galway has been resolved at the High CourtThu Feb 18 1999 - 00:00
High Court orders arrest of disturbed and violent boyAn order for the arrest of a disturbed boy, who escaped from a remand centre at the weekend and exhibited violent behaviour towards…Wed Feb 17 1999 - 00:00
High Court order halts Murray's board meetingThe High Court yesterday ordered that a meeting of the board of the public relations firm, Murray Consultants Limited, scheduled…Wed Feb 17 1999 - 00:00
`Half-house' couple take action over neighbours' demolitionA couple who bought a semidetached house in Howth came home to find their neighbour's house had been bulldozed away, leaving "…Wed Feb 17 1999 - 00:00
Judge critical of companies' failure to file returnsA High Court judge yesterday highlighted the "paucity of information" advanced by companies to explain their failure to meet …Tue Feb 16 1999 - 00:00
NIB takes court action on DIRT investigationNational Irish Bank (NIB) has taken a High Court challenge to another investigation into the company's affairsTue Feb 16 1999 - 00:00
Goldsmith gets court order restraining jewellers from dismissing herA goldsmith who claims she was unfairly dismissed less than a month after she commenced employment with Weir & Sons jewellers…Sat Feb 13 1999 - 00:00
Board challenges judge over children's care arrangementsThe High Court has reserved judgment on a challenge by the Eastern Health Board to the entitlement of a District Court judge …Sat Feb 13 1999 - 00:00
High Court challenge over judge's order on boy in careThe Eastern Health Board has challenged a District Court judge's direction as to how the board should treat a nine-year-old boy…Fri Feb 12 1999 - 00:00
Supreme Court reserves its judgment in appeal against drug-case contempt of courtAn article in The Irish Times about a Dublin criminal, Eamonn Kelly, published after his conviction in 1993 on drugs charges …Wed Feb 10 1999 - 00:00
Priest sex abuser appeals sentenceAn appeal by a Catholic priest jailed for three years for indecently assaulting four Dublin altar boys in the 1980s was heard…Tue Feb 09 1999 - 00:00
