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
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
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
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
`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
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
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
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
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
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
Equality in air time possible, court toldThe Supreme Court should ensure that one of the significant decisions for which it will be remembered is that there must be impartiality…Fri Feb 05 1999 - 00:00
AG accused of trying to circumvent McKenna case rulingThe Attorney General has asked the Supreme Court to indicate whether public funds can be allocated to a government to advocate…Thu Feb 04 1999 - 00:00
Judgment in excess of £1.75m secured against businessmanThe Criminal Assets Bureau has secured judgment against a Dublin businessman for more than £1Wed Feb 03 1999 - 00:00
Order freezing couple's assets in building dispute dischargedAn interim injunction restraining a married couple from reducing their assets in this jurisdiction below £100,000 has been discharged…Tue Feb 02 1999 - 00:00
Revenue debtor by courtA Cork-based company with debts of almost £200,000 in unpaid PAYE, PRSI, corporation tax and interest was wound up by the High…Tue Feb 02 1999 - 00:00
Court told of urgent need for places for troubled childrenAbout 155 high-support places are needed for children at risk, and at least 50 places are required urgently, the High Court was…Sat Jan 30 1999 - 00:00
Crosbie plans to appeal order on investigation into companyBusinessman Mr Harry Crosbie is appealing to the Supreme Court an order directing him to attend before the Master of the High…Fri Jan 29 1999 - 00:00
Zoe director says site death caused `severe sorrow'The managing director of Zoe Developments Ltd has told the High Court the death two years ago of a young man on a site operated…Thu Jan 28 1999 - 00:00
Zoe's managing director says firm cannot now get a fair trial after publicityThe managing director of Zoe Developments Ltd, one of the State's largest property developers, has claimed extensive publicity…Wed Jan 27 1999 - 00:00
Judgment reserved in school funding caseA constitutional action aimed at compelling the Department of Education to fund a school in Co Clare based on the Steiner method…Wed Jan 27 1999 - 00:00
Court hearing over Stanley asset freezeAn application for a continuing worldwide order freezing the assets of former Bula Resources chairman Mr James Stanley will be…Tue Jan 26 1999 - 00:00
Harry Crosbie may have benefited from secret account payments, High Court hearsDublin businessman Mr Harry Crosbie appears to have benefited from at least two payments made from a "secret" First National …Tue Jan 26 1999 - 00:00
Deportations suspended after part of Aliens Act is found unconstitutionalThe issuing of deportation orders has been effectively suspended following a High Court declaration yesterday that part of the…Sat Jan 23 1999 - 00:00
Counsel argues State must back Steiner educationThe State is constitutionally obliged to provide funding to any group of parents who choose to educate their children in schools…Fri Jan 22 1999 - 00:00
Couple ordered not to lower their assets in State below £100,000A building company has secured a High Court order restraining a food executive and his wife from dissipating their assets in …Thu Jan 21 1999 - 00:00
Woman awarded almost £600,000 for misdiagnosisA woman who effectively lost her childhood and endured "appalling pain and suffering" following the misdiagnosis of a growth …Thu Jan 21 1999 - 00:00
High Court expands legislation on foreign divorces before 1986A High Court decision has expanded the law in relation to the recognition of foreign divorcesWed Jan 20 1999 - 00:00
Picketing of town dump to endA group of Ballinasloe residents will be bringing their own legal proceedings over the operation of the town dump, the High Court…Tue Jan 19 1999 - 00:00
Supreme Court rejects Bula appealMarathon litigation against the State and others over the failure of the Bula mining venture in Co Meath ended yesterday with…Sat Jan 16 1999 - 00:00
Adviser says Breathnach decided against funding Steiner schoolThe decision that the Department of Education should not fund the Steiner school in Co Clare was taken in 1995 by former minister…Fri Jan 15 1999 - 00:00
Court clears way for further abuse charges against priestThe Supreme Court yesterday overturned a High Court decision preventing the trial of a priest on 28 charges of indecent assault…Wed Jan 13 1999 - 00:00
Examiner hopeful on future of SchmidtThe examiner to Schmidt Industries International Ltd believes the company can survive as a going concern, the High Court was …Tue Jan 12 1999 - 00:00
Pupil sues State over failure to fund Steiner schoolThe hearing of a constitutional action to compel the Department of Education to fund a school in Co Clare based on the Steiner…Tue Jan 12 1999 - 00:00
Man given leave to challenge adoptionA man who claimed he was given no notice that his son was to be adopted was given leave by the High Court yesterday to seek an…Tue Dec 22 1998 - 00:00
Clare residents win case against local dumpClare County Council has agreed to pay £350,000 damages and costs to 14 residents who challenged on environmental and health …Sat Dec 19 1998 - 00:00
Judge queries `eccentric' formula for Army hearingA high Court judge has drawn attention to the difficulties the courts experience in regard to Army deafness cases because of …Sat Dec 19 1998 - 00:00
Official's claim she was passed over rejectedThe High Court yesterday rejected a claim by a Department of Health official that she was passed over for promotion due to malice…Thu Dec 17 1998 - 00:00
Decision to dismiss drink driving charge overturnedThe High Court yesterday overturned a District Court decision dismissing a drink driving charge against a Co Kilkenny man who…Wed Dec 16 1998 - 00:00
Judgment is reserved in challenge to Lansdowne concert rulingJudgment was reserved by the Supreme Court yesterday on a challenge by the trustees of the Irish Rugby Football Union to a High…Wed Dec 16 1998 - 00:00
Gillane appeal against conviction dismissedAn appeal by Patrick Gillane against his conviction for soliciting two men to murder his wife was dismissed at the Court of Criminal…Tue Dec 15 1998 - 00:00
