Plan to slash legal costs in environmental cases is against EU law, say lawyersPlan to slash legal fees payable in environmental cases is ‘contrary to EU law and Constitution’Thu Jan 22 2026 - 09:00
Psychiatrists clash over man’s fitness to be tried over attempted murder of three childrenRiad Bouchaker also charged with assault of care worker at Parnell Square East in November 2023Mon Jan 19 2026 - 19:45
Bibles and chairs could be used as ‘projectiles’ in court, warn judges Judicial report calls for binding laws to make unruly behaviour in court a criminal contemptMon Jan 19 2026 - 06:00
Independent review into Tusla’s engagement with family of murdered four-year-old boyMason O’Connell-Conway was in private family care arrangement, agency saysThu Jan 15 2026 - 16:01
Judge orders sale of valuable Foxrock house after siblings disagree on how to sell itHouse at Westminster Road was left equally between four adult children of deceased coupleThu Jan 15 2026 - 13:12
Why no judge in Ireland has ever been removed from officeIreland was last EU state to introduce formal judicial misconduct complaints regime Thu Jan 15 2026 - 06:30
Limerick woman jailed for life for murder of boyfriend’s four-year-old sonTegan McGhee (32) was also sentenced over two charges of child crueltyWed Jan 14 2026 - 18:15
Limerick child killer Tegan McGhee was subject to rape and torture threats from Barbie Kardashian in prisonTransgender woman acquitted of making threats to kill or seriously harm Tegan McGhee and a prison officerWed Jan 14 2026 - 18:06
Judge who called cyclists ‘a nightmare’ was fined for failing to provide breath test to gardaCircuit Court judge James O’Donohoe was fined €600 in Galway in 2012 after pleading guilty to failing to complyTue Jan 13 2026 - 18:35
Woman whose four-year-old son murdered by stepmother says child’s life taken by ‘pure evil’Sentence to be imposed on Wednesday after prior jailing of child’s father for endangerment and neglectMon Jan 12 2026 - 15:40
Appeals over murders of Cork woman in 1981 and Garda Colm Horkan among cases in new law termWoman faces sentence for murder of four-year-old stepson on the opening day of the new term on MondaySun Jan 11 2026 - 07:30
New legal fees model could slash State’s bill in environmental casesProposed fees model would mean big savings for State in environmental judicial reviews, report suggestsTue Jan 06 2026 - 06:00
Enoch Burke legal saga set to continue as courts grapple with teacher’s ‘moral universe’Dispute is due before High Court, Supreme Court and legal costs adjudicators in new yearFri Jan 02 2026 - 09:55
Supreme Court to hear appeal over nomination process for presidential electionsOutcome of appeal cannot upset the election of President Catherine Connolly - judgesSun Dec 28 2025 - 15:19
Man challenges €125 clamping charge for parking on Dublin road with continuous white linePlaintiff presents arguable case that immobilisation notice was not clear enough, says appeal court Sat Dec 27 2025 - 06:00
Man left €25,000 in his will to nurse who cared for him in Dublin hospital Beneficiaries tracing firm Finders International located delighted nurse in the PhilippinesFri Dec 26 2025 - 06:00
Man’s cohabiting partner entitled to provision from estate after father loses appealPair had discussed marriage, but it was not legal in Ireland at time of man’s deathTue Dec 23 2025 - 06:00
Widow had capacity when she made last will leaving her Sligo home to a niece, judge rulesHigh Court became involved after woman’s GP declined to swear she had testamentary capacityTue Dec 23 2025 - 06:00
‘Emphatic’ rejection super-junior ministers challenges surprises constitutional lawyers Ruling that cabinet confidentiality applies to anyone privy to its meetings described as ‘quite significant’Fri Dec 19 2025 - 20:21
Conor McGregor takes second case alleging defamation around reporting of Nikita Hand caseIntended action against publishers of Irish Sun newspaper has been filed on behalf of Mixed Martial Arts performerFri Dec 19 2025 - 17:48
Opposition TDs lose legal challenge over ‘super junior’ ministers sitting at CabinetCourt holds Constitution does not restrict attendances at Cabinet meetings to the 15 members of GovernmentFri Dec 19 2025 - 17:15
Elderly patient died in ambulance engulfed by fire in seconds, inquest toldParamedic says flames spouting from oxygen cylinder seemed ‘as if they were coming from a flamethrower’Thu Dec 18 2025 - 18:05
Supreme Court to hear DPP appeal over ruling affecting thousands of drink driving cases Appeal concerns ‘public safety on the roads’ - judges Thu Dec 18 2025 - 10:50
Valerie French Kilroy’s family sue her killer husband for damagesJames Kilroy is serving a life sentence for murder of wife Valerie French Kilroy in Co Mayo in 2019Wed Dec 17 2025 - 16:00
Group takes third legal challenge over planned development of 402 apartments in south Dublin Ballyboden Tidy Towns Group claims latest planning approval breaches Irish and European lawMon Dec 15 2025 - 06:00
Woman tells judge she doesn’t want to be ‘another statistic to domestic violence homicide’‘Volatile’ ex ‘terrorises me and the kids’, woman tells domestic violence courtSun Dec 14 2025 - 06:00
Doctor played ‘cat and mouse’ to avoid being found in breach of landlord duties, says judgeDr Abdallah Alsaleh lost his High Court appeal against a €7,500 damages award to a couple who alleged he unlawfully evicted themFri Dec 12 2025 - 11:00
‘Seismic shift’ towards mediation of will disputes, probate lawyers conference told‘Much less chance’ of reconciliation between warring family members after a full trial, says Vinóg FaughnanThu Dec 11 2025 - 09:00
Judge halts marathon dispute between brother and sister over former family home in DublinSiblings involved have both since died but fresh proceedings over Inchicore property are pendingWed Dec 10 2025 - 18:28
Alleged unauthorised modular homes near Brittas, Dublin, are ‘phase one’ of 71 units, court told Developer opposes applications for orders for removal of dwellingsTue Dec 09 2025 - 20:11
Former teacher at Willow Park primary school jailed for 10 years over indecent assault of eight boys Peter Kelly was ‘mere cog’ in ‘machine of systematic abuse’ - survivorMon Dec 08 2025 - 14:34
Farmer with €1.9m net assets must pay estranged wife €650,000 lump sum, High Court rulesMan must also pay her additional monies for undisclosed inherited landsMon Dec 08 2025 - 12:24
Father says protection order against ex-partner means ‘some peace for the kids for Christmas’ ‘Extremely frightened’ mother gets barring order against ‘violent’ adult son in separate caseSun Dec 07 2025 - 06:00
Council seeks removal of 28 modular homes allegedly built without permission in south DublinLocal resident seeking orders to restrain development at Brittas which developer claims is exempt from planningFri Dec 05 2025 - 06:00
Court to rule this month on challenges over superjunior ministers’ Cabinet attendanceHigh Court decision on December 19th has potentially significant implications for GovernmentTue Dec 02 2025 - 20:04
Former Willow Park primary school teacher to be sentenced over abuse of eight boys‘Widespread sexual abuse tolerated’ at Willow Park and Blackrock College, court told Tue Dec 02 2025 - 15:25
Man’s €845,000 debt reduced to zero in court-approved insolvency arrangement Co Meath home will be made subject to a mortgage-to-rent schemeTue Dec 02 2025 - 12:02
Prison system ‘at breaking point’ with urgent action needed to tackle overcrowding Penal reform group calls on Minister for Justice Jim O’Callaghan to publish prison inspection reportsTue Dec 02 2025 - 06:01
Judge criticises ‘unworkable’ EU court ban on metadata retention in serious crime inquiriesBlanket prohibition means rights of crime victims trumped by privacy rights, says Mr Justice Peter Charleton Tue Dec 02 2025 - 06:00
Judge approves insolvency arrangement writing down farmer’s €1.5m debt to €20,000Unsecured debt arose from buy-to-let property investments by James McDonnell (52), a father of four from Co WestmeathMon Dec 01 2025 - 19:59
Woman to be sentenced in January for murder of four-year-old stepsonSentencing hearing adjourned because boy’s mother is ill and ‘extremely anxious’ to attend Mon Dec 01 2025 - 11:52
Planning approval overturned for 221-bed student accommodation in north DublinCourts do not quash things on ‘mere technicalities’, says judge following decision on Santry developmentSun Nov 30 2025 - 16:49
The life cycle of a judicial review: how legal and planning challenges have delayed a key Dublin projectJudicial reviews and delays in the planning system have stalled the Dublin drainage scheme for years – a project crucial to future housebuildingSat Nov 29 2025 - 06:00
Music royalties dispute affecting thousands of artists nears resolutionRecorded Artists Actors Performers Ltd challenging payment system operated by record companies organisationThu Nov 27 2025 - 19:02
David Hanly was ‘unique’ broadcaster and man of ‘integrity’, memorial service told Morning Ireland presenter ‘sought to see news stories in a broader context’, former colleague saysWed Nov 26 2025 - 19:09
Cheltenham-winning horse owner Conor Clarkson declared bankrupt over €587,000 debtProperty developer and Kicking King owner has overall debts of more than €56m, court toldMon Nov 24 2025 - 17:07
Man and woman facing sentence over alleged student accommodation scam fail to attend courtJudge issues warrant for arrest of pair who admitted theft chargesMon Nov 24 2025 - 13:00
Son threatened mother with knives and told family he would ‘cut your heads off’Elderly couple and daughter granted protection orders at emergency domestic violence court hearingSun Nov 23 2025 - 14:00
Sentencing guidance means assailant facing longer sentence for sexual assault of stepdaughters Director of Public Prosecutions appealed ‘undue leniency’ of four-year termThu Nov 20 2025 - 16:35
Minister considering ‘next steps’ over use of poor box in District CourtsReform aims at ‘fair, equitable and transparent’ reparation scheme for minor offencesThu Nov 20 2025 - 06:00
