Move to terminate Maplewood contractor led to deadlock in dispute with investment firmDirector claims Broadhaven’s €16.2m investment in joint venture is in jeopardyTue Apr 13 2021 - 22:06
Bord Pleanála will not appeal ruling over Cork incinerator, court toldCork environmental group seeks quashing of permission for €160 million projectTue Apr 13 2021 - 20:52
Boy injured after bookcase fell on him secures settlement of €80,000Child left with scar on scalp after he tried to climb bookcase in creche, court toldTue Apr 13 2021 - 20:43
Wife and partner of men who died in sewer incident secure settlements of €175,000Brothers perished after being overcome by toxic gas in Portmarnock sewer, court heardTue Apr 13 2021 - 15:13
Woman who returned from Dubai lodges ‘urgent’ case against mandatory quarantineEmma Kelly came home to support her mother after her father was diagnosed with cancerMon Apr 12 2021 - 22:36
Bóthar dispute with former chief adjourned for two weeks by High CourtBóthar claims Moloney misappropriated at least €465,000 from donations to the charityMon Apr 12 2021 - 20:57
Leslie Buckley must pay costs of failed bid to have INM inspectors revokedJustice Garrett Simons orders former INM chairman to pay substantial legal feesMon Apr 12 2021 - 18:26
Philomena Lee among five given leave to challenge mother and baby homes reportHigh Court hears a failure to allow submissions on draft report breached fundamental rightsMon Apr 12 2021 - 18:18
Court told anorexic woman in life-threatening conditionHSE secures court orders permitting if necessary sedation and other treatments for a ‘profoundly malnourished’ young womanFri Mar 26 2021 - 21:02
GRA take proceedings over extension of probationary periods for gardaíThe gardaí in question have completed their first term in TemplemoreFri Mar 26 2021 - 18:46
Judge to rule later on mother’s bid to let daughter in vegetative state to dieWoman with ‘no hope of recovery’ has been in a persistent vegetative state for 10 yearsFri Mar 26 2021 - 18:34
State must pay 65% of student’s costs of failed calculated grades actionCase by Freddie Sherry, a Belvedere Leaving Cert student, ran for five weeksFri Mar 26 2021 - 17:21
Woman in vegetative state for years has ‘no hope of recovery’High Court inquiry attempting to establish if tube feeding of woman should now ceaseThu Mar 25 2021 - 18:11
Court says parts of marathon flood case between UCC and ESB must be reheardDecision likely to leave 400 other cases against ESB on holdThu Mar 25 2021 - 16:10
Planning board consents to quashing permission for Cairn’s RTÉ site planAilesbury Road residents had challenged fast-track permission for developmentThu Mar 25 2021 - 15:34
Mother urges end of tube feeding so daughter can have ‘natural and dignified’ deathHigh Court hears woman in her 20s has been in a persistent vegetative state for almost 10 yearsWed Mar 24 2021 - 15:54
Ambulance service apologises to family of deceased teenager over delayDarren Gaughan (17), who had diabetes, died after becoming unwell in LimerickTue Mar 23 2021 - 18:32
State asked to clarify basis for Covid-19 restrictions on attending MassDeclan Ganley claims his Constitutional rights to practice religion being breachedTue Mar 23 2021 - 17:36
Settlement of €12.2m for two brothers with cerebral palsyMother sued gynaecologist and Coombe hospital for alleged medical negligenceTue Mar 23 2021 - 16:42
Quinn Insurance must provide security for PWC’s huge legal costs, court rulesQIL’s primary business now is the prosecution of its claims against PWCMon Mar 22 2021 - 19:56
Woman loses challenge over termination of 15-year tenancy in Dublin flatCourt upholds RTB tribunal ruling that notice to leave Ballsbridge property was validMon Mar 22 2021 - 13:01
Man loses challenge over refusal of widower's pensionCourt rules man was not legal spouse of woman as past divorce not valid in StateFri Mar 19 2021 - 22:27
Arklow Shipping tells court it did not pressurise captainCompany is seeking €1.4m from Drogheda Port CompanyFri Mar 19 2021 - 18:26
Local group wins legal challenge over €160m Cork incineratorEnvironmentalists opposed planning permission to Indaver facility in RingaskiddyFri Mar 19 2021 - 17:54
Woman in ‘chilling’ situation refusing nutrition, court hearsJudge permits order allowing feeding of patient with serious mental health issuesThu Mar 18 2021 - 16:26
Father who raped daughter (6) loses Supreme Court appealMan began assaulting girl day after her mother died and continued for four yearsThu Mar 18 2021 - 14:54
Dublin wastewater plant decision should not be ‘box-ticking exercise’, court hearsIrish Water wants planning application to be reconsidered after inspector compiles reportTue Mar 16 2021 - 17:24
Case over death of woman (19) in road crash settled for €90,000Aisling Dolan was a passenger in car struck by a jeep in Co Wexford in May 2018Tue Mar 16 2021 - 13:18
Man found civilly liable for Omagh bombing fails in High Court rights challengeLiam Campbell awaiting appeal outcome on extradition to LithuaniaMon Mar 15 2021 - 20:59
Challenge to Phibsborough social housing development to be fast trackedSite is a protected but derelict stuctureMon Mar 15 2021 - 19:33
Judge orders urgent transfer of elderly woman to nursing homeHSE secures High Court order to move woman due to safeguarding concernsMon Mar 15 2021 - 15:35
Personal insolvency arrangement for golf shop director refusedJudge dismisses appeal as ‘relevant debt’ had not been established for Michael HoranFri Mar 12 2021 - 18:55
Paddy McKillen jnr company case over Covid construction pause adjournedBlue Whisp claims restrictions are irrational, disproportionate and discriminatoryFri Mar 12 2021 - 12:58
Judge makes directions in Douglas Village shopping centre caseOwners of centre seeking €30m after allegedly defective Opel went on fireThu Mar 11 2021 - 15:41
Mother loses action over alleged negligence in fertility treatmentDoctor admits making ‘terrible mistake’ in letter but judge rules surgery was correctThu Mar 11 2021 - 13:37
Third of superior court judicial roles now held by womenNomination of Siobhán Stack SC to High Court follows retirment of Justice Bernard BartonWed Mar 10 2021 - 17:50
Court orders winding up of company linked to collapsed former Dolphin CapitalJudge grants petition from Cork woman in late 70sWed Mar 10 2021 - 11:59
Minister loses appeals over home-schooled Leaving Cert studentsCourt found it was ‘unreasonable’ to exclude students from calculated grades schemeTue Mar 09 2021 - 15:57
Judge questions if insurers will pass personal injury savings to customersMr Justice Bernard Barton raised concerns about the guidelines adopted last weekendTue Mar 09 2021 - 14:37
Boy secures €80,000 settlement in claim over lazy eye treatmentHSE makes offer to Micheál Keane,of Abbeyknockoy, Co Galway over failuresMon Mar 08 2021 - 16:24
Farmer wins orders overturning consent for grid connection from wind farmIan Collins from Bantry brought proceedings against An Bord Pleanála and the StateMon Mar 08 2021 - 15:33
HSE wants DNA test on unidentifed man in psychiatric hospital for 30 yearsGardaí and HSE want sample taken while man is alive to aid posthumous proceduresMon Mar 08 2021 - 14:41
Girl left scarred after falling into brambles at school secures settlement of €90,000Mr Justice Garrett Simons says settlement offer for child seemed ‘very generous’Mon Mar 08 2021 - 13:09
New guidelines for personal injuries awards ‘might be just about right’Adoption of the guidelines has moved the controversy out of the judicial and into the political arenaSun Mar 07 2021 - 17:03
Judges vote to adopt new guidelines to reduce personal injury damagesJudicial Council voted in support of document by Personal Injuries Guidelines CommitteeSat Mar 06 2021 - 17:19
Q&A: What are the new award guidelines for personal injuries?New guidelines replace Book of Quantum which set guidelines for award amountsSat Mar 06 2021 - 14:16
Judges to vote on new guidelines to cut damages awardsMinister for Justice ready to make changes if proposals approvedFri Mar 05 2021 - 21:47
McKillen jnr initiates High Court challenge over construction lockdownBlue Whisp argues allowing some construction but not all is unlawful discriminationFri Mar 05 2021 - 12:22
Teenager injured after goalpost fell on her secures €52,000 settlementGirl may require cosmetic surgery on forehead in the future, court toldFri Mar 05 2021 - 11:48
High Court refuses compensation to woman whose partner has Hepatitis CAppellant claimed over ‘loss of consortium’ with man who got disease in mother’s wombThu Mar 04 2021 - 13:44
