Disabled children affected by ‘extraordinary’ failure to bring 2004 law into force - judgeCourt rejects test cases by three children concerning the assessment processThu Jul 30 2020 - 16:59
Leaving Cert student’s challenge over calculated grades gets urgent hearingMinister for Education conceded Elijah Burke was entitled to leave to bring judicial review proceedingsWed Jul 29 2020 - 19:41
Court rules on case with implications for unaccompanied learnersMan cannot be convicted for driving without insurance on basis he was on learner permit, says judgeWed Jul 29 2020 - 16:50
High Court challenge to housing development in Meath GaeltachtLocal development group suggests language impact statement (LIS) was inadequateWed Jul 29 2020 - 13:35
Solicitor who allowed deficit in client funds is struck offTribunal also found the solicitor had failed to stamp and register 10 deeds despite being in funds to do soMon Jul 27 2020 - 20:44
Home-schooled Leaving Cert student seeks to challenge exclusion from calculated gradesElijah Burke says unless the court intervenes he cannot progress to third level for another yearMon Jul 27 2020 - 15:48
Marriage of convenience finding does not make marriage a legal nullity, court rulesSupreme Court overturns far-reaching High Court findingMon Jul 27 2020 - 15:35
State wins ruling on refugee applications affecting over 250 peopleSupreme Court says Minister has discretion on transfer of application from another EU stateFri Jul 24 2020 - 17:19
Objector to wind-farm development brings legal challengeAction centres on planning board’s decision that the development constitutes strategic infrastructure developmentFri Jul 24 2020 - 16:33
Garda who harassed State solicitor loses appeal over convictionSupreme Court urges updating of law on harassment to provide ‘effective’ statutory protectionFri Jul 24 2020 - 15:30
Ailesbury Road residents challenge handling of housing plan for former RTÉ landsResidents tell High Court plans should not be considered under Strategic Housing ActThu Jul 23 2020 - 20:41
Tragic aspects of Ruth Morrissey’s case have ‘come to fruition’, Chief Justice saysSupreme Court offers sympathy to family of cancer campaignerThu Jul 23 2020 - 14:16
Plan for high-rise development on former Premier Dairies site quashedHigh Court overturns permission for 245 apartments and childcare facility in FinglasThu Jul 23 2020 - 01:00
Former accountant consents to High Court orders in liquidation caseLiquidator’s investigation is into the running of three insolvent companiesWed Jul 22 2020 - 19:05
Cleaner who fractured ankle after fall from ladder sues for damagesBefore incident employee had sought a scaffold for work instead of ladderWed Jul 22 2020 - 17:26
Disabled woman awarded €200,000 after claim she had to leave home due to mine collapseCourt told woman and elderly mother were compelled to leave Monaghan home due to subsidenceWed Jul 22 2020 - 17:04
Judge queries if woman had adequate notice of wardship applicationMs Justice Niamh Hyland expresses concern over rights of intellectually disabled womanTue Jul 21 2020 - 20:51
Parents of profoundly autistic man find situation ‘untenable’, judge hearsHSE approves support for man in his 20s who is sometimes violent to his family membersTue Jul 21 2020 - 14:38
Court confirms appointment of liquidators to Drumcondra credit unionAbout 95 per cent of members have received payments in relation to their depositsFri Jul 17 2020 - 20:09
David Drumm consents to €7.5m judgment on unpaid loansProceedings initiated by Anlo Irish Bank in 2009Fri Jul 17 2020 - 12:20
Judge strikes out Clontarf residents case against MinisterAssociation out of time to challenge failure to designate fields a special protection areaThu Jul 16 2020 - 17:51
CervicalCheck: Ruth Morrissey and husband paid €2.16m damages, Supreme Court toldFull sum given despite appeal allowed by one of the labs over €575,000 of award to Paul MorrisseyThu Jul 16 2020 - 15:46
Second legal action over swine flu vaccine listed for NovemberBenjamin Blackwell, now aged 15, claims he contracted narcolepsy after getting Pandemrix jabWed Jul 15 2020 - 22:38
Man not entitled to be paid disability allowance after return to RomaniaSupreme Court appeal by seriously ill man who worked in Ireland for three years failsWed Jul 15 2020 - 15:27
Chilean student ‘happy to be free’ after being detained for nearly two weeks in MountjoyImmigration officials had refused Estefany Carolina Alquinta Gonzalez entry into the StateWed Jul 15 2020 - 00:05
Father of five Irish citizen children wins appeal over refusal of citizenshipFinding had been made by Minister for Justice on basis he was ‘not of good character’Mon Jul 13 2020 - 22:56
Lidl goes to court over Aldi price surveySupermarket alleges methodology of report conducted by Grant Thornton is flawedMon Jul 13 2020 - 18:10
Owners of Cork shopping centre sue for €30m after car causes fireDouglas Village Shopping Centre has been closed since the fire of August 31st, 2019Mon Jul 13 2020 - 16:33
Dispute between Bewley’s cafe and landlord goes to mediationCompany controlled by developer Johnny Ronan says it is owed €747,000 by shuttered business after refusing rent holidayMon Jul 13 2020 - 15:24
Property owners lose challenge over new Croke Park access routeFour people sought to overturn decision clearing way for development of new routeFri Jul 10 2020 - 15:12
Examinership of Apple reseller Compu b confirmedCompany has 395 employees in Ireland and BritainFri Jul 10 2020 - 13:13
Provisional liquidator appointed to Caritas centre on Merrion RoadFacility has been closed since end of MarchThu Jul 09 2020 - 19:26
Provisional liquidator appointed to Caritas centre on Merrion RoadFacility has been closes since end of MarchThu Jul 09 2020 - 18:01
Failure to sanction Gaelcoláiste on Harold’s Cross site breaches rights, court toldPatron of Irish-medium schools and two parents taking action against StateWed Jul 08 2020 - 17:42
ESB could face huge bill over UCC flood damageSemi-State company faces about 400 proceedings in relation to Cork city floodingWed Jul 08 2020 - 13:45
Proceedings begin against Clonshaugh waste-water facility planApproval given with ‘no assessment of what comes out of pipe’, High Court hearsTue Jul 07 2020 - 18:03
Bula mine co-founder fails in bankruptcy appealMichael Wymes declared bankrupt in 2018 over €4.8m bill from long-running legal action over failure of mineTue Jul 07 2020 - 15:45
Court told hearing into dispute over Setanta Centre redevelopment not so urgentWork on project is pausing for six months due to Covid-19 uncertaintyMon Jul 06 2020 - 18:58
Dispute over €2.95m sale of Georgian property struck outBlucher Ltd had secured an injunction restraining receiversMon Jul 06 2020 - 18:53
Man fails in bid for damages after armed robbery conviction overturnedMichael O’Callaghan’s case described by court as ‘borderline’ after 52-month time lapseMon Jul 06 2020 - 18:02
Sean Dunne contempt case to be heard in NovemberMotion before High Court alleges failure to comply with an order made two years agoMon Jul 06 2020 - 17:17
High Court appoints interim examiner to Compu b parent companyIrish-founded Apple reseller has six stores in State, and employs 395 in Ireland and UKFri Jul 03 2020 - 17:38
Supreme Court in Dublin clears Bernie Madoff Ponzi loss case for hearingHigh Court had said plaintiff could not sue HSBC trustee having settled with Madoff businessFri Jul 03 2020 - 15:09
Garda who investigated child abuse sues Garda Commissioner and StateGuard says harassment intensified after a criminal complaint was made in 2012Fri Jul 03 2020 - 11:59
State to pay costs of failed action over Seanad compositionThe court made the costs order as agreed and a formal order dismissing the plaintiffs’ claimThu Jul 02 2020 - 13:16
Galway Clinic gets orders dismissing action over board decisionDispute involved Blackrock Medical Partners and Dr Joseph SheehanThu Jul 02 2020 - 12:59
Goodman company gets €7.9m judgment plus costs against Dr Joseph SheehanCourt had originally signalled a €19m judgment in Blackrock Clinic disputeWed Jul 01 2020 - 19:32
Supreme Court rules ‘substitute consent’ inconsistent with EU environmental lawLarge number of applications for retention planning permission on hold pending rulingWed Jul 01 2020 - 15:25
BBC must provide more information for Gerry Adams defamation case, judge rulesFormer Sinn Féin leader suing broadcaster over 2016 Spotlight programmeWed Jul 01 2020 - 11:50
Environmentalists seek European court referral for Shannon LNG projectState parties say case ‘profoundly flawed and misconceived as a matter of law’ and should be dismissedTue Jun 30 2020 - 20:49
