Judge refuses to permit Bord Pleanála bringing appeal over court decisionsBoard wanted an appeal concerning extent of court’s jurisdiction to consider and analyse board’s decisionsFri May 15 2020 - 20:00
Court order permits hospital not to resuscitate brain-injured womanHospital’s treatment plan involved what was ‘likely to be end of life care’, court toldFri May 15 2020 - 19:50
Joe.ie parent has examiner appointed on petition of creditorBPC cities click farm fiasco as well as default on loan payments and concern about financial management of businessFri May 15 2020 - 17:16
Supreme Court to hear claim by ill Romanian man for disability allowanceMan is challenging refusal to pay him disability benefit since he returned to RomaniaFri May 15 2020 - 12:13
Solicitors’ insurer can pursue €4.9m judgment against BloxhamJudgment alledgedly outstanding under 2011 agreement with stockbroking firmThu May 14 2020 - 13:16
Judge rejects man's plea for release from Central Mental HospitalThe man, diagnosed with paranoid schizophrenia, detained since early this yearWed May 13 2020 - 16:03
Developer Greg Kavanagh sued by brother in High CourtHugh Kavanagh claims he was removed as a director of 19 of the 20 defendant companiesTue May 12 2020 - 18:59
Mentally ill man loses case over refusal of conditional release after 14 yearsSupreme Court judge says the CMH is not a prison but rather a ‘designated centre’ under ActTue May 12 2020 - 18:28
Car park company appeals €1.7m VAT decisionLevy due on cars being de-clamped in private facilitiesTue May 12 2020 - 18:21
Owner of Christmas tree lands entitled to hearing over part of loan, High Court rulesAIB sought judgment for €210,000 over 2010 guaranteeTue May 12 2020 - 18:15
Kosovan man wins appeal over refusal of citizenship on basis of characterMan had been deemed not of ‘good character’ arising from road traffic offencesTue May 12 2020 - 16:42
Biker urges court to overturn conviction for murder of rival club memberAppeal raises important issues about scope of provocative defenceMon May 11 2020 - 17:13
Successor to President of the High Court must ‘drive reform’Speculation about who might step into retiring Mr Justice Peter Kelly’s shoes is rifeMon May 11 2020 - 01:40
Liquidator personally liable for bank’s costs in failed appealProceedings should have been brought in liquidator’s nameFri May 08 2020 - 16:12
Woman fails to get order restricting her child’s father bringing more applicationsOrder sought against background of 70 applications being brought by the couple between themFri May 08 2020 - 13:34
Customer can sue Eir over alleged breach of data obligations, High Court rulesJudge strikes out further claim by Michael Burke alleging he was defamed by Eir in an emailThu May 07 2020 - 17:38
Fund undertakes to allow furniture business to access Dublin warehouseBusiness had alleged unlawful eviction after it was unable to pay rentThu May 07 2020 - 16:40
Firm seeks identity of Twitter account holder sending ‘abusive’ tweets – courtTwitter said dispute was between Fastway Couriers and the account operatorThu May 07 2020 - 16:39
Woman who fell in Dunnes can keep €102,000 damagesCustomer (83) fell and fractured hip after stepping on a spillage in one of the aislesWed May 06 2020 - 16:19
Judge restrains father from contacting disabled son in foster careCourt heard the boy had access to his father in the past which had not proven successfulWed May 06 2020 - 14:29
Judge makes orders to protect business of man brain-injured after heart attackMan’s business, which employs a number of people, appeared to be run as a one-man operation, court toldTue May 05 2020 - 20:13
Stay put on order quashing permission for Cork wind farm schemeJudicial review sought over concerns about impact of proposed 11-turbine developmentTue May 05 2020 - 19:17
Court puts stay on order quashing permission for windfarm developmentStay applies until An Bord Pleanála has decided the developer’s application for a substitute planning consentTue May 05 2020 - 16:58
Bórd Pleanála seeks to bring appeal over court’s jurisdiction to analyse decisionsJudge had overturned board’s permission for construction of biogas plant in Co MeathFri May 01 2020 - 18:19
High Court orders hospital detention of man with dementiaMan faces risk of falls and there are concerns over how some of his adult children interact with him, court toldFri May 01 2020 - 13:09
Suspended solicitor seeks to halt inquiry into claims of professional misconductJudge grants Declan O’Callaghan’s counsel leave to bring judicial review proceedingsThu Apr 30 2020 - 21:55
High Court confirms appointment of liquidators to DebenhamsJudge says evidence before the court was that Irish company had been in financial difficulties ‘for some time’Thu Apr 30 2020 - 17:42
Fastway Couriers seeks court orders over ‘abusive’ parody Twitter accountCompany wants social media profile taken down over allegedly defamatory materialThu Apr 30 2020 - 15:24
GP censured after patient diagnosed with vertigo when he had suffered a strokeFitness to Practise Committee had made findings of poor professional performanceThu Apr 30 2020 - 14:58
Court rejects claim teen was entitled to remission on same basis as adultsSupreme Court says it could not accept penal regime that applies to children should be compared with that established for adultsWed Apr 29 2020 - 17:02
Psychiatrist who paid patient €50,000 ‘settlement’ censured by High CourtJudge confirms sanction sought by Medical Council against psychiatristWed Apr 29 2020 - 14:52
High Court refuses to stop Grafton Group holding ‘closed’ agmFormer chairman claimed holding meeting in pandemic breached shareholders’ rightsTue Apr 28 2020 - 20:59
Traveller mother loses challenge over suspension from housing listElizabeth Crumlish (66), mother of two with grandchildren, refused one-bedroomed housesTue Apr 28 2020 - 15:43
Supporters of O’Doherty and Waters prevented from attending court hearingChallenge aimed at striking down laws introduced by State due to Covid-19 pandemicTue Apr 28 2020 - 11:47
Plan for 366 homes on hold after judge refers matter to EU courtAn Bord Pleanála had granted permission for development at Clane, Co KildareMon Apr 27 2020 - 21:48
Bank entitled to possession of Dublin 4 apartment, High Court rulesFinal orders will be made later arising from the judgment delivered electronically on MondayMon Apr 27 2020 - 21:40
Leslie Buckley asks High Court to withdraw INM inspectorsMatter concerns investigation into alleged data breach at Irish media group in 2014Mon Apr 27 2020 - 13:36
High Court refuses to overturn €116bn State development planFriends of the Irish Environment argued Project 2040 failed to properly address climate changeFri Apr 24 2020 - 17:02
Former Grafton Group chairman challenges ‘closed’ agm planMichael Chadwick says meeting behind closed doors will breach shareholder rightsFri Apr 24 2020 - 13:08
Dublin furniture business gets interim injunction over alleged evictionDesign Features Ltd unable to pay rent due to Covid-19Thu Apr 23 2020 - 18:02
Daughter no longer seeking mother’s move from nursing home over Covid-19 riskJudge hears woman, a ward of court in her 90s, has tested positive for diseaseThu Apr 23 2020 - 15:58
Supreme Court dismisses appeal over refusal to decide status of peat extractionFriends of the Irish Environment challenged An Bord Pleanála over planning permissionThu Apr 23 2020 - 15:33
'New IRA' leader in Dublin jailed for murder loses constitutional challengeKevin Braney alleged laws under which he was arrested breached his human rightsThu Apr 23 2020 - 12:40
High Court orders detention of brain-injured woman in nursing homeJudge says he is satisfied woman’s health is best served by leaving her where she is for nowWed Apr 22 2020 - 19:51
High Court rejects test case over constitutionality of workplace dispute proceduresTomasz Zalewski claims he was unfairly dismissed from his job at discount storeTue Apr 21 2020 - 21:06
Quarry loses claim it is beyond reach of environmental directivesMeath County Council had in 2007 imposed 23 conditions on the quarry’s future operationsMon Apr 20 2020 - 19:35
Supreme Court judges concerned about physical sittings due to Covid-19 riskChief Justice tells remote sitting spread of virus among members could have knock-on effectsMon Apr 20 2020 - 13:38
Court overturns ‘flawed’ decision about information sought from CoillteCommissioner for Environmental Information must reconsider request for disclosureMon Apr 06 2020 - 18:41
Court orders home detention of man with dementia amid Covid-19 concernsElderly man does not understand importance of ‘cocooning’, hand-washing and social distancingFri Apr 03 2020 - 18:32
Anorexic woman discharged from hospital over risk of ‘alarming’ rise in Covid-19Court heard her risk of contracting the virus in hospital has ‘significantly’ increasedFri Apr 03 2020 - 18:25
