Mother felt ‘torture’ when newborn forcibly taken from herBoy taken from woman in hospital by gardaí and social workers over fears for his safetyWed Nov 21 2018 - 17:33
Separated father loses challenge against one-bedroom flat allocationMan who has shared custody of his three children took case against Dublin City CouncilWed Nov 21 2018 - 15:40
Woman insists friends gave her €280,000 as gift rather than loanJacqueline Keenaghan says sum offered ‘totally out of the blue’ in August 2010Tue Nov 20 2018 - 17:55
Court approves €20m-plus payouts to meet Setanta shortfallInsurance Compensation Fund to pay out awards for collapsed Malta-based insurerMon Nov 19 2018 - 22:08
Solicitor who failed to repay money borrowed from client is struck offHigh court told Paul Cunningham (50) owed the money to woman caring for elderly husband with Alzheimer’sMon Nov 19 2018 - 19:13
Solicitor to hold part of €20,000 award to woman who fell into freezerDunnes Stores appeals ruling that it must pay compensation to 70-year-old shopperMon Nov 19 2018 - 17:44
Public to be banned from tweeting and texting in courtUse of social media will be limited in court to ‘bona fide journalists’ and lawyers, says Chief JusticeSat Nov 17 2018 - 11:39
Couple ordered to remove seawall ‘blocking access’ to Co Cork beachDepartment claimed breakwater, built in 1990, was ‘an effort to privatise the foreshore’Fri Nov 16 2018 - 14:45
Developer Garrett Kelleher loses appeal on Nama files discoveryCourt confirms it cannot order compliance with existing order in face of sworn statementsFri Nov 16 2018 - 13:26
Ireland should ‘look after our own sick’, says High Court presidentMr Justice Peter Kelly warns of reliance on UK facilities for wards of court ahead of BrexitFri Nov 16 2018 - 12:44
Woman with advanced breast cancer secures urgent court hearingAction against HSE over alleged delay in cancer diagnosis will be heard in JanuaryThu Nov 15 2018 - 18:40
Woman gets €600k settlement over alleged negligence in knee careElderly patient requires 24-hour care after procedure it is claimed was unnecessaryThu Nov 15 2018 - 14:40
Peat harvesting firm says 50 jobs at risk over EPA orderEnvironmental agency says Harte Peat is causing ‘irreparable damage’ to raised bogWed Nov 14 2018 - 20:36
Supreme Court refuses to hear appeal over Drew Harris’s appointmentCiaran MacAirt claimed appointment was unlawful because he was not, it was alleged, an appropriate person to serve as Garda CommissionerWed Nov 14 2018 - 18:00
Case over forcible removable of newborn to get urgent hearingBreast-feeding mother’s son taken from her on foot of order by Child and Family AgencyWed Nov 14 2018 - 13:53
Four daughters, two sons settle actions over death of parents in 2011 crashPassenger allegedly grabbed steering wheel of car that crashed into vehicle carrying Tipperary coupleWed Nov 14 2018 - 13:06
Doctor involved in conspiracy to forge will is struck offHigh Court told conditions attached to his registration when he was found guilty of professional misconduct were ignoredTue Nov 13 2018 - 18:53
Baby forcibly removed from breastfeeding mother by gardaí and social workersMother has secured leave for judicial review over how emergency care order was made for newbornTue Nov 13 2018 - 13:13
Mother of brain injured boy a ‘prisoner’ due to nurse shortageCourt hears 17-year-old granted €2.4m settlement was meant to have 24 hour nursing careMon Nov 12 2018 - 17:13
Publican contests efforts by fund to take over Dublin barDes Markey leases O’Donoghue’s of Suffolk Street whose owner owes €6.2mMon Nov 12 2018 - 16:59
Man must be jailed for interfering with work of receiver, judge rulesCourt told Pat Carty suspected of collecting rents linked to disputed Co Wexford propertyMon Nov 12 2018 - 15:46
Dispute between friends over whether €280,000 was loan or gift ends in courtWoman who gave the money hurt when she heard friend hired limousine for daughter’s debsFri Nov 09 2018 - 18:18
Credit Union withdraws allegations against chief executiveEugene Kearns had challenged his dismissal from roleFri Nov 09 2018 - 18:02
Woman faces €500k legal bill after court case over €64k feesJudge said Mason Hayes Curran was entitled to judgment for fees plus costsFri Nov 09 2018 - 15:50
European court judgment may be good news for Kilkenny road objectorsHigh Court sought a preliminary ruling from the EU Court of JusticeThu Nov 08 2018 - 21:23
Fred Forsey Jnr has corruption conviction quashed by Supreme CourtFormer Fine Gael councillor from Waterford was jailed for four years in 2012Thu Nov 08 2018 - 15:01
Defective doctor recruitment poses danger to patients, judge saysHigh Court hears medic hired by HSE had no experience and made ‘wild’ assessmentsWed Nov 07 2018 - 16:52
Supreme Court rules operation of Co Galway quarry is unauthorisedSix month stay put on court order handed down for material breach of planning code and in public interestWed Nov 07 2018 - 16:47
Serial killer Mark Nash denied Supreme Court appealJudges says convicted murderer failed to show hearing necessary in interests of justiceTue Nov 06 2018 - 17:34
Man who claimed notice to terminate tenancy was invalid loses High court caseCase over tenancy of Dublin apartment went to Residential Tenancies Board before it was appealed to High CourtTue Nov 06 2018 - 15:16
Ronan legal action frustrating sale of development land, court toldSite in Cabinteely, Co Dublin, said to be worth €35 millionMon Nov 05 2018 - 16:59
Deficit on suspended Roscommon solicitor’s client account may exceed €600,000High court told cheque lodged to pay some of deficit bounced but problem now rectifiedMon Nov 05 2018 - 15:37
Quinns want jailed Anglo CEO David Drumm as witnessFamily of Sean Quinn deny liability for €2.34bn in loans advanced to Quinn companiesMon Nov 05 2018 - 15:34
Court sends elderly man in pigeon-infested house to nursing homeJudge told of ‘squalid and dangerous’ conditions with no electricity or toilet facilitiesFri Nov 02 2018 - 15:07
Supreme Court may rule on Denis O’Brien and Angela Kerins appeals before ChristmasAppeals centre on constitutional separation of powersThu Nov 01 2018 - 20:16
Facebook’s court appeal over data transfer case set for JanuarySupreme Court refuses attempt by UK data expert to join caseThu Nov 01 2018 - 16:26
Teacher was not employed by Minister for Education, Supreme Court rulesSalary paid from grant to pre-school but she did not have contract with State, judges findThu Nov 01 2018 - 15:46
Former rugby international can keep claim over disputed land – High CourtFergus Slattery in dispute with wife of ex-financial adviser over sale of south Dublin siteWed Oct 31 2018 - 21:57
Malnourished and dirty woman moved to hospital by emergency High Court orderJudge says elderly woman diagnosed with senile self-neglect syndrome and dementiaWed Oct 31 2018 - 19:33
Landmark ruling may affect hundreds of repossession casesCourt of Appeal upholds registration of vulture fund as owner of charge on man’s homeWed Oct 31 2018 - 15:10
Wexford man blinded by medical error settles court action for €5.9mBeaumont Hospital agrees to pay for future careWed Oct 31 2018 - 13:25
Family of woman in vegetative state and HSE turn to court for guidanceWoman cared for at home has lived beyond expected span covered by €2.6m settlementWed Oct 31 2018 - 01:00
Injured worker secures €224,000 compensation for severe ankle injuryTomasz Zdejszy fell two metres as he tried to free a trapped bin during waste collectionTue Oct 30 2018 - 17:30
High Court declines to overturn €650,000 reduction to solicitor’s fees to clientTaxing Master had said Joseph Buckley’s bills were ‘of impenetrable opaqueness’Tue Oct 30 2018 - 15:44
Supreme Court to hear Minister’s appeal over interpreter contractCase concerns supply of interpreters for immigration service and Legal Aid BoardFri Oct 26 2018 - 19:57
Judge urges man to drop ‘wild claims’ about mother’s medical careSon disputing High Court’s jurisdiction to make elderly and ill woman a ward of courtFri Oct 26 2018 - 13:34
Two solicitors who operated ‘chaotic’ practice are struck offJudge said Keith Flynn and Lyndsey Clarke should be struck off to ensure the integrity of the professionThu Oct 25 2018 - 18:44
Woman who claims she slipped on cream sues Dunnes StoresMaureen Curran tells High Court she fractured her right wrist in fall five years agoThu Oct 25 2018 - 17:54
Businessman loses claim to €3.65m ‘wedding gift’ houseBrendan O’Rourke claimed Furness Hall in Naas would become his property after marriageThu Oct 25 2018 - 16:59
Hundreds of cases await outcome of Cork flooding appealUniversity College Cork claims ESB liable for extensive damage to campus buildings in 2009Thu Oct 25 2018 - 13:25
