‘A nightmare’: One man’s gruelling journey with his daughter through the family law systemFacing costs of more than €118,000 after three years in and out of courts, a father of one talks about the pressures of a system that lawyers say needs to be reformed and properly resourcedSun Jan 28 2024 - 07:00
Tracey Gilligan commences fresh legal action against Cab and Department of Social ProtectionNature of case taken by daughter of drug dealer John Gilligan (71) is unclear but is latest in series related to familyFri Jan 26 2024 - 19:00
Q&A: Can Elon Musk’s X fund legal challenges to Republic’s proposed hate speech laws?Funding by X of any such challenges faces serious obstacles but it has optionsWed Jan 24 2024 - 19:00
Former Ireland rugby international Brendan Mullin resists bankruptcy application over alleged €1.8m debtMullin denies creditor’s claim he has committed an act of bankruptcyTue Jan 23 2024 - 14:33
Widower’s pension ruling not expected to affect referendumsProposed referendum seeks to expand the constitutional definition of family beyond that based on marriageTue Jan 23 2024 - 06:00
Q&A: What are the implications of the Supreme Court widower’s pension judgment?No binding decision on Article 41 family provision with majority court saying people should decideMon Jan 22 2024 - 18:06
Supreme Court rules law refusing widower’s pension to unmarried father of three unconstitutionalLegislation expected to provide for prospective payments for other bereaved unmarried parentsMon Jan 22 2024 - 11:51
Cost of a High Court trial: Judge hears rare breakdown of legal feesSenior counsel’s brief fees for breach of contract case estimated at up to €80,000, overall costs bill for losing party could be up to €2mMon Jan 22 2024 - 05:00
Supreme Court to rule on man’s exclusion from widower’s pension schemeJudgment could provide guidance on extent of family protections in ConstitutionMon Jan 22 2024 - 05:00
Some parents making wills ‘are not shy in expressing who their favourite child is’Daughters are doing better now under wills but some still end up in court say lawyersSat Jan 20 2024 - 06:00
Judge criticises ‘millionaire’ legal costs rates in High CourtState’s laws force losing litigants to pay opponent’s legal costs at rates well above Taoiseach’s pay, says judgeThu Jan 18 2024 - 20:32
Woman living ‘exotic’ lifestyle loses appeal over appointment of Cab receiver to family homeCab claimed Mary Cash’s home in Co Laois represented the proceeds of crimeThu Jan 18 2024 - 15:47
Attorney General says judges should actively manage litigation as it gets ‘ever more protracted’ and costlyRossa Fanning says other courts should look to 'gold standard' of efficiency set by Commercial CourtThu Jan 18 2024 - 10:09
Landlord Paul Howard told Revenue he kept rent money at home in cashTax judgments of more than €3 million have been confirmed against Howard and his partner, who had tenants pay their rent in cash at a launderette on Dublin’s Talbot StreetThu Jan 18 2024 - 06:00
Revenue obtains €2.4m judgment against Dublin landlord for unpaid tax and interestHigh Court rejected claims of champerty raised by counsel for Paul Howard and his partner Una McCleanWed Jan 17 2024 - 09:09
‘Overwhelming evidence’ that Graham Dwyer was author of text messages to murder victim Elaine O’Hara, Supreme Court toldCourt reserves judgment on appeal by former architect for 2012 murder of childcare workerTue Jan 16 2024 - 17:45
RTÉ's Dave Fanning initiates defamation case after his photo appeared in article about sexual misconduct trial of different broadcaster Lawyers for Mr Fanning say article marks ‘new frontier of libel law’ and suspect artificial intelligence (AI) was being used to aggregate news articlesMon Jan 15 2024 - 16:09
Woman who paid €14k for ‘service’ from non-lawyer cannot appeal home possession order, High Court rules Judge says it is ‘beyond concerning’ that people with no legal qualifications are indicating they can assist, for fees, those in mortgage arrearsMon Jan 08 2024 - 06:00
Disabled mother gets temporary barring order against ‘dangerous’ adult daughterAnother woman says ex partner boxed her three times in the face and smashed windscreen of carSun Jan 07 2024 - 06:00
Judge convicted of sexually assaulting six males resigns from benchFour of Gerard O’Brien’s victims were students when he worked at a secondary school in Dublin between 1991 and 1997Sat Jan 06 2024 - 16:47
Convicted judge Gerard O’Brien should resign, sexual assault survivor saysRefusal to resign would drag political and legal systems into ‘legal quagmire’, says complainantSat Jan 06 2024 - 06:00
More High Court judges will hear cases during summer vacation, says High Court presidentPilot project to stagger two-month holiday so at least five additional judges will hear cases in SeptemberWed Jan 03 2024 - 06:00
Man remanded in custody over Tristan Sherry murder while book of evidence preparedMichael Andrecut (22) charged in connection with fatal Christmas Eve incident in a Blanchardstown restaurantTue Jan 02 2024 - 12:20
Judge appoints independent decision-makers instead of siblings for interests of woman with dementiaFamily members lack insight into ‘conflict of interest’ issues, says judge in key judgment under Assisted Decision Making (Capacity) ActTue Jan 02 2024 - 06:00
Man to stand trial in connection with Parnell Square stabbing incidentRiad Bouchaker (50) further remanded in custody while book of evidence is being preparedThu Dec 28 2023 - 11:24
Father secures protection order against son who allegedly subjected him to four-hour beating on Christmas Eve Mother in separate case gets protection orders after describing two sons as ‘like Rottweilers’Wed Dec 27 2023 - 18:00
Savage murders of two men in Sligo among grim and gruesome criminal cases heard in 2023Trials told of brutal attacks on schoolteacher Ashling Murphy and Donegal mother Jasmine McMonagle by their respective killersSun Dec 24 2023 - 06:00
Minister for Justice seeks AG’s advice after judge is convicted of sexual assaultCircuit Court judge Gerard O’Brien was in his 30s and working as a teacher in a secondary school in Dublin at the time of the offencesSat Dec 23 2023 - 05:15
Gerard O’Brien: Convicted judge overcame severe physical disability to teach and pursue legal careerDisabled from birth due to Thalidomide, Gerard O’Brien previously served as Fianna Fáil town councillor and as State solicitor for North TipperaryFri Dec 22 2023 - 20:14
Judge convicted of sexually assaulting six males on dates in the 1990s Gerard O’Brien was appointed a Circuit Court judge in 2014Fri Dec 22 2023 - 16:27
Man (50) charged with attempted murder of three children at Dublin’s Parnell Square Man also charged with causing serious harm to care workerThu Dec 21 2023 - 14:34
Judge rules man can preserve deceased sister’s Irish assets pending outcome of dispute over willsAssets include 750 acres and properties in Co Cork and on the Continent, High Court toldTue Dec 19 2023 - 16:56
Son seeks to recover alleged €267,000 debt from deceased mother’s €25m estateCase concerns estate of Ann Gibbons, a substantial landowner, businesswoman and farmers’ rights campaignerMon Dec 18 2023 - 18:30
Calls for legal loophole to be closed as another driver avoids six-month driving banSome judges are opposed to using the loophole and do not use it, says Sinn Féin Justice spokesmanMon Dec 18 2023 - 05:15
Enoch Burke and family: What is the status of the cases, complaints and challenges?Judge to review Enoch Burke’s continued imprisonment after he failed to stay away from Wilson’s Hospital SchoolMon Dec 11 2023 - 05:30
Judicial selection system should resolve public unease over appointments, says expert Achieving diversity within the predominantly middle-class judiciary is likely to take timeFri Dec 08 2023 - 17:30
System for appointing judges signed into law after Supreme Court decisionBill leaves government with ‘final decision’ concerning appointment of a judge, court saysFri Dec 08 2023 - 15:46
Claims of assaults, parental abuse and attempted fraud – a day in one of Ireland’s busiest District CourtsNaas District Court judge ‘exhausted’ after hearing cases, including man who allegedly punched and kicked elderly father and pulled his mother out of wheelchairFri Dec 08 2023 - 10:00
Supreme Court to rule on whether new system for appointing judges is constitutionalFianna Fáil Justice spokesman among those who raised concerns about Judicial Appointments Commission BillFri Dec 08 2023 - 05:00
New planning and environmental court to be operational from MondayThe new court, a division of the High Court with three specialist judges assigned to it, replaces High Court’s commercial planning listThu Dec 07 2023 - 12:55
Middle class dominance on Supreme Court may have impacted rights decisions, says law lecturerData shows most Supreme Court judges went to fee paying schools and attended UCDThu Dec 07 2023 - 06:00
Majority of women do not pursue domestic violence protection orders - judgeKildare judge says gardaí and courts are ‘caught between a rock and a hard place’ in dealing with ordersWed Dec 06 2023 - 20:07
Civil society groups give lukewarm reception to referendums as wording on carers falls shortConstitutional law expert Dr Laura Cahilane said proposed amendment had ‘completely fudged’ opportunityWed Dec 06 2023 - 06:00
Supreme Court to rule on Friday on constitutionality of new system for appointing judgesThe Bill provides for establishment of a commission to make recommendations on appointments on multiple groundsWed Dec 06 2023 - 04:00
Judge grants order for sale of land and property in estate of Desmond Guinness Separate issues concerning the interpretation of Desmond Guinness' will were previously agreed, High Court toldTue Dec 05 2023 - 04:00
Woman’s landmark case overturning ban on contraception started ‘social revolution’, says Supreme Court judgeMary McGee’s ‘legal equivalent of the moon landing’ gets first formal recognition after 50 yearsSun Dec 03 2023 - 09:37
Sport becomes for the ‘privileged few’ when confined to paid-for TV, Attorney General says‘Cashing in’ short term can cause a sport’s audience to dwindle, conference hears, as Fanning lauds Wimbledon’s exampleSat Dec 02 2023 - 10:50
Bringing ringleaders of Dublin riots to court possible but cases will be complexThe 15-year sentences handed down in the Strokestown eviction case shows judges can be tough on violent behaviourSat Dec 02 2023 - 07:30
Supreme Court to hear board’s appeal over order to re-engage Gaelscoil principal eight years after unlawful dismissalAppeal could have implications for other disciplinary investigations and employment cases, judges sayTue Nov 28 2023 - 18:53
HSE pursuing dead man’s estate for some €64,000 allegedly owed in nursing home feesIn separate case, judge hears man does not know who sold his family home months before wife’s deathMon Nov 27 2023 - 16:58
