Interim examiner appointed to Debenhams Ireland after years of lossesCourt told only alternative to examinership was liquidation with €264m deficitThu May 12 2016 - 15:42
Son of Eddie Hutch seeks release as laws struck downUp to 20 prisoners seeking to benefit from decision on suspended sentencesThu May 12 2016 - 13:39
Attorney General refused application over suspended sentencesHigh Court judge formally declares laws on activating sentences as unconstitutionalWed May 11 2016 - 14:53
Businessman takes case against State over planning tribunal’s actionsMurphy claims damages after material related to credibility of Gogarty was withheldTue May 10 2016 - 19:57
Girl scarred when bandage left on head for 30 hours after birthLiability admitted as child sued HSE over treatment following birth in Cork in 2011Tue May 10 2016 - 19:37
Court to hear appeal on overturning of SNA’s €255,000 awardUna Ruffley alleges school’s conduct of disciplinary process amounted to ‘workplace bullying’Tue May 10 2016 - 15:42
Supreme Court agrees to hear MIBI appeal over liability for Setanta collapseCourt finds issue is ‘very serious’, affecting cost of insurance to the public and the ability of insurers to foresee and manage riskTue May 10 2016 - 14:31
PwC says Quinn court case will cost it €30mAccountancy firm is defending claim over its auditing of Quinn InsuranceMon May 09 2016 - 16:41
Shamrock Gift Company settles dispute with Allied ImportsDispute centred on use of “Wacky Woollies” trade markMon May 09 2016 - 15:04
Tesco shopper awarded €1.4m after slipping on grapesWoman left permanently disabled with severe back and other injuries, High Court toldFri May 06 2016 - 12:36
Claim needs ‘more than adequately met’ in direct provision disputedWoman seeks back-dated child benefit payments for son born in direct provisionFri May 06 2016 - 01:00
Woman awarded €85,000 after being covered in varnishWendy Delaney (68) suffered eye injury when tin emptied on her after she turned it upside downThu May 05 2016 - 17:57
Ex-Shamrock Rovers player settles action over leg injuriesStephen Wilkie (37) alleged he slipped on water while playing indoor footballWed May 04 2016 - 19:33
Former direct provision resident seeks backdated child benefitsHigh Court action seen as a test case raising issues under Irish and EU lawWed May 04 2016 - 19:00
Worker sacked by Dunnes told to repay €20,000 of appealed awardCourt overturned €67,500 award to Geraldine Martin (64) over arm injury at workWed May 04 2016 - 16:28
Judge has ‘grave’ concerns over take-up rate for jury serviceMore than one third of those summonsed for High Court jury duty this week failed to showTue May 03 2016 - 16:42
Supreme Court to hear test case on asylum seeker’s ‘right to work’Court to examine whether constitutional rights extend to non-nationals seeking refugee statusTue May 03 2016 - 15:05
Parents welcome hospital apology for injuries to ‘beautiful son’Aaron Hanrahan’s language therapy was withdrawn recently due to health budget cutsFri Apr 29 2016 - 19:07
‘Heroic’ teen with cerebral palsy awarded €5.5 million‘This shouldn’t have happened to me and others like me’, says Mary Malee (16)Fri Apr 29 2016 - 15:45
FG activist apologises for text message to councillor about taxesGeorge O’Connor wrongly alleged Cllr Paddy Meade’s tax affairs were ‘not in order’Thu Apr 28 2016 - 18:39
Gorey businessman cannot pursue KBC for negligent lendingCourt finds no cause of action in relation to retail park loansThu Apr 28 2016 - 15:52
Student with dyslexia wins court action for Leaving Cert ‘reader’Decision of State Exams Commission ‘difficult to comprehend’, says High Court judgeWed Apr 27 2016 - 13:24
High Court defers hearing on suspended sentencesLaw giving the courts power to revoke suspended sentences found unconstitutional in judgment last week.Wed Apr 27 2016 - 12:03
Two new actions launched after suspended sentences rulingNine cases in total have been affected by Judge Michael Moriarty’s findingTue Apr 26 2016 - 18:10
Judge recuses himself from Declan Ganley defamation actionJudge wrote an article in Village magazine accusing Libertas of making false claimsTue Apr 26 2016 - 14:50
Links Creche apologises to two workers over statement to mediaSuspension and dismissal of staff following RTE investigation was ‘unfair’, court toldTue Apr 26 2016 - 13:02
High Court facing fallout from suspended sentence rulingJudge deals with four cases affected by removal of courts’ right to revoke suspensionMon Apr 25 2016 - 21:28
Denis O’Brien ‘harmed’ by alleged defamation, court toldCounsel for businessman seeks early date for discovery application hearing in Red Flag caseMon Apr 25 2016 - 12:42
Student with dyslexia challenges refusal of exam readerLeaving Certificate student was given reader for his Junior Certificate, High Court hearsFri Apr 22 2016 - 19:25
Fitzgerald to bring legislation on suspended sentences to CabinetPrisoner freed, fate of several others depends on clarification from High Court judgeFri Apr 22 2016 - 19:00
Man with suspected links to Kinahan gang loses High Court challengeNaoufal Fassih (35) arrested in Dublin flat where valuable watches also seizedFri Apr 22 2016 - 15:33
Prisoners challenge legality of detention after court rulingJudge ruled law allowing for revocation of suspended sentences is unconstitutionalThu Apr 21 2016 - 22:03
Man held in suspected Kinahan-link flat challenges detentionNaoufal Fassih (35) arrested on April 7th in Dublin, number of valuable watches seizedThu Apr 21 2016 - 16:17
Lecturer refused injunctions pending professorship challengeDr Joan Buckley challenging UCC decision not to shortlist her in contest for 10 positionsWed Apr 20 2016 - 18:15
Kildare man loses appeal against extradition to USPatrick Lee (42) is wanted on charges of fraud, money-laundering and identity theftWed Apr 20 2016 - 17:33
Minister wins appeal over autism care allowance for boyHigh Court finding that Department of Social Protection had ‘fixed policy’ is overturnedWed Apr 20 2016 - 14:51
Suspended sentences are rendered useless by rulingAnalysis: Court’s finding on constitutionality of provisions undercuts a key judicial toolWed Apr 20 2016 - 01:00
Law allowing courts to activate suspended sentences ruled unconstitutionalDecision has serious implications for operation of criminal justice systemTue Apr 19 2016 - 22:40
Coolmore Stud trying to frustrate book sales, claims ex-employeeSolicitors wrote to Amazon alleging defamation in ‘Black Horse Inside Coolmore’, judge toldMon Apr 18 2016 - 18:34
Man claims defibrillator fitted in heart is defectiveCourt has heard doctors believe removing ICD poses greater risk than leaving it thereMon Apr 18 2016 - 16:38
Ireland a long way from human rights for all, conference hearsMultiple forms of inequality remain ‘endemic’ north and southSun Apr 17 2016 - 15:49
Woman did not know of symphysiotomy for decades, court toldJudgment reserved on appeal against finding woman failed to prove procedure unjustifiedFri Apr 15 2016 - 18:37
Central Bank failed to act on property lending alert, court hearsFormer chief economist says ‘senior people within the Bank simply did not wish to know about the problems or, if they did know, they did not wish to do anything about them’Fri Apr 15 2016 - 17:59
Jude Miley: Family of brain-damaged boy ‘never given hope’Suture used in chest operation at six months was left untrimmed, causing heart damageFri Apr 15 2016 - 17:48
Portuguese road workers must be paid €418,000 in monthThe 27 staff will be entitled to near €1m if defendants lose appeal on breach of contractsFri Apr 15 2016 - 14:10
HSE apologises over death of man following hospital dischargeTimothy Buckley (65) collapsed and died as a result of an undiagnosed heart problemWed Apr 13 2016 - 18:08
Hospital textbook called women on first pregnancy ‘dark and untried horse’Woman (76) takes case over symphysiotomy carried out 50 years agoWed Apr 13 2016 - 16:36
Woman who had symphysiotomy takes appeal seen as test caseCounsel for hospital says a 1963 practice cannot be viewed ‘through 2016 spectacles’Tue Apr 12 2016 - 22:27
Brain-damaged boy (5) sues children’s hospitalBenjamin Gillick takes action over Temple Street’s failure to diagnose infectionTue Apr 12 2016 - 19:11
Woman (76) appeals symphysiotomy rulingWoman claims an unjustified operation was performed on her in Dublin hospital in 1963Tue Apr 12 2016 - 18:03
