Graham Dwyer loses final appeal against conviction for murder of Elaine O’HaraMs O’Hara’s father says he is “pleased” and “relieved” that “long journey” is finally overWed Jul 31 2024 - 11:54
Supreme Court to rule on Wednesday on Graham Dwyer’s conviction appealDwyer has been serving a life sentence after being convicted in 2015 for the murder of Elaine O’HaraTue Jul 30 2024 - 17:21
Rape victim tells former swimming coach Derry O’Rourke: ‘You took so much that was not yours to take’O'Rourke to be sentenced on Wednesday for rape and sexual assaults of teenage girlTue Jul 30 2024 - 15:38
Property developer Michael O’Flynn spurned €1 postal order from ex-business partner as debt dispute persistsHigh Court to hear Cork developer’s objection to John O’Driscoll’s personal insolvency arrangementMon Jul 29 2024 - 16:17
‘I cried all the way home’: retired judge recalls ‘heartbreaking’ case of brain-dead pregnant womanThe retired Supreme Court judge looks back on an extraordinary career that included ruling on the difficult case of a pregnant woman on life support, as well as divorcing ‘half of Cork’Sun Jul 28 2024 - 06:00
Tributes paid to George Birmingham on retirement as president of Court of AppealFormer Fine Gael TD and minister of State resumed law career after losing Dublin North Central seat in 1989Fri Jul 26 2024 - 15:58
INM governance scandal: Inspectors report may be published next week Report of six year investigation presented to High Court todayThu Jul 25 2024 - 12:01
Judge finds in favour of Crown Paints in rent dispute over Coolock premisesLandlords argued Crown Paints was required to pay market rent for over four years before leaving premises in 2022Wed Jul 24 2024 - 17:54
Barrister strike: Bar council warns on further action if ‘impasse’ over criminal legal aid fee cuts continuesThird day of industrial action this month adds to delays in criminal courtsWed Jul 24 2024 - 12:13
Courts Service receiving insufficient funding to ensure ‘effective administration of justice’ ‘We do not invest enough in ensuring the courts work for citizens,’ says Green Party TDWed Jul 24 2024 - 06:00
Denis O’Brien, Leslie Buckley and others seek to be given inspectors’ report on INM governance scandalHigh Court judge says his ‘preliminary’ view is in favour of publishing the reportTue Jul 23 2024 - 11:44
Taxi driver jailed for 13 years for raping child ‘could not care less’ about impact on her, judge saysRaymond Shorten (50), from Dublin 22, to be sentenced on Thursday for separate rapes of two young womenMon Jul 22 2024 - 11:04
Settlement made after Croke Park found liable for €24,160 damages over man’s fall in stadiumMan fractured hand after fall on wet concrete surface during 2015 All-Ireland football finalMon Jul 22 2024 - 06:00
Final report by inspectors appointed to investigate governance at former INM expected this weekResults of six-year investigation to be put before Mr Justice Peter Kelly of the High CourtMon Jul 22 2024 - 06:00
Inside the childcare courts: ‘Making money from the misery of children - that’s distasteful’Judges at coalface of State’s care system criticise ‘corporate’ Child and Family Agency and warn against privatisation of careSat Jul 20 2024 - 06:00
Judges say ‘corporate, faceless’ Tusla is failing childrenPrivate firms making money from ‘misery of children’ is ‘distasteful’, says judgeSat Jul 20 2024 - 06:00
Dublin taxi driver to be sentenced on Monday for rapes of seven year old girlRay Shorten also facing sentencing for separate rapes of two young women in his taxi in summer 2022Fri Jul 19 2024 - 10:56
Staff retention a key issue for Ireland’s top law firmsSmaller firms less optimistic than many large firms about their futuresWed Jul 17 2024 - 06:00
More people pursuing careers in law, but concerns about high legal costs persist, says legal services regulatorReport notes concerns that fewer senior barristers are available for criminal casesWed Jul 17 2024 - 00:01
Ms Justice Caroline Costello nominated for appointment as president of the Court of Appeal Court of Appeal presidency is second most senior judicial position in the StateTue Jul 16 2024 - 14:52
Striking criminal barristers demand ‘binding commitment’ over reversal of legal-aid fee cutsCriminal courts’ business is halted for the second time this month after barristers withdraw their servicesMon Jul 15 2024 - 12:30
Report into governance scandal at Independent News & Media to be given to High Court within days Investigation into data breach and other matters could go before court next weekSat Jul 13 2024 - 06:00
Planning law must not frustrate housing objectives, Attorney General tells lawyers Conference told of ‘groundbreaking work’ by new planning court amid 145% increase in planning cases since October 2022Fri Jul 12 2024 - 16:35
Senior counsel Seán Guerin elected Bar council chairmanProfession facing ‘significant’ change along with social, political and economic pressuresWed Jul 10 2024 - 20:16
Retired Supreme Court judge Hugh Geoghegan remembered at funeral Mass as man ‘of boundless curiosity’Judge’s ‘only regret in life’ was that he did not meet his wife sooner, congregation toldWed Jul 10 2024 - 18:07
Two out of three complaints made against lawyers last year alleged misconduct Regulator upheld just 111 of 1,432 complaints finalised in 2023, with half found inadmissibleWed Jul 10 2024 - 00:01
Criminal courts grind to a halt as barristers strike over legal aid feesTwo out of three criminal barristers leave after six years as recession-era pay cuts stay in placeTue Jul 09 2024 - 12:18
Criminal barristers strike: Legal aid earnings range from €27 a day to €773,000 a yearIndustrial action will take place on Tuesday, on July 15th and on July 24thTue Jul 09 2024 - 06:00
Minister accepts compensation proposals for catastrophically injured plaintiffsMinister to introduce regulations aimed at ensuring payments meet lifetime care needsMon Jul 08 2024 - 22:18
Taxi driver Raymond Shorten to be sentenced for rape of seven-year-old girl days after her mother’s funeral Shorten separately facing sentence for rapes of two young women on different dates in 2022Mon Jul 08 2024 - 12:25
Retired Supreme Court judge Hugh Geoghegan dies aged 86 Father of Dublin Lord Mayor James Geoghegan came from family steeped in lawMon Jul 08 2024 - 11:53
Domestic violence sentencing changes adopted Judges have ‘divergent’ approach to sentencing but are motivated to adopt approaches to protect victims, notes reportMon Jul 08 2024 - 06:00
Operation of privacy rule in family law cases to be examined by new independent studyParents with direct experience of family courts asked to take part in anonymous online surveyMon Jul 08 2024 - 00:01
Judges ‘in despair’ over shortage of suitable places for children in careLack of places ‘risks collapsing the care system’, says Child Law ProjectMon Jul 08 2024 - 00:00
Man made death threats, claimed he would throw acid in ex-partner’s face, judge toldMother secures barring orders against two adult sons, in their 30s, who ‘have been drug addicts for years’Sun Jul 07 2024 - 06:00
Judge slams failure by Tusla to notify courts of children in care with no social workerOne child has had no allocated social worker since 2019, judge notesThu Jul 04 2024 - 07:00
Declan O’Callaghan: No end in sight as saga of suspended solicitor continues Law Society awaiting tribunal inquiry into matters surrounding solicitor Declan O’CallaghanTue Jul 02 2024 - 18:41
Solicitor Declan O’Callaghan should be struck off for professional misconduct, tribunal findsFinal decision on fate of Declan O’Callaghan will be made by High CourtTue Jul 02 2024 - 14:24
One of two women raped by taxi driver says she got taxi ‘to be safe’ but suffered ‘worst nightmare’Second victim was a virgin when ‘predator’ taxi driver raped her, court toldMon Jul 01 2024 - 14:02
The 1950s Dublin pre-nup that made global headlines Tilson case decision by the Supreme Court in 1950 relating to the care of three children in a mixed-religion marriage was widely misinterpreted by the public as an enforcement of the Catholic Church’s Ne Temere decreeSat Jun 22 2024 - 06:00
Lawyers strike gold as Russia’s plane seizures spark lucrative litigation in DublinLegal action over valuable leased aircraft stranded in Russia generating €1 million in brief fees – plus €6,000 a day – for top commercial lawyersFri Jun 21 2024 - 13:00
‘Adversarial’ approach to clinical negligence contributing to State bill of €4.1bn Clinical negligence claims system ‘not fit for purpose’ and needs urgent reform, conference toldWed Jun 19 2024 - 06:00
Supreme Court decision on phone data admissibility may be fatal blow to Graham Dwyer appeal Dwyer made similar, not identical, arguments in appeal against murder convictionMon Jun 17 2024 - 17:05
Supreme Court decision due today on phone metadata could affect Graham Dwyer appeal Seven-judge court will rule in separate case on appeal by man convicted of attempted murder of James ‘Mago’ GatelyMon Jun 17 2024 - 08:30
Doctor’s bankruptcy over €275,000 debt extended for seven years after failure to co-operateNadia Ahmed had not disclosed at least three bank accounts, High Court toldMon Jun 17 2024 - 06:00
‘Fear of homelessness’: Why tenants do not vacate rental properties after receiving termination notices Landlord-tenant disputes adjudicated on by the Residential Tenancies Board lay bare the dearth of alternative accommodation and real-life consequences of the housing crisisFri Jun 14 2024 - 12:30
Suspended solicitor found guilty of professional misconduct over handling of land saleSolicitors Disciplinary Tribunal will next week decide sanction for Declan O’CallaghanFri Jun 14 2024 - 06:00
Mammoth aircraft insurance case to begin todayCase tied to aircraft worth $2.5bn stranded in Russia after Ukraine invasionTue Jun 11 2024 - 06:00
Alan Hynes bankruptcy extended by High Court to 10 years over ‘total’ non-co-operation with trusteeWexford businessman has still not provided information about his assets as required under Bankruptcy Act, judge saysMon Jun 10 2024 - 17:23
Former director of collapsed property development firm faces bankruptcy hearing over €1.85m debtStephane Fund was co-director with former rugby international Brendan Mullin of Bisvale DACMon Jun 10 2024 - 14:32
