Attorney General

Minister for Justice Helen McEntee made the designation in response to the UK’s exit from EU

Rossa Fanning says other courts should look to 'gold standard' of efficiency set by Commercial Court

If the Government does not want to appoint shortlisted applicants to judicial office, it can ask the Judicial Appointments Commission to re-run its selection process. Is this conducive to judicial independence?

Government says legal advice it received from Attorney General is ‘essential contribution to our consideration of next steps’

‘Cashing in’ short term can cause a sport’s audience to dwindle, conference hears, as Fanning lauds Wimbledon’s example

The case invokes article 41.2 of the Constitution, which refers to work performed by women in the home

Recent controversies across the water are reminders of ‘vital importance’ of judicial independence, particularly in politically turbulent times, court hears

Highest fee paid was €613,070, most barristers got fees under €100,000

Testimony from Tom Kennan, who is dead, was read into the record at inquests into the deaths at Dublin coroner’s court on Thursday

US department of justice senior trial counsel says in an affidavit that the proceedings are of crucial interest to the US

Government has approved 15 principles for conducting litigation drafted by Attorney General following criticism of State’s past strategies

‘Big firms want to brief somebody who will charge a fortune so that they can justify charging a fortune’

The high profile of the office of its chief law officer is a valuable asset from the Government’s perspective

Ms Kerins is appealing to the Supreme Court for the second time as part of her 2014 claim for damages

Union claims a provision of the order was deemed invalid by the Supreme Court

Media, Internet and Data Protection Bar Association launches as AI and online safety regulation evolve

New figures to be published by Residential Tenancies Board on Monday

Defence Forces captain Alan Kearney claims his nomination for Captain of the Guard was cancelled in breach of his rights

Landlord exodus, tax sweeteners, seeming permanence of ban, homelessness and extending the cost-rental scheme all influenced Cabinet’s final and very political decisio

Party leaders to discuss three options on Monday

The Judicial Council Act provides for departure from guidelines if judge feels an award is “simply wrong”, State says

Consultant David McMurray found guilty of professional misconduct over delay in attending Tracey Campbell Fitzpatrick

Vulnerable elderly have been subjected to obfuscation around their entitlement to nursing home care and the so-called Fair Deal scheme still neglects to include all the things they need

Attorney General’s report on nursing home charges masks basic question of how a democracy should respond to violation of constitutional order in layers of evasion

Attorney General Rossa Fanning’s report moves outside remit of legal advice and into political justification

Time and again this State has used public money to intimidate and crush the vulnerable in court

Retired businessman Joseph Conroy says State settled with him because he had ‘a strong case’ and ‘a legal right’ to a State refund for his mother’s private nursing home fees

The issue is did the Health Act require health boards to meet the costs incurred by people in need of nursing home care in circumstances where a public bed was not available?

Inside Politics: Coalition still has to justify its next steps not just legally or intellectually, but politically

Analysis: Rossa Fanning document a strong defence of legal strategy — and political stance — adopted by successive governments

Rossa Fanning argues that litigation is by nature ‘adversarial’

Attorney General Rossa Fanning has defended the legal advice given to the State

‘As soon as there is litigation against the State, there has to be a legal strategy,’ says Oliver O’Connor

Solicitor says State should introduce ex-gratia scheme for those who paid for private nursing home beds because no public beds available

Judge-led inquiry into sale of firm to Denis O’Brien found process tainted by impropriety and not commercially sound

Analysis: Nervousness around Government on legal strategy for defending cases taken by medical card holders

Varadkar tells Dáil he ‘must have been’ briefed about the ‘legitimate’ legal strategy

Former chief justice, attorney general and judge of the European Court of Justice worked on several cases which developed European law and expanded its impact

Attorney General leads tributes to Mr Justice Robert Eagar on his retirement

Anglo-Irish records from 1996–2002 from three government departments - the taoiseach, foreign affairs and justice