Mary Carolan

Mary Carolan

Mary Carolan is Higher Courts Reporter with the Irish Times, reporting on the Supreme Court, Commercial Court, High Court and Court of Criminal Appeal

The judge said the case demonstrates the truth of Mr Justice Kelly’s remark the only people who can litigate in the High Court are ‘paupers and millionaires’.
Legal costs in dispute over €228,000 ‘may exceed €500,000’

High legal costs raise serious issues about access to justice, says judge

A residents’ group has obtained permission from the High Court to bring a legal challenge aimed at overturning planning approval for a development of 446 apartments in Dundrum, Co Dublin
Residents get leave to challenge Dundrum apartment development

Bord Pleanála granted permission for 446 homes after it designated the proposed project a strategic housing development

The judge said, given the grave risk to the plaintiff concerning proving liability if the matter went to trial, the settlement offer of €80,000, representing some 75 per cent of the full value of the claim, was a very good one and he would approve it.
Settlement of €80,000 for girl injured after aunt had partial seizure while driving

Judge says case is very unusal and there was a ‘huge hurdle’ concerning liability

A High Court judge will rule on Tuesday on the lead challenge over the calculated grades process
Leaving Cert: High Court to rule on challenge to 2020 calculated grades process

Student claims direction by Minister to remove school historical records from system resulted in unfair downgrading in exam

Thomas O’Connell was gifted “Kerry Co-Operative shares” in a 1990 will of his uncle, John T Cronin, who died some 23 years later in 2013, aged in his 90s. Photograph: iStock
Deceased farmer’s nephew not entitled to €1m Kerry Group shares, court rules

Man remains entitled to lower value of Kerry Co-Op shares gifted in uncle’s 1990 will

The Four Courts. Mr Justice Richard Humphreys extended to November 5th, 2025 the bankruptcy of Michael Grimes, an experienced personal litigant, and his wife Carmel Grimes
Couple in 80s have bankruptcy extended by five years

Judge cites lack of co-operation with trustee

A local residents’ group is taking a legal challenge aimed at overturning planning approval for a development of 446 apartments in Dundrum, Co Dublin
Residents challenge permission for 446 apartments in Dundrum

Fast-track permission was granted for south Dublin development in January

A mock-up of the proposed Strand Road cycle path. Image via Dublin City Council
Order halting works on Sandymount cycleway issued by High Court

Traffic on Strand Road was due to be reduced on Monday to facilitate opening of cycle route

It was ruled last November that An Bord Pleanála had erred in law by not assessing the car park as part of the planning application. Photograph: iStock
Developer wins leave to appeal against quashing of permission on Connolly site

Permission was quashed over issue around car park

The woman claimed the recordings corroborated her experience of the man as being threatening to her and their children.
Gardaí ordered to give husband secret recordings made of him by wife

Man brought High Court proceedings seeking discovery of audio and video files

Michael Fingleton (pictured in 2018) wants the case halted on grounds of its breadth and his ill-health. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill
Judge to rule later on Fingleton bid to halt INBS case

IBRC claims include €6bn losses arose from loans made when Fingleton was CEO

Fr Patrick John Mannion made a will in 1997 and amended it in 2014, the High Court heard.
Priest’s hand-made replacement will did not revoke original will, judge rules

Fr Patrick John Mannion’s object in avoiding lawyers’ fees ‘spectacularly failed’, court hears

Two receivers have failed to get an injunction preventing a couple remaining in a Dublin 4 property pending a full hearing of proceedings. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times/File
Couple can remain in Dublin 4 property after judge refuses injunction

Receivers sought injunction concerning Lansdowne Road property pending hearing

The complaints against former INBS chief executive Michael Fingleton include claims he enjoyed “excessive” control over the business of the society and made several loans of more than €1 million without consulting the board.
Michael Fingleton cannot properly defend case due to stroke, High Court told

IBRC claims case can proceed on basis of objective evidence depsite ‘impediment’

When the doctor’s case came before the council’s Fitness to Practice Committee last October, it heard evidence of a prior history of non-compliance with medication and of a near 100 per cent chance of relapse if he failed to take his medication. File Photograph: David Sleator
Doctor with history of mental illness has conditions attached to his registration

The Medical Council sought High Court confirmation of the conditions

Garda Keith Harrison and his partner Marisa Simms arrive for a hearing of the Disclosures Tribunal in Dublin Castle in 2017. File Photograph: Stephen Collins/Collins Photo
Garda loses challenge over Disclosures Tribunal legal costs ruling

Garda Keith Harrison previously lost separate proceedings aimed at quashing tribunal criticism

It is claimed the board wrongly treated the proposal as a standalone development rather than one linked to existing accommodation at Trinity Hall.
Bord Pleanála consents to court orders on student accommodation

Planning permission was for facility alongside existing Trinity Hall complex

Unpublished report on the matter was drafted by a seven-judge committee of the council chaired by president of the High Court, Mary Irvine (pictured). File photograph: Tom Honan/The Irish Times.
Judicial Council adjourns discussion on personal injury awards until March

Alliance for Insurance Reform expresses concern about what draft report may be advocating

A review on medical and other grounds reaffirmed that refusal and a deportation order issued in August 2019. He took High Court proceedings arguing th
Man illegally in the State since 2005 loses challenge over refusal of leave to remain

Pakistani national unsuccessfully tried to enter into two marriages, judge notes

The judge said evidence established two of the houses were bought by Luk Yau Kwok for use as cannabis grow houses. File image: Gareth Fuller/PA Wire
Three houses linked to cannabis ring declared proceeds of crime

Orders granted over properties in Tipperary, Fermoy and Dublin

FBD’s High Court challenge over the investigation by the Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman of a publican’s complaint has been withdrawn.
FBD withdraws court challenge to ombudsman’s investigation

Complaint made by Phil Flannery’s of Denmark Street Ltd over refusal to pay out on business interruption claim

Ms Justice Iseult O’Malley concluded the evidence of each of the two women was admissible in respect of each count on the indictment. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni
Man convicted of raping two women loses Supreme Court appeal

Principles will guide judges in trials of sexual offences with more than one complainant

The High Court decided in June 2019 that the Minister of State for Business, Enterprise and Innovation acted outside his powers when making a sectoral employment order (SEO) for electricians.
Supreme Court to rule later on State’s appeal over striking down of building sector pay law

Appeal is against High Court decision that Minister of State acted outside his powers

The Chief Justice, Frank Clarke, must ask all judges with a ‘connected party’ relationship to withdraw from a remote meeting of the Judicial Council, which is to consider a draft report on personal injury awards, said Isme CEO Neil McDonnell. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Judges’ meeting on personal injuries plan set to be delayed again

Isme chief airs concerns over crunch meeting on personal injury awards

The judge ruled the approach proposed by the doctors is lawful and the court should not intervene. Photograph: Collins
Orders permitting force-feeding of anorexic woman set aside by High Court

Judge notes eating disorder specialists consider burden of coercive measures outweigh benefits

Dublin airport operator DAA is seeking vacant possession of the land at Collinstown occupied by four Traveller families.
Court to decide if offers to rehouse Traveller families were reasonably refused

Judge told DAA needs to finish new runay at airport

IES claims, during the course of their employment, and in breach of their contracts, the four former employees diverted business from it.
Mediation planned in software firm's dispute with former employees

Company develops specialised software used to help design buildings that are more environmentally friendly

The lead case, which ran for some five weeks, was brought by Belvedere College Dublin student Freddie Sherry, of Newtown, Celbridge, Co Kildare, against the Minister for Education and Skills and the State. File Photograph: Frank Miller
Judgment on Leaving Cert calculated grades case due within weeks

Mr Justice Charles Meenan is hearing some 60 actions brought over last year’s results

Electrical contractors argue the sectoral employment order is ‘unsustainable’ for consumers. Photograph: Getty Images/iStockphoto
Smaller employers ‘thrown under the bus’ by pay order, Supreme Court hears

Electrical contractors argue sectoral employment order is anti-competitive

The judge directed gardai to provide a copy of the recordings to the court to privately undertake a weighing exercise. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni/Collins
Husband wants gardaí to give him ‘secret’ recordings made by wife

Woman alleged man was physically and emotionally abusive of her and the children, court told

The Attorney General has urged the Supreme Court to overturn a far-reaching finding that a law setting minimum pay and conditions in building and related industries is is unconstitutional. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
Attorney General urges Supreme Court to overturn building pay rates finding

Case focuses on sectoral employment order for electricians made by minister in 2019

Former Independent News & Media chairman Leslie Buckley has lost his High Court bid to have two inspectors withdrawn from investigating matters at INM. Photograph: David Sleator
Former INM chairman loses bid to oust inspectors

Buckley faces potential bill of €500,000 as costs awarded against him in separate INM-19 case

The will had three unexecuted alterations, described by Ms Justice Úna Ní Raifeartaigh as ‘relatively minimal and not involving any essentials’. Photograph: iStock
Court rules woman’s home-made will leaving €1.08m valid

Maureen McEnroe, one of seven siblings, scored out some words on document

A legal dispute over shipping, which the High Court was told is important for the economy in the context of Brexit and trade, will have to go ahead by way of remote hearing, a judge has said
Judge says shipping case will be heard remotely

Drogehda Port seeks traditional hearing

The High Court has been told talks are underway in a dispute which lead to orders preventing a passenger jet leaving Dublin airport earlier this week.
Aircraft remains detained at Dublin Airport while talks continue

Court heard airline had assets seized by Moldova ‘s Agency for the recovery of Criminal Assets in 2019

The flood relief scheme runs between St Enda’s Park (above) and the confluence of the stream with the Owendoher river in Rathfarnham. Image: Google Streetview
Tidy Towns group challenges Rathfarnam flood relief works

Ballyboden residents claim approval of council project invalid on several grounds

Dubliner Kevin Braney was convicted by the non-jury Special Criminal Court in May 2018 of membership of an unlawful organisation, the IRA, on August 2nd, 2017. File photograph: Collins Courts
IRA member jailed for murder loses constitutional challenge

Supreme Court rejects argument against validity of law Dubliner was arrested under

Mr Justice Richard Humphreys said while fully acknowledging the difficulties experienced by the woman, she could only be facilitated in meeting her housing needs in a way that the law in general, and environmental and planning considerations in particular, will permit
Woman with mental health issue loses challenge to planning permission refusal

Permission refused to build ‘one-off’ house on site owned by sibling in rural area of Wicklow

The man and woman claimed to have separately come here in 2015, to have met and started a relationship here in 2017 and that the man is the father of the boy, born in early 2019
DNA test contradicts couple’s sworn claims about child's paternity, judge says

Woman urged to ‘come clean’ over inaccurate entry in child’s Romanian birth cert

The judge upheld the commissioner’s argument Eurolink was in error in seeking to treat the “revenue share” as a limitation on profit earning capacity inherent in the tolls. Photograph: iStock
Toll company not entitled to ‘special ratings benefits’ on Kinnegad bypass payments

Case concerned payments to be remitted to Transport Infrastructure Ireland

A man receives a dose of the Covid-19 vaccine in Berlin, Germany. Photograph: Kay Nietfeld/DPA/Bloomberg
HSE correct not to seek coercive Covid-19 vaccination of woman, judge says

Ward of court has dementia and various complex psychiatric conditions

The Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission argued a high degree of procedural safeguards are required around the Ministerial decision-making to revoke Irish citizenship.
Supreme Court ruling to require new rules for revoking citizenship

New process will have to contain safeguards for those facing severe consequences

A bid by Michael Fingleton to halt proceedings against him over alleged breach of his obligations while he served as the CEO of Irish Nationwide Building Society will be heard later this month.
Fingleton bid to halt court proceeding to be heard

CEO of Irish Nationwide Building Society argues case should be dismissed on grounds of his ill health

The former Anglo Irish bank headquarters
Former Anglo director Tom Browne must give evidence remotely

Former banker wanted to appear in person but judge rejected arguments

Two Galway-based directors of an Irish registered international animation company are among five directors who should be made personally liable for the company’s debts of some €42m, it has been claimed in Commercial Court proceedings
Animation firm’s directors should be made liable for €42m debts, court told

Receiver says directors of Irish-based DQ Entertainments purchased non-existent assets

The court found the International Protection Appeals Tribunal (IPAT) erred in recommending protection be refused on the basis she would not be more at risk of persecution or harm than other women in Pakistan.
Pakistani woman wins challenge over protection refusal

Family was attacked by male relatives objecting to woman’s mother taking up employment

The guidelines were circulated earlier this week to judges before being considered at a meeting of the Judicial Council on Friday, chaired by the Chief Justice Mr Justice Frank Clarke. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Many personal injury payouts to sharply fall under new guidelines

Amounts awarded to be more in line with Northern Ireland, England and Wales

Irish whiplash awards are 1.2 to 1.3 times higher than Northern Irish whiplash awards and 1.9 to 2.3 times higher than English and Welsh awards.
Judicial Council committee drafts guidelines on personal injury awards

Cost savings depend on insurers passing on benefits of reduced awards, judges say

RAAP is entitled to its costs against the PPI and the State parties concerning the trial of the preliminary issues, the reference to the CJEU and the consequent hearings before him, the judge added.
Musicians group get court declarations over pay for broadcasting and performance

RAAP to rely on declarations in full action against PPI and State

Chief Justice Frank Clarke chaired the meeting of the Judicial Council on Friday. File photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
Judicial Council adjourns for fortnight to further consider damage awards guidelines

Guidelines are expected to propose major reductions in personal injury awards

Supreme Court judge Séamus Woulfe arriving at the Four Courts on Thursday morning. Mr Justice Woulfe is expected to participate in Friday’s council meeting. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Judicial Council set to reduce general damages awards

Meeting expected to approve new guidelines for judges dealing with personal injury cases

Jodie Regazzoli in 2019. The 25-year-old was struck by a car when crossing the road on her way to work in Swords Pavilion in 2018. File photograph: Collins Photos Dublin
Model who suffered brain injury when hit by car to receive €3.2m

Jodie Regazzoli settles action over Swords incident which left her in coma for weeks

The actions arose after the Minister said on January 19th the schools would not re-open due to what she described as a lack of cooperation from key staff trade unions.
Legal action over special schools adjourned due to planned reopening

Counsel hopes it would not be necessary to advance the actions any further

Séamus Woulfe was appointed to the Supreme Court last July. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Séamus Woulfe sits for first time as Supreme Court judge today

Woulfe will also sit as member of Court of Appeal next month

Pharma firm Gilead has lost a patent suit against Teva and Mylan companies to stop generic sales of its HIV combination drug Truvada
Pharma firm loses patent suit to stop generic HIV drug

Court of Appeal rejects Gilead claim that Truvada is protected against Teva and Mylan alternative

An intellectually disabled man, whose wedding remains prohibited by court order, last year initiated a challenge to the constitutionality of both the 1811 Act and the 1871 Act. Photograph: iStock
Repeal of 200-year-old law preventing wards of courts marrying is welcomed

Right to wed will be based on capacity and no longer impeded by Marriage of Lunatics Act

Mr Justice Richard Humphreys held there was a prima facie case for an inquiry into some complaints, but stressed the court was only dealing with whether there is a prima facie case, not with the ultimate correctness or otherwise of the complaints
Judge directs holding of inquiry into allegations against solicitor

Court says woman made prima facie case for inquiry into allegations

Mr O’Lone secured permission ex parte from the High Court’s Mr Justice Richard Humphreys to bring proceedings against An Bord Pleanála and the State
Challenge to permission for shared living development in Blanchardstown

Project would involve demolition of Brady’s pub and restaurant on Old Navan Road

Bloxham stockbrokers collapsed in 2012. Photograph: Julien Behal/PA Wire
Solicitors’ insurer seeking judgment for €4.9m under 2011 settlement with Bloxham

Solicitors Mutual Defence Fund Ltd invested in bond which fell 97% in value

The three-judge Court of Appeal upheld the Revenue argument. Photograph: iStock
Revenue wins appeal relating to €536,000 tax assessment

Case dates back to voluntary disclosure initiative in 2008

Mr Justice John Jordan said time and expedition ‘should be measured in weeks and months – and not in years”.
Judge criticises 9-year delay in making adoption orders

Couples secured guardianship orders in India in 2011, with view to adopting the children in Ireland

The court heard the issue was extremely important Declan Ganley. File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Declan Ganley case over restrictions on religious services adjourned

Businessman claims Covid-19 restrictions in breach of rights in Constitution

The boy, now 11, wants to stay with his mother in the EU country she took him to and of which she is a national. File photograph Collins Courts.
Father fails in High Court bid to have son returned to Ireland

Boy’s mother took child out of State and judge in her country dismissed man’s application

High Court has refused to grant leave to An Bord Pleanála to appeal the quashing of permission for a high-rise development in Finglas
Board cannot appeal order overturning permission for 245 apartments, court rules

Local residents objected to plans for high-rise housing development on Finglas site

Approving the settlement, Mr Justice Kevin Cross extended his sympathy to the family.
Family of woman who died days after hospital discharge secure €150,000 settlement

High Court told 79-year-old collapsed at home night after she left Portiuncula Hospital

Ramona Nicholas and her husband Canice Nicholas have requested the court to keep the details of their termination agreement confidential. Photograph: Allpix
Survival scheme approved for Cara pharmacy group

Rescue involves €14m investment and exit of Ramona Nicholas

The Court of Appeal has upheld the refusal of a residency card for a Pakistani man
Court of Appeal upholds Minister’s refusal of residency card

Pakistani man living with UK citizen brother sought card on basis he was ‘permitted family member’

The judge held that information in a planning application relating to turbine wind noise for a wind farm touches on public responsibilities relating to the environment. Photograph: iStock
Court ruling means wind farms must provide more information on noise

Judge overturns decision by Commissioner for Environmental Information

Anglo Irish Bank: Tom Browne is being sued for debts by the special liquidators of Irish Bank Resolution Corporation which took over Anglo.
Former Anglo Irish executive claims loans are invalid

Tom Browne would not have taken out loans if he knew about group’s holding, court told

A High Court judge has made orders permitting a young woman with severe anorexia to be tube fed against her wishes after being told doctors fear a ‘potentially fatal’ outcome if that does not occur. File photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times.
Anorexic woman can be tube fed against her wishes to avoid ‘potentially fatal’ outcome

High Court told situation for 18-year-old has deteriorated with weight and Body Mass Index falling

Two men alleged to have published photos on Twitter of two teenage boys convicted of the murder of a teenage girl have taken a High Court challenge in an attempt to prevent them being sent for trial at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. File hotograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times.
Men alleged to have published photos of teenage killers seek to halt Circuit Court trial

Judge ruled cases against Kyle Rooney and Jamie Shannon should not be heard at district level

Mr Justice David Barniville said it seemed there was a solution the parties involved could reach themselves over the row relating to the sale of 36 Upper O’Connell Street
Judge urges mediation in row over O’Connell Street property

Premises valued at €1.45m with tenanted commercial unit, vacant offices and apartment

Developer Gerry Gannon is entitled to judgment for some €2.18 million rent payable against a company which operated a car park for Dublin Airport users on lands in Santry owned by the builder.
Developer Gerry Gannon entitled to €2.18m airport car park rent

Court rules that car park lease does not support challenge by operators to rent bill

A High Court judge rules that ignorance of the law and the fact that the objector, Steven O’Riordan, is a lay litigant are not bases for an extension of time.
Judge rules local objector is out of time to challenge planning permission

Proposed development is for apartment blocks and 81-bedroom aparthotel in Santry

The judge rejected arguments that the IPO had failed to determine a “core element” of the woman’s claim, namely that she was a lesbian, and that she was entitled to a decision by the IPO on that.
Woman who said she had death threats due to sexuality, loses refugee status appeal

Protection officer rejected claims of being married as a child and entering into lesbian relationships in Zimbabwe

The court’s orders, subject to review in three months, include ones permitting the hospital withhold mechanical ventilation from the boy, a ward of court referred to as John, in certain circumstances. Photograph: Chris Maddaloni/Collins
Supreme Court rejects appeal by parents of brain-injured boy over control of treatment

Judgment sets general principles for cases about withholding medical treatment

Mr Justice Max Barrett found the Minister had not applied the correct test in failing to have any, or any proper regard, to the emotional and social dependence between Shakeel Ahmed Dar and his mother. File photograph: Chris Maddaloni/Collins
Judge overturns refusal of Irish residency card for Pakistani woman

Court rules Minister erred in denying document to widow (70s) who lives with son

A vulnerable young woman with severe anorexia is being tube fed at home by her mother due to Covid-19 related pressures on the hospital system, the High Court has heard. File photograph: Bryan O’Brien/The Irish Times.
Anorexic woman being tube fed at home due to Covid-19 hospital pressures

Court told woman has made some progress but there are concerns about her over-exercising

Former RTE land at its Donnybrook complex, which was sold to Cairn Homes. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Cairn Homes’ RTÉ site plans delayed

Planners say they will consent to court order quashing permission granted in September

Dunnes denied negligence and pleaded the woman failed to heed a warning sticker on the jug which, it claimed, specifically states not to use hot water in it. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Court overturns €56,000 award over glass jug filled with hot water shattering

No evidence to support view that Dunnes was negligent in selling item to woman, judges find

Mr Justice Seamus Woulfe will hear all three leave applications alongside Mr Justice Donal O’Donnell and Mr Justice Peter Charleton. File photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Woulfe formally listed for first time to work as Supreme Court judge

Controversy followed attendance last August at the Oireachtas golf society dinner

In seeking a further appeal to the Supreme Court, lawyers for the prisoner noted there are 3,700 prisoners in the State and the issues raised in the case are of general public importance.
Appeal by prisoner who claimed food being contaminated to be heard by Supreme Court

Court will consider if damages due over failure to take 50 day hunger stike seriously

His doctor had recommended his admission to hospital but the man who is aged in his 80s refused to go there by ambulance on Saturday. File photograph: Jonathan Brady/PA Wire
Court allows transfer of elderly man to hospital against his wishes

Man who suffers with cancer and psychiatric illness has history of refusing treatment

The freshwater was intended to bathe diseased salmon in four licensed sites operated by the company in Kilkieran Bay to rid them of sea lice and amoebic gill disease. Photograph: iStock
Galway fish farm no longer allowed to bathe diseased salmon in lake water

Permission to pump freshwater from lake on Gorumna Island overturned by High Court

Setanta made a total of some €7.2 million in contributions to the Insurance Compensation Fund from 2007.
Further payment of €3.9m over Setanta Insurance collapse approved

Sum approved by High Court includes €1.97 million for third-party legal costs

The judge said the school principal had given evidence of her belief that no accidents or incidents involving the steps had been recorded in the school’s log book during her tenure at the school since 1984.
Mother who sued daughter's national school over fall on steps loses action

Court heard woman (36) fractured both ankles in fall at Co Louth school

Having observed both men giving evidence, the judge said he had no doubt each truly believed he was at all times on the correct side of the road. That could not be correct and one or the other, or both, are mistaken, he said.
Law student loses High Court damages action over road accident

Judge finds 22-year-old failed to prove liability on part of taxi driver over collision on unlit country road

The permission allows for the demolition of existing residential units and construction of 204 residential units and a childcare facility. Photograph: iStock
Residents seek to overturn permission for Rathcoole development

Applicants are concerned about the protection of bats in hedgerows and trees

The development was designated a strategic housing project, which allows a developer to apply directly to An Bord Pleanála for planning approval. Photograph: iStock
Environmental group wins leave to challenge Trim planning permission

Development of 320 units was approved last October

A March hearing required moving at “breakneck speed”, the judge said.
Kerry council very concerned over impact of court challenges to greenway

Judge grants stay on works concerning the 32km cycle and pedestrian project

The DPC took a preliminary draft decision that personal data should not be transferred out of the EU to its American parent Facebook Inc. Photograph: EPA
High Court to decide on Facebook’s data commissioner challenge as soon as possible

Separate action by data rights activist Max Schrems resolved

Lawyers for the Minister for Education argued before the Court of Appeal today. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Excluding home-schooled students from Leaving Cert calculated grades ‘justifiable’, court hears

Court of Appeal begins hearing appeals by Minister and State over High Court decisions in two cases

Mr Justice David Bairnville granted Hines’ application to have the case fast-tracked in the Commercial Court
Hines challenges council’s demand for €31.4m contribution for Cherrywood development

DLRCC claims payment due for public infrastructure and facilities at town centre complex

The Ashling Hotel in Dublin is one of the hotels owned by Foxfield Inns Designated Activity Company.
Court urges family to make efforts to mediate in dispute over hotel business

Foxfield Inns owns hotels in Dublin and Galway employing 180 people

Chief Justice Frank Clarke. File photograph: Cyril Byrne/The Irish Times
Successor to Chief Justice must be chosen as Supreme Court reels from Golfgate

Frank Clarke’s last year of term follows an annus horribilis of Woulfe controversy

Gemma O’Doherty and John Waters arriving at the Four Courts. Photograph: Alan Betson
Graham Dwyer, ‘Mr Moonlight’ and Leaving Cert grades: Big Irish court cases in 2021

In court: the Kevin Lunney assault, Michael Lynn’s trial and Cervical Check claims

The €663,000 judgments were obtained by Trinity College, Dublin, against James Kenny following his protracted litigation, in which he represented himself, over the building of student accommodation near their Dartry home. File photograph: Chris Maddaloni/Collins
Supreme Court defers sale of couple’s home until after their deaths

James Kenny must put holiday home up for sale to pay off some of €663,000 judgments owed

In Commercial Court proceedings Everyday Finance is seeking judgment for €33.4m and £26m (€28.3m) against Balmoral International Land and 50 subsidiaries which it says each acted as guarantors on loans
Fund seeks judgment for €61m against property company Balmoral and 50 associated companies

Everyday says there was a dispute between the parties as to whether outstanding amounts of loans were repayable on demand

Ms Justice Irvine is in charge of the wardship list. Photograph: Tom Honan for The Irish Times.
Wards of court to get Covid-19 vaccine in line with flu vaccine procedure, court told

Department was replying to queries raised by High Court president, Ms Justice Mary Irvine

Mr Justice Peter Charleton rejected another ground of appeal concerning the proper approach to be taken by a judge when faced with an argument that the English or Irish version of EU legislation may be informed by reading that text in another official language of the EU. Photograph Nick Bradshaw
Supreme Court asks EU court to decide issues affecting free movement rights

Two men took legal proceedings after Minister for Justice refused application for residency

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