
New asylum rules make practice less attractive - solicitor
- Crime & Law
- January 30, 2019, 01:00
Rules create the possibility that solicitors could end up being held personally liable for costs of unsuccessful asylum cases

Barristers and solicitors cautioned on reacting to new rules
- Crime & Law
- January 21, 2019, 21:27
Judge says directions on asylum, immigration and citizenship cases not ‘out of the blue’

Cambodian PM tells Enda Kenny EU trying to hold his people ‘hostage’
- Politics
- January 21, 2019, 08:46
Former taoiseach warns of growth of populism during speech in Cambodia

Islamic radicals met on camping trips to Wicklow mountains
- Crime & Law
- January 19, 2019, 05:00
Captured Irish passport holder Alexandr Bekmirzaev among group of Isis sympathisers

Alexandr Bekmirzaev: ‘A victim of true Islamic brainwashing’
- Crime & Law
- January 19, 2019, 05:00
WhatsApp messages from Syria to Ireland reveal the psychology of a captured man

Isis ‘mentor’ attended Dublin mosque, claims former sympathiser
- Crime & Law
- January 19, 2019, 05:00
Dr Ali Selim says mosque has ‘very severe procedures’ for dealing with radical views

From Ireland to Isis: The life of Alexandr Ruzmatovich Bekmirzaev
- Crime & Law
- January 12, 2019, 06:00
He had a wife, a child and jobs in Dublin. How did he become an Islamic State fighter?

Alleged Isis fighter could face 10 years in prison in Ireland
- Crime & Law
- January 9, 2019, 01:00
Belarus native, naturalised as an Irish citizen in 2010, held by Kurdish forces in Syria

Colm Keena: my own medical implant story
- Health & Family
- January 8, 2019, 07:01
While we were researching the Implant Files, three of the journalists had a medical device implanted – including yours truly

Islamic State suspect captured in Syria was radicalised in Ireland
- Crime & Law
- January 8, 2019, 01:00
At least five others were recruited by same figure to fight in Middle East, gardaí believe

The major cases expected to come to court in Ireland in 2019
- Crime & Law
- January 5, 2019, 06:00
From the Quinn family to Denis O’Brien to the murder case of Anastasia Kriegal

Rape trial anonymity should be retained in Republic, expert says
- Crime & Law
- January 5, 2019, 00:00
Belfast rape trial review called for no change to NI law allowing naming of defendants

Court due to hear six cases against artificial hip maker
- Crime & Law
- January 4, 2019, 00:39
1,112 proceedings lodged against DePuy since hip product withdrawn from market in 2010

Roscommon eviction: family member weighs case against KBC
- Crime & Law
- January 3, 2019, 00:04
David McGann exploring whether bank and security firm may have infringed his rights

Abortion: 162 GPs enough to end need to travel abroad – Harris
- Health
- December 29, 2018, 01:00
Thirty doctors signed up do not want HSE to give their details out to avoid being targeted

Abducted by a parent: Heartbreaking cases of the Hague Convention
- High Court
- December 24, 2018, 02:00
Some 36 applications for return of a child were made from Ireland last year. Here are some of the stories

Dutch solicitor with Quinn links dies in Dubai
- Crime & Law
- December 20, 2018, 18:23
Willem Smit’s law firm which had dealings with Quinn family is being sued by IBRC

Roscommon eviction: KBC seeking debt repayment since 2009
- Irish News
- December 18, 2018, 18:43
Anthony McGann agreed settlement with Revenue for €429,501 three years ago

Roscommon eviction: Farmer has unpaid debts going back years
- Crime & Law
- December 17, 2018, 16:58
Judgments against Anthony McGann registered in connection with five folios of land

The rise and fall of bread baking as a craft industry
- Consumer
- December 17, 2018, 01:00
Cremore’s Pat Byrne believes baking has psychological benefits and instils security

Jackson and Olding not entitled to costs from rape trial
- Crime & Law
- December 14, 2018, 15:38
Court dismisses applications from the two rugby players who were acquitted in March 2018

Stakes rise for both sides in Coffey defamation case
- Politics
- December 12, 2018, 00:40
Senator and ‘Kilkenny People’ face ‘double or quits’ decision after jury fails to reach verdict

Jury unable to reach verdict in Paudie Coffey defamation case
- High Court
- December 11, 2018, 13:20
Senator sued publisher of ‘Kilkenny People’ over article comparing him to highwayman

Graham Dwyer’s appeal puts focus on State surveillance
- Crime & Law
- December 8, 2018, 01:00
Judge in the case says State must ‘tread carefully’ when it comes to people’s data privacy

Powerful forces using internet to ‘wage war’, says Minister
- Politics
- December 6, 2018, 12:10
Forum hears that Russia is trying to break up EU and spending millions on disinformation

White collar crime agency set to be given more powers by Government
- Crime & Law
- December 4, 2018, 11:00
ODCE to be renamed as Cabinet considers measures responding to Fitzpatrick trial collapse

Ryanair challenges Irish tax law in bid to finalise staff agreements
- Transport & Tourism
- December 4, 2018, 03:50
Law requires airline to tax employees who don’t live here but work on Irish-registered aircraft

Losses at Grafton College firm increased by €400,000 last year
- Education
- December 4, 2018, 01:00
Amount language school owed in directors’ loans rose from €153,586 to €427,419 in 2017

Providing mobile broadband could cost up to €1.8bn
- Irish News
- December 3, 2018, 00:26
Comreg finds extending coverage to people rather than geographically would be cheaper

US firm set up by Sinn Féin funded exhibition
- Politics
- December 1, 2018, 01:00
Display on 1916 Rising in Ambassador centre, Dublin operated at a loss

‘You don’t know what you have to do to keep them happy’
- Crime & Law
- November 28, 2018, 03:00
Families tell stories of stress as court deals with more than 120 mortgage debt cases

Speedy identification of faulty hip replacements ‘difficult’
- Health
- November 27, 2018, 00:01
Medical organisations welcome investigation into poor regulation of medical devices

Newspaper’s reporting leads to collapse of rape trial
- Criminal Court
- November 26, 2018, 14:03
Judge says ‘Irish Independent’ juxtaposed comment on rape trials with facts from trial

Medical devices subject of 1,000-plus negative reports in 2018
- Health
- November 26, 2018, 01:00
Regulator told of acceleration of incidents perhaps linked to medical devices

Suspect device: the all-metal hip replacement that caused untold hardship
- Health
- November 25, 2018, 16:57
In excess of 1,000 Irish patients have issued proceedings against DePuy

Implant Files: Medical devices may have caused more than 1,000 health incidents last year
- Irish News
- November 25, 2018, 16:57
‘The Irish Times’ part of global investigation – the Implant Files – into medical devices

Ireland second only to Germany for medical device exports
- Irish News
- November 25, 2018, 16:57
Implant Files: Medical devices make up almost 10% of all Irish exports

Medical devices often allowed onto market without human tests
- Irish News
- November 25, 2018, 16:57
Implant Files: Medical devices regulated separately in each EU country

Teenager stabbed in the face in Ballymun
- Crime & Law
- November 4, 2018, 17:22
Residents express horror and concern about knife attack

Woman (50) charged with murder of man in Foxrock
- Crime & Law
- November 4, 2018, 07:46
Body of Limbani Mzoma was discovered with some of his body parts removed

DPP calls for ‘urgent’ reform of way courts handle criminal trials
- Crime & Law
- November 3, 2018, 15:54
Increased amount of digital evidence has lead to growing volume of material in criminal investigations

Rapist Eoin Berkley did not qualify as having mental illness
- Crime & Law
- November 3, 2018, 00:01
Dublin man had been detained and released a month before raping Spanish teenager

Maurice McCabe spent latter part of career in eye of storm
- Crime & Law
- October 31, 2018, 19:30
Whistleblower faced considerable animosity within the Garda force

Former taoiseach’s advisor Paddy Duffy was ‘a true renaissance man’, funeral told
- Politics
- October 31, 2018, 15:39
Close associate of Bertie Ahern sought to ‘make the world a better place’

Judge calls for transparency in filling judicial posts
- Crime & Law
- October 31, 2018, 00:34
Two posts to become vacant next year, but selection process is ‘cloaked in opacity’

The DPA regime recommended for Ireland does not allow deals which give immunity to particular individuals
- Crime & Law
- October 26, 2018, 05:35
It is often thought the state is the strong party in criminal law and the defendant weaker, but with major corporations the roles (...)

Tackling white-collar crime: report’s main recommendations
- Crime & Law
- October 23, 2018, 01:08
Law Reform Commission report focuses on regulatory powers and corporate offences

Patrick Honohan told to ‘dream on’ about banker prosecutions
- Crime & Law
- October 23, 2018, 00:05
‘There will be another crisis, that’s for sure,’ says former Central Bank governor

Major report on business and law proposes new Cab-type agency
- Crime & Law
- October 23, 2018, 00:05
Special white-collar crime unit should be set up within DPP’s office, report says

Scheme for dealing with complex corporate crime suggested
- Crime & Law
- October 23, 2018, 00:03
Mechanism allows authorities deal with suspected crimes by firms ‘too big to jail’

Westmeath man’s bankruptcy extended over ‘sham’ house sale
- Crime & Law
- October 16, 2018, 01:00
High Court cites lack of co-operation by Patrick J Daly over sale of Ballinagore House

Thousands of ‘undocumented’ may be regularised under new scheme
- Crime & Law
- October 15, 2018, 01:00
Migrant Rights Centre Ireland says scheme will be ‘life-changing’ for those eligible

Tribunal finds it ‘likely’ Callinan spoke about McCabe to senior gardaí
- Crime & Law
- October 13, 2018, 04:13
Only two officers came forward with information after tribunal wrote to 430 gardaí

David Taylor’s smear campaign against McCabe bore no fruit
- Crime & Law
- October 12, 2018, 20:09
Leaks directed at media manipulation did not succeed in tarnishing whistleblower

Maurice McCabe ‘repulsively denigrated’ by Martin Callinan
- Crime & Law
- October 12, 2018, 01:00
Former Garda commissioner conducted ‘campaign of calumny’ against whistleblower

Media deceived by leaked extracts from O’Higgins commission
- Crime & Law
- October 11, 2018, 21:48
Some journalists ‘taken in by’ Supt Dave Taylor, says Mr Justice Charleton

Disclosures Tribunal finds Callinan led ‘campaign of calumny’ against McCabe
- Crime & Law
- October 11, 2018, 19:31
No credible evidence that Nóirín O’Sullivan had any ‘hand, act or part’ in campaign

Sgt Maurice McCabe stood up for better standards but was ‘repulsively denigrated’
- Crime & Law
- October 11, 2018, 18:58
Disclosures tribunal questioned why decent people like McCabe were so shamefully treated

Oireachtas ‘might want to consider’ protected disclosures regulation – Charleton
- Crime & Law
- October 11, 2018, 16:33
Tribunal judge highlights controversy caused by publicity around disclosures

Ex-Garda press chief Dave Taylor swore affidavit that was ‘nothing but lies’, Charleton finds
- Crime & Law
- October 11, 2018, 14:46
Tribunal report finds Supt Taylor was ‘suffused in bitterness’ against O’Sullivan

Disclosures Tribunal: What is it all about and how did it start?
- Crime & Law
- October 11, 2018, 12:56
Charleton report investigated Garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe’s claims

Callinan told TD that Maurice McCabe was sex abuser, tribunal finds
- Crime & Law
- October 11, 2018, 12:41
Charleton finds no evidence Nóirín O’Sullivan played any ‘hand act or part’ in smear campaign

Minister blames 17-month delay in department’s move on Office of Public Works
- Politics
- September 29, 2018, 18:11
Simon Harris says OPW ‘solely responsible’ for accommodation and procurement

Thousands attend March for Choice as Harris calls for TDs to ‘get on’ with abortion legislation
- Politics
- September 29, 2018, 16:46
Over 1,500 Irish women have accessed terminations since referendum, Minister says

Artist Doireann O’Malley wins prestigious Berlin Art Prize
- Art & Design
- September 29, 2018, 15:51
Work links female-to-male transitioning to ‘phantoms of modernist utopias’

Nóirín O’Sullivan requests data held on her by key media bodies
- Media & Marketing
- September 26, 2018, 00:17
Former Garda commissioner seeks files from RTÉ, ‘Irish Times’ and ‘Mail’ under GDPR

Ireland can be hub for dispute resolution after Brexit, says judge
- Crime & Law
- September 14, 2018, 00:01
US companies doing business in EU will need English-speaking common law jurisdiction

Councillor admits meeting with ‘blonde bombshell’ was ‘not my finest hour’
- Irish News
- September 10, 2018, 12:15
Joe Queenan filmed by undercover reporter discussing purported project for county Sligo

Housing crisis: Land sale to highest bidder must ‘be reviewed’
- Politics
- September 10, 2018, 01:00
Selling land for top price not yielding best result, says society of chartered urveyors

More oversight should come with Drew Harris appointment, says ICCL
- Crime & Law
- September 1, 2018, 01:00
New Garda commissioner’s ties with British intelligence services while in PSNI criticised

Donald Trump visit: Opposition deputies condemn plan and warn of protests
- Politics
- August 31, 2018, 22:30
Clare councillor says visit will be ‘great boost for the West of Ireland’

Law Reform Commission seeks views on ‘absolute privilege’
- Crime & Law
- August 29, 2018, 00:01
Changes to rights of bloggers writing about court cases canvassed in paper

5,000 patients exposed to superbug will be told in coming weeks
- Health
- August 26, 2018, 18:59
People may have come into contact with antibiotic resistant CPE while in hospital

Defence of honest belief ‘not acceptable’ in rape cases says DRCC
- Crime & Law
- July 27, 2018, 13:32
Group responds to Law Reform Commission paper on consent

New crime of ‘gross negligence rape’ is put forward
- Crime & Law
- July 27, 2018, 00:10
Proposed law would deal with cases where a man wrongfully believed consent was given

Consent in claims of rape explored by Law Reform Commission
- Crime & Law
- July 27, 2018, 00:10
Paper considers validity of criminal punishment where partner’s consent may be questionable

Polish man to resist extradition after European court ruling
- Crime & Law
- July 26, 2018, 20:29
Warsaw government claims CJEU ruling a ‘defeat’ for High Court rule of law concerns

EU court backs Irish judge’s right to query Polish justice system
- Crime & Law
- July 25, 2018, 16:30
High Court will now have to decide if alleged drug dealer can get fair trial in Poland

Australia’s cervical cancer programme could eradicate virus in 10 years
- Health
- July 9, 2018, 20:09
Prof Ian Frazer visits Dublin to speak about the success of the HPV vaccine

Michael Lowry tax filings saved him from more serious charges
- Politics
- July 1, 2018, 19:05
Tipperary TD’s filings to Revenue in 2007 facilitated declaration of untaxed £248,624

Give Me A Crash Course In . . . Michael Lowry
- Politics
- June 30, 2018, 06:00
What was he convicted of this week? Why was he described as ‘conscientious taxpayer’?

Charleton evidence raises questions about damaging claims made
- Irish News
- June 30, 2018, 06:00
Multiple claims made on basis of evidence tribunal has shown to be questionable

Charleton expects final report to be published in October
- Crime & Law
- June 29, 2018, 14:12
Tribunal has last sitting after over 100 days investigating alleged McCabe smear campaign

Martin Callinan’s sworn evidence ‘not credible’- Charleton Tribunal told
- Crime & Law
- June 28, 2018, 12:29
Closing submissions at tribunal examining alleged smear campaign against Sgt Maurice McCabe

Brexit debate an assault on values of democracy – Chris Patten
- Politics
- June 27, 2018, 17:42
Former Tory minister says ‘nationalist rage’ is getting UK in ‘terrible mess’

Michael Lowry claims he is vindicated, despite conviction
- Crime & Law
- June 27, 2018, 05:23
TD found guilty of tax offences is fined and banned from acting as company director

Michael Lowry describes outcome of his trial as ‘a fantastic result’
- Crime & Law
- June 26, 2018, 20:29

Payment at heart of Lowry tax trial would have been of great interest to Moriarty tribunal
- Crime & Law
- June 26, 2018, 17:46
Moriarty tribunal never learned of £248,624 payment to Lowry’s refrigeration company

Call to promote Irish legal system in wake of Brexit
- Crime & Law
- June 26, 2018, 06:00
Bar Council and Law Society report urges set of actions to capitalise on UK’s exit from EU

‘Disgruntled and bitter’: ‘Independent’ editor hits out at ex-colleague
- Crime & Law
- June 15, 2018, 15:58
Fionnán Sheahan’s conflict of evidence with Anne Harris is fourth among journalists to come before tribunal

McCabe stands by claim O’Sullivan influenced RTÉ broadcasts
- Crime & Law
- June 15, 2018, 12:51
Charleton tribunal: RTÉ journalist says reports were based on O’Higgins findings

Paul Reynolds defends reports saying Sgt McCabe ‘lied’
- Crime & Law
- June 14, 2018, 13:46
RTÉ crime correspondent tells Charleton Tribunal he has duty to report ‘it as it is’

Paul Reynolds 'not negatively briefed' on Sgt McCabe
- Crime & Law
- June 13, 2018, 17:49
Paul Reynolds also disputes telling a retired academic Sgt McCabe was a suspected abuser

Williams tells Charleton tribunal he was not part of McCabe smear campaign
- Crime & Law
- June 13, 2018, 13:53
Crime journalist says he was ‘eviscerated’ on social media and by colleagues over the issue

‘Examiner’ journalist rejects garda’s ‘smear campaign’ claim
- Crime & Law
- June 12, 2018, 13:43
Juno McEnroe is the latest journalist to contradict evidence by Supt Dave Taylor

Negative briefing on McCabe ‘didn’t happen’, two journalists say
- Crime & Law
- June 11, 2018, 14:51
John Mooney does not believe Garda chiefs would have tried passing confidential material to him

Pete Taylor devastated by ‘senseless murder’ of friend in Bray shooting
- Crime & Law
- June 10, 2018, 13:08
‘Words will never explain my excruciating anguish and devastation at the horrific, senseless attack at Bray Boxing Club’

Many Charleton tribunal witnesses ‘not telling the truth’
- Crime & Law
- June 8, 2018, 16:04
Chair of inquiry into alleged smear campaign says people’s reliance on privilege a ‘smokescreen’

Claims of former head of Garda press office strongly rejected at Charleton tribunal
- Crime & Law
- June 8, 2018, 12:44
Crime and security editor of The Irish Times Conor Lally insists negative briefing ‘never happened’

Negative briefing about McCabe never received from gardaí, says journalist
- Crime & Law
- June 7, 2018, 18:02
Irish Times journalist Conor Lally ‘extremely surprised’ to learn Supt Dave Taylor had given his name as someone who was briefed