Colm Keena

Colm Keena

Legal Affairs Correspondent

Colm Keena is the Legal Affairs Correspondent with The Irish Times. He was previously the Public Affairs Correspondent

Medical workers in protective gear talk with a woman suspected of being ill with the coronavirus at a health station in Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, on Monday. Photograph: Chinatopix via AP
Coronavirus: Plans to evacuate Irish citizens from China

Department considering choices for assisting Irish to leave Hubei province ‘if required’

The Courts Service said approximately 8,000 people will be receiving letters cancelling their court date and notifying them that new fine and court dates will issue in due course.
Courts Service re-issues 14,000 fine notices after date error

Court dates cancelled for 8,000 people

Former SDLP deputy leader Seamus Mallon. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
Former SDLP deputy leader Seamus Mallon dies aged 83

Mallon widely admired for courage, tenacity, and voicing of strongly held opinions

Philip O’Leary, Chairperson, Legal Aid Board (left) and Chief Justice Frank Clarke at the 40th anniversary celebration of the Legal Aid Board on Thursday. Photograph: Fennell Photography
Chief Justice calls for significant improvement in legal aid system

Chairman of Legal Aid Board says income thresholds for support should be reviewed

File photograph: Cyril Byrne
Increased funding for free legal aid should be election issue, says Flac

Free legal advice group says system is stretched to capacity and needs urgent reform

Cllr Eddie Mulligan canvassing for the general election in Waterford City. Photograph: Patrick Browne
Fianna Fáil candidate served as director despite court order

Mulligan served on board of Waterford theatre for 17 months after disqualification order

Cllr Eddie Mulligan canvassing for the general election in Waterford City. Photograph: Patrick Browne
FF spoke to Waterford candidate over issues around liquidated company

Eddie Mulligan’s running mate says ‘onus’ is on all Fianna Fáil candidates to notify party about any financial difficulties

Fianna Fáil councillor Eddie Mulligan canvassing in Waterford with his election team: Accounts show rent of €119,293 was paid to a property partnership that included Mr Mulligan. Meanwhile, the debt to Revenue rose to €188,783. Photograph: Patrick Browne
Business made payments to Fianna Fáil candidate and wife as Revenue debts rose

Eddie and Dervla Mulligan’s firm Hype Hair Salon Ltd had tax liabilities of €153,770 in 2014

“What we’re hearing from people on the ground and at the doors is that there are some anomalies that need to be fixed,” Mr Varadkar said. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
Varadkar promises ‘early retirement pension’ amid backlash over gap

Micheál Martin said he would look to outlaw contracts that force people to retire at 65

Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin at RTE on Sunday. Photograph Nick Bradshaw
Micheál Martin promises first-time buyer saving scheme if elected

Coveney says poll showing Fianna Fáil 12 points ahead of Fine Gael would ‘act as a motivator’

Chief Justice Frank Clarke noted that a ‘widespread move towards the digital management of most, if not all, court proceedings, will require a major investment’. File photograph: Collins Courts
Ten-year digitalisation plan for courts could cut case costs by 20%

Programme costing about €112m would replace lever-arch files with computers

Report being prepared by the President of the High Court, Mr Justice Peter Kelly, who is retiring in June, will change civil court rules “that haven’t been changed since the 1880s”. Photograph: Colin Keegan
€100 million digital-first plan for courts could allow online guilty pleas

Proposals for streamed court sittings could see parties contribute remotely

European Commission president Ursula von der Leyen: “Without the work of the Government, without the work of the politicians in the parliament, the civil service, the whole country coming together, this would not have been possible.” Photograph: Lorraine O’Sullivan/ Reuters
Hard Irish border will ‘never, ever’ come back, von der Leyen says

European Commission chief says Ireland’s sovereignty magnified by EU in Brexit debate

Picture showing progress in the construction of the national children’s hospital in south Dublin, the largest construction project in the State. The picture was taken on January 14th.
Controversial cameras needed at children’s hospital ‘to prevent babies being taken’

‘No decision’ made to use Chinese-made facial recognition technology, councillors told

Senator Michael McDowell had repeatedly called elements of the legislation unconstitutional. Photograph: Dara Mac Donaill / The Irish Times
Judicial appointments Bill can be revived by next government - Ross

Judiciary and politicians who opposed controversial legislation welcome its lapsing with dissolution of Dáil

CJ Stander was joined by Daniel Cunningham(5) and Scott Conlan-Higgins (7) on Grafton Street. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw/The Irish Times
Rugby stars line out with Focus Ireland to take on homelessness

CJ Stander: ‘Whatever we can do to help, even just to get someone out of the cold’

Government approves appointment of three new judges

Move to Court of Appeal of High Court judge Mr Justice Donald Binchy also approved

Only at Brown Thomas? The State acts like it “only does its shopping” at the high-end retailer when looking for a barrister, Fianna Fáil justice spokesman Jim O’Callaghan said. File photograph: Eric Luke
‘Superstar’ barristers get most State legal work

‘Brown Thomas’ effect: FF justice spokesman says many able barristers not getting enough work

Nadine Lott has died in hospital. Photograph: Facebook
Woman injured in alleged Arklow assault has died

Nadine Lott is in her early 30s and was injured in the early hours of Saturday morning

Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan (right) pictured with Chief Justice Frank Clarke at an event to mark the signing of the establishment of the Judicial Council on Tuesday evening. Photograph: Collins Courts
Excessive profit-taking fuelling insurance crisis, says Flanagan

Minister calls on insurance companies to ‘give a lead’ in addressing high premiums

Sinn Féin’s Michelle Gildernew (centre) celebrates with deputy leader Michelle O’Neill (left) after she was announced as elected in the Fermanagh and South Tyrone constituency. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
Fermanagh and South Tyrone: Sinn Féin’s Michelle Gildernew re-elected

Gildernew returned with 57-vote majority over UUP’s Tom Elliott after recount

Órghlaith Begley with Pearse Doherty after winning in West Tyrone. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
West Tyrone: Órfhlaith Begley wins comfortably for Sinn Féin

Twenty-eight-year-old holds seat she won in 2018 byelection after Barry McElduff quit

The Irish Naval Service patrol ship LÉ Aisling: originally sold to a Dutch firm and later sold by a company in the United Arab Emirates to one of the participants in the civil war in Libya
Libyan warlord paid €1.35m for ex-Irish Naval vessel sold by Ireland for €100,000

UAE firm breached UN arms embargo over decommissioned ship, Security Council told

The LÉ Aisling in Cork Harbour. Photograph: Daragh Mc Sweeney/Provision
Former Irish naval vessel sold to Libyan civil war leader

UN Security Council traces ownership via UAE to Libya, contrary to sanctions

Call for clarity on cap for personal injury damages

Alliance for Insurance Reform responding to paper by Law Reform Commission

The Law Reform Commission is looking at the capping of general damages, which are the damages paid for an injured person’s pain and suffering, as against special damages, which cover such issues as loss of earnings or future medical care. File photograph: Getty
Law reform body reviews cap on personal injury awards

Four cap models proposed, interested parties asked to express views by end January

Barrister Paul Anthony McDermott has died. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
Barrister Paul Anthony McDermott dies

Father of two was a ‘popular lecturer and entertaining newspaper columnist’

One of the Hong Kong protesters who spoke to The Irish Times. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
China has ‘a lot of spies’ in Ireland, activists claim

People in Chinese-Irish associations ‘keep an eye on everyone’ for signs of disloyalty

Seán Quinn and his son resigned as directors of Belbridge in May when Denis Kelly was appointed a director. Photograph: Collins
Seán Quinn’s gambling firm Quinnbet made €157,700 profit in 2018

Website offers sports bets, an online casino and secondary betting on national lotteries

The payment is mentioned in accounts just published by the Parishes of the Diocese of Dublin, the registered Catholic charity that deals with a number of funds and income and payments made by the capital’s Catholic parishes. Photograph: Google Street View
Dublin parish paid €3.5m compensation for loss of light due to new developments

Immaculate Heart of Mary Church is on City Quay which is undergoing extensive building works

The site is currently promoting “Bobby Sands: Remember the Hunger Strikers” jerseys featuring the number 81 on the back
Falling demand for IRA merchandise threatens SF firm

Republican Merchandising Ltd accumulated losses and laid off its three staff last year

China Cables: Worker gets 10 years for encouraging prayer and discouraging porn

50-year old Uighur Muslim accused of incitement to ethnic hatred

Chinese ambassador to Ireland, He Xiangdong, at his residence in Dublin, in October 2019. File photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Xinjiang policy ‘about fighting terrorism and separatism’, insists envoy

Chinese ambassador to Ireland says methods promote ‘prosperity, stability, social harmony’

China Cables: Where is Xinjiang – the ‘new frontier’

Natives of the region are Turkic, the main ethnic group being the Uighurs, most of whom are Muslim

China Cables: The surveillance system behind the repression

Chinese government has massive data operation to monitor and police the mostly-Muslim ethnic population of Xinjiang

China Cables: ‘The largest incarceration of a minority since the Holocaust’

Mass internment of Uighur people in camps laid bare in leaked documents

China Cables: More than a million people detained against their will in Chinese province

Leaks detail treatment of Uighur people held in Xinjiang re-education camps

Fr Bernárd Lynch, who is best known for his work with Aids victims and for coming out as a gay priest, was given a Distinguished Service Award for the Irish Abroad by President Michael D Higgins on Thursday. Photograph: Eric Luke
Priest honoured at Áras says sexual abuse allegations against him are ‘false’

Fr Bernárd Lynch ‘deeply disturbed’ by accusation of abuse 40 years ago in New York

Aoife Bennett from Naas, Co Kildare, took a case against the Minister for Health, the HSE, and GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, as well as the Health Products Regulatory Authority. File photograph: Collins Courts
Narcolepsy case: Woman shocked at ‘adversarial’ nature of proceedings

Father of son (16) who was vaccinated for swine flu says his son ‘is heavily medicated young man’

Aoife Bennett from Naas, Co Kildare, took a case against the Minister for Health, the HSE, and GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals, as well as the Health Products Regulatory Authority. File photograph: Collins Courts
Narcolepsy case: State faces €4m bill after vaccine settlement

Aoife Bennett took case after developing narcolepsy after getting swine flu jab

Aoife Bennett, from Naas, Co Kildare. Photograph: Collins
Narcolepsy test case result will disappoint other sufferers

Case was settled with no admission of liability, muddying the picture for others

Aoife Bennett (26) claimed she developed narcolepsy and cataplexy disorder as a result of being given the Pandemrix vaccine in school on December 10th, 2009.
Woman settles case alleging swine flu vaccine link to narcolepsy

Multi-millon euro costs of case to be met by State; No admission of liablity in terms

An aerial view of the building in Ballinamore Co Leitrim that has been proposed to accommodate asylum seekers. Photograph: Lorraine Teevan
Ballinamore protest stood down with immediate effect

Announcement comes just a day after the High Court issued an injunction

Galway West TD Noel Grealish has been criticised this week for singling out Nigerian-born residents, using misstated figures that exceed State calculations on the amount being remitted. File photograph: Alan Betson
Rights body should be able to police ‘hate speech’ ahead of elections

Commission says campaign debates should not be characterised by discriminatory discourse

Concert pianist, Professor Thérèse Fahy was named Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres by the Ambassador of France in Ireland, HE Stéphane Crouzat, in a ceremony at the Ambassador’s residence in Dublin. Photograph: Dave Meehan/ The Irish Times
Dublin pianist Thérèse Fahy receives French arts award

Chevalier des Arts et des Lettres presented at French ambassador’s Dublin residence

Former billionaire Seán Quinn. Belbridge, based in Connell Building, Ballyconnell, Co Cavan, owns the business names Quinnbet, Quinnsports, and Quinncasino, and is in turn 100% owned by Seán Quinn
Quinnbet: the only enterprise Sean Quinn known to have left

As well as providing for bets on races and sports fixtures, the Quinnbet website also has a ‘Quinncasino’ and a ‘Quinnlotto’ secti(...)

The house in Buxton, Derbyshire, where Cyril McGuinness suffered a fatal heart attack
Man who lived in house where ‘Dublin Jimmy’ died ran Cavan business

Janusz Adamczyk (40) was involved in sale of motor parts from Ballyconnell address

A review of sexual offences laws by the Law Reform Commission will look at the age of consent.
‘Should society criminalise intimate relations between people in their mid-teens?’

Conference hears age of consent is higher in Ireland than most European countries

Because of new technologies, “we are all monitored and recorded every minute of every day of our lives”, a conference has heard. Photograph: iStock
Conference warned of dangers of facial recognition technology

Law must protect people from ‘depredations’ of new technology, says NUIG lecturer

Businessman Seán Quinn: QuinnBet said at the time of its launch that the venture was being funded by Mr Quinn snr, but that he was not involved in its operation. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
New board member for online betting firm set up by Seán Quinn

Filings for QuinnBet show Quinn and son Seán jnr resigned as directors in May

The report, Knowledge or Belief Concerning Consent in Rape Law, was sought by the Attorney General after the Supreme Court confirmed in 2016 an ‘honest, though unreasonable mistake that the woman was consenting, is a defence in rape’
Law body seeks reform over consent claim in rape trials

Men should not be allowed defence they ‘honestly believed’ woman consented to sex

The commission said the defence that a man ‘honestly believed’ the woman had consented, even if that belief was unreasonable, should be replaced
‘Rape myths’ leading to victims being blamed, says report

How women dress or behave not relevant to consent, says Law Reform Commission

Det Insp Mark O’Neill during a media briefing at Kevin Street Garda station in Dublin following the sentencing of Boy A and Boy B for the murder of 14-year-old Anastasia Kriégel in May 2018.
Gardaí explain complexities of Ana Kriégel murder inquiry

Force took care not to create any procedural lines of defence for two teenage accused

Geraldine and Patric Kriégel at the Criminal Courts of Justice after the sentencing hearing. Photograph: Alan Betson/The Irish Times
‘Forever is not long enough’: Kriégel family speak after sentencing

Ana Kriégel’s parents say justice was served, as Boy A and B sentenced for her killing

Refugees and migrants wait on a ship of the Greek coastguard, at the port of Mytilene, on the Greek island of Lesbos in 2016. File photograph: Aris Messinis/AFP/Getty Images
Legal group that aids child immigrants to set up Irish pilot

Kind, founded by Angelina Jolie and Microsoft, has provided support to 22,000 children in US

Bushra Ibrahim was employed at the Saudi Arabian Cultural Bureau, Sherriff Street, Dublin, between June 2013 and June 2017.
Saudi Arabia claiming immunity in High Court over discrimination case

Woman takes action over dismissal from cultural bureau in Dublin two years ago

The president of the Brazilian chamber of deputies, speaker Rodrigo Maia, during his visit to Ireland, on an invitation by the Ceann Comhairle, Seán Ó Fearghaíl. Photograph: Alan Betson
‘Brazil is not supporting’ deforestation

Senior Brazilian politician tells The Irish Times new laws will take fight to deforesters

More than half a billion euro has been invested since the Immigrant Investor Programme was introduced in 2012, with the bulk of that occurring in the past number of years. Photograph: Getty Images
The immigrant investors: Ireland welcomes you (and your €2m)

More than 200 business investors and charity donors became Irish residents this year

Cyclists and local residents held a vigil at the scene where a cyclist was killed on Friday morning near St James’s Hospital in Dublin 8. Photograph: Aidan Crawley/The Irish Times.
Vigil held for cyclist who died in collision with cement truck in Dublin

Man, who gardaí are still working to identify, is eighth cyclist to die on State’s roads in 2019

This sign on the outskirts of Ballyconnell, Co Cavan a few hundred feet from the border with Co Fermanagh was removed by gardaí. Photograph: Lorraine Teevan
Sign near Border about Quinn directors removed by gardaí

Contractor declined to remove signs because of risks involved, letters show

The woman, who cannot be identified least that identify her former student, was clutching a number of folded paper tissues and mostly kept her eyes to the floor. File photograph: Dave Meehan/The Irish Times
Teacher who defiled student recorded as sex offender in first case of its kind

Judge said what teacher did was ‘completely unethical’

Approximately 28,000 road traffic prosecutions are in jeopardy following a High Court decision. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
Approximately 28,000 traffic prosecutions in jeopardy after High Court decision

Court rules that a change to Road Traffic Act goes against constitutional right to fair trial

An initial fixed-charge notice for driving while holding a mobile phone can be settled with the payment of €60 within 28 days. If paid within 28-56 days, the charge is €90. After 56 days, a summons is issued. Photograph: Cyril Byrne
Why thousands of traffic cases are now in doubt

Constitutionality ‘conundrum’ casts doubt over fair trials for range of traffic offences

He Xiangdong, China’s ambassador to Ireland, and Irish Times journalist Colm Keena at the ambassador’s residence in Dublin. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
He Xiangdong: ‘We hope Ireland will be a bridge between China and the EU’

The Chinese ambassador on Uighur ‘camps’, Huawei, Trump’s trade war and buying Irish beef

AIB Mortgage Bank is seeking to repossess a property in Dublin belonging to MEP Mick Wallace. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times
Mick Wallace’s Dublin house must be sold over debt, court told

Debt for property in Clontarf purchased in 2004 now stands at more than €900,000

The two cases against e-scooters are understood to be among of the first such cases to come before the court. Photograph: Alan Betson
First cases of riding e-scooters without insurance brought to court

Two incidents brought by same garda go before District Court in Dublin

Aoife Bennett: Her family claims the administration of the Pandemrix vaccine to combat swine flu was badly mismanaged. Photograph: Laura Hutton/The Irish Times
They ‘just nod off’: Heartbreak of narcolepsy laid bare in court

Aoife Bennett (26) claims the swine flu vaccination caused her to develop the condition

Aoife Bennett of Naas, Co Kildare pictured at the Four Courts for the continuation of her High Court action. Photograph: Collins Courts
Father believed vaccination was right thing to do, court told

Aoife Bennett claims she developed narcolepsy after getting swine flu vaccine

In the letter, Mr Justice George Birmingham of the Court of Appeal wrote: ‘Our concern was not necessarily with the number of applicants but with the quality of applicants.’ Photograph: Collins Courts.
Concern expressed over quality of people applying to be judges

Letter reminds public service pay body of view expressed previously about judicial recruitment

Aoife Bennett is suing the Minister for Health, the HSE, Glaxosmithkline (GSK) Biologicals SA, and the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA), which has responsibility for authorising and monitoring medicines in Ireland. Photograph: Collins Courts
Woman feels partly ‘responsible’ for daughter developing narcolepsy

Aoife Bennett says she developed condition after receiving anti-swine flu vaccine in school

A spokesman for the New IRA, the organisation responsible for the murder in Derry earlier this year of the 29-year-old journalist, Lyra McKee, speaking on Channel 4 News. Photograph: Channel 4 News
New IRA says it has gained ‘lots of experience’ from Provos

Spokesman for terrorist group says Border infrastructure would be ‘legitimate target’

Aoife Bennett from Naas, Co Kildare, at the Four Courts last Friday, where she is taking a High Court action against the Minister for Health, the HSE, GlaxoSmithKline Biologicals SA and the HPRA. Photograph: Collins Courts
Causal link between vaccine and narcolepsy not made by study, court told

Young woman alleges she developed condition after being administered Pandemrix

The Disclosures Tribunal is investigating allegations made by Garda Nick Keogh. Photograph: Tom Honan/The Irish Times.
Disclosures Tribunal hears Garda’s claims he was discredited

Garda Nick Keogh’s says he was targeted after he made protected disclosure

The whereabouts of Lisa Smith, the former Irish soldier who became a supporter of Islamic State, are now unknown. File photograph: BBC screengrab
Lisa Smith may have fled Syrian camp following Turkish assault

Former Irish soldier believed to be among hundreds of Isis supporters who escaped

The man is the already the subject of a file which is currently being reviewed by the DPP, arising from an suspected rape in December of last year.
Sportsman accused of sexually assaulting woman outside Dublin pub

Alleged assault on woman said to have happened on Friday night

Levent Murat Burhan, the Turkish Ambassador to Ireland: “We had to counter this threat. We tried diplomacy and dialogue for years.” Photograph: Crispin Rodwell
‘Existential threat’ triggered Syrian incursion, Turkish ambassador says

Targets are ‘terrorist elements’ and ‘top priority is to protect the civilians’

Minister for Justice Charlie Flanagan and Minister for Culture, Heritage and the Gaeltacht Josepha Madigan speaking earlier this year ahead of the referendum to amend the constitutional provisions on divorce. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Government approves new law reducing waiting time for divorce

Minister is also to introduce measures on recognition of UK divorces due to Brexit threat

A solicitor said the only way to sort the matter out would be to serve fixed-penalty notices in such a way as delivery was fully recorded. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA
Court to rule on problem with road traffic offences amendment

Act treats the same those who choose not to pay charge and those who do not receive it

Mr Justice Michael Peart: retirement. Photograph: Ronan Quinlan/Collins
Government approves appointment of seven new judges to Court of Appeal

Six judges be appointed immediately and seventh upon retirement of Mr Justice Peart

Pat and Mary Bennett, parents of Aoife Bennett of Naas, Co Kildare, at the Four Courts on Tuesday after the opening day of a High Court action taken by their daughter, Aoife. Photograph: Collins Courts
Vaccine not tested on teens before ‘de facto’ clinical trial, court told

Aoife Bennett says she developed narcolepsy after taking anti-swine flu product in 2009

Jamie O’Gorman (24), from Sallynoggin, Dún Laoghaire, is pictured on his first day at the Law Library having been called to the Bar after receiving a Denham Fellowship. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill/The Irish Times.
Winning fellowship was happiest day, says new barrister

The Denham Fellowship helps people from disadvantaged areas to pursue law career

Minister for Justice and Equality Charlie Flanagan. Photograph: Tom Honan for The Irish Times
New rules will protect personal assets of law firm partners

Limited liability partnership means partners will not be personally liable for a firm’s debts

Eugene Kelly, solicitor Darragh Mackin, Antoinette Keegan and MEP Lynn Boylan, at a press conference by the Stardust victims’ families group following the announcement of new inquests. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill
Cause of fire key issue for relatives in Stardust inquests

New witness evidence available, solicitor for victims group says

Rossa Fanning SC told a conference fraud was not particularly prevalent, Irish people were not particularly dishonest, and judges were not “getting it wrong”. Photograph: Aidan Crawley/The Irish Times
Speculative litigation being promoted by ‘economic incentives’, conference told

Some barristers are being ‘rewarded for failure’ by insurers. says Rossa Fanning

Liam McCaffrey, John ‘Bosco’ O’Hagan, Dara O’Reilly, John McCartin and Tony Lunney, brother of Kevin Lunney, lead the rally of support by the staff of Quinn Industrial Holdings in Derrylin on September 20th, a few days after the attack on Kevin Lunney. Photograph: Lorraine Teevan
Person who paid Lunney torture gang must be ‘brought to heel’ - Quinn director

Kevin Lunney and John McCartin threatened on social media, in person and in correspondence

A general view of Ringsend Road in Dublin. Photograph: Google Maps
Man dies after falling down shaft at Dublin office building

Victim in his 60s was carrying out contract work in block on Ringsend Road

Minister for Agriculture and Food Michael Creed: intends to set up a beef sector task force. Photograph: Niall Carson/PA Wire
Beef protests likely to end following votes to call off blockades

Minister for Agriculture and Food Michael Creed to set up task force if blockades end

David Sterling, head of the Northern Ireland Civil Service, said he was particularly concerned about what will happen if it is left without ministerial direction in the event of a no-deal exit.
‘We need our ministers back - quickly,’ NI’s top civil servant tells conference

David Sterling warns of price rises, disruption of normal life in event of no-deal Brexit

Former Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams. Photograph: Liam McBurney/PA Wire
Legal question over €1.6m left in will to Sinn Féin

Will leaves money to party in Republic, where donations are limited to €2,500

Siobhán Whelan and her husband Andrew pictured with a photograph of their son Conor James Whelan at his inquest at Cavan courthouse in 2016. Photograph: Lorraine Teevan
Medical Council hearing halted due to conflict in sides’ evidence

Committee decides the evidence presented could not support a finding against doctor

An image of the then Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams giving an address at a party ardfheis in 2008. File photograph: Matt Kavanagh
The life and extraordinary times of Sinn Féin’s million-euro donor

William Hampton battled over his father’s estate while travelling the world in a camper van

View of Stoneybatter. Photograph: Dara Mac Dónaill / The Irish Times
Revised BusConnects plan will see traffic diversion in Stoneybatter

Reduction in number of lanes will allow for a new green space in Dublin area

The Department of Justice and Equality unit that operates the Immigrant Investor Programme says charities have been asked to make payments to secure donations of €500,000. Photograph: Bryan O’Brien
Charities charged for donations under Irish residency scheme

Finders’ fees not allowed in Immigrant Investor Programme, department warns

In its review, the Department of Justice said that the risks from the Irish scheme were minimal because of its size. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
More than 1,200 apply for immigrant investor programme

About 800 applications approved to date

Beef Plan Movement co-chairs Hugh Doyle and Eamon Corley. Photograph: Gareth Chaney/Collins
Beef farmers to continue protests outside retail distribution hubs

Talks due to take place in Department of Agriculture

Marcos and Ginger Wroblewski outside 101 Seville Place in Dublin city centre. Photograph: Colm Keena
Residents told to leave unsafe buildings ‘have nowhere to go’

About 60 people, including families with children, have been ordered to vacate Dublin city properties

The US needs to catch up with Europe on data protection in order to protect its democracy, a data activist who took Cambridge Analytica to court has said. File photograph: Yui Mok/PA Wire
US needs to copy Europe on data protection to save democracy, professor says

Prof David Carroll, subject of ‘The Great Hack’, issues warning during Dublin visit

Siobhan Whelan and her husband Andrew pictured with a photograph of their son Conor James Whelan at his inquest at Cavan courthouse in 2016. Photograph: Lorraine Teevan
Cavan hospital nurses dispute patient’s evidence at Medical Council hearing

Lawyer for obstetrician seeks to have inquiry halted due to conflicts over evidence

The hearing before the fitness-to-practise committee of the Medical Council opened on Monday. Image: Google
Dispute over consent for intrusive procedures focus of hearing

Fitness-to-practise hearing involves woman whose son died 17 hours after he was born

Independent farmers and supporters protesting outside Meadow Meats in Rathdowney, Co. Laois, on Wednesday. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
Beef sector deadlock continues as protest force closure of 12 plants

Some protestors have told the High Court they will not obstruct meat processors

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