Attorney General

‘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

Rossa Fanning’s considerable legal experience and friendship with new Taoiseach Leo Varadkar helped put him in the frame as the Government’s new attorney general

Free State document had ‘fundamental flaws’ but still ‘a remarkable achievement’, Paul Gallagher tells centenary conference

Four senior counsel feature in speculation about successor, with Fine Gael due to have the final say under Coalition deal

The fall-out from the problems of big tech have a way to run yet, but it is time to look at the vital steps to secure future investment

Challenge to the constitutionality of proposed ban on evictions

The decision of Jonathan Dowdall to give prosecution evidence in the trial of Gerry Hutch puts the spotlight on a rarely used programme