Violent crime victims to receive increased State compensation after European court ruling
Injured man awarded €60,000 - multiples of original €645 award received - in settlement of case against State
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Politicians must axe Dublin Airport passenger cap in weeks, Aer Lingus warns
Looming decision from EU’s highest court and timing of regulator’s rulings on take-off and landing slots add urgency to proposed legislation
Ryanair and Aer Lingus call for speedy removal of Dublin Airport cap following EU court ruling
Airlines fear definitive court ruling on issue that could impact on airport slots before Government enacts legislation to scrap passenger cap
EU top court’s adviser says passenger cap ‘may be taken into account’ on Dublin Airport slots
Historical slots are not property rights, but authorisation to use airport infrastructure and must have regard for capacity, ECJ advocate general states
Darragh O’Brien wants legislation for removing Dublin Airport passenger cap fast-tracked
Minister will ask Oireachtas Committee on Transport to expedite pre-legislative scrutiny in effort to get Bill passed by end of year
WhatsApp wins right to challenge €225m Irish privacy fine
ECJ overturns decision of lower court in legal victory for Meta-owned messaging app
MEPs refer Mercosur deal to EU courts, throwing future of trade agreement into doubt
Any decision to allow trade deal to come into force provisionally as an interim measure would be controversial
Top EU court to signal if Dublin Airport cap can survive legal challenge
Advocate general’s opinion could point to direction of final ruling by Court of Justice of the European Union on passenger limit
Data Protection Commission owed more than €4 billion in fines
Levies have either not been collected or are subject to legal challenge
Households tightened purse strings in third quarter of last year
Data show Government deficit was €200m in the quarter, down from a surplus of €2.4bn in the previous quarter
New legal fees model could slash State’s bill in environmental cases
Proposed fees model would mean big savings for State in environmental judicial reviews, report suggests
Ireland’s new apartment guidelines to be referred to European court after challenge
Interpretation of EU’s Strategic Environmental Assessment Directive a key issue in case
Companies’ register could drop directors’ home addresses amid safety concerns
Tech bosses and multinational executives have been threatened, says Law Society
Coast guard rescue crews working 24-hour shifts but only 16.5 hours recorded, TD claims
Sinn Féin’s David Cullinane warns safety being put at risk as practice breaches EU working time directives
Judge criticises ‘unworkable’ EU court ban on metadata retention in serious crime inquiries
Blanket prohibition means rights of crime victims trumped by privacy rights, says Mr Justice Peter Charleton
Mormon missionary turned tariff hawk: the curious European past of Trump’s trade enforcer
Trade envoy Jamieson Greer spent time working, proselytising and studying across Europe as a young man
Same-sex marriage must be recognised across EU, court rules
Europe’s highest court indirectly extends marriage equality across the bloc and creates a grave political dilemma for Poland’s divided coalition
A ‘national embarrassment’: Ireland in breach of multiple water quality rules, court finds
European Court of Justice ruling raises questions about Government’s system of water charges
ECJ ruling that EU Adequate Minimum Wage directive is valid welcomed by unions
Court found that the EU had exceeded its powers in two specific areas of the directive but upheld the validity of a majority of its provisions
Nitrates deal between Ireland and EU ‘getting closer’, commissioner says
Farmers availing of sought-after extension to derogation will have to observe wider environmental standards - Jessika Roswall
Crime victims in Ireland expected to get higher State compensation after European court ruling
Victim of violent assault awarded €645 compensation challenged exclusion of ‘pain and suffering’ from scheme
Ireland cannot blame housing shortages for not accommodating asylum seekers, EU’s highest court rules
High Court referred issue to EU’s most senior judges after cases taken by international protection applicants
Apple’s €14bn escrow account wound down
The €14.25bn paid over to exchequer is just shy of initial €14.3bn lodged after €470m net investment gain in past 16 months
Ryanair’s challenge to Covid-19 aid for German airline Condor rejected by European court
Condor was part of the Thomas Cook Group, which collapsed in 2019, forcing the airline to file for insolvency
Google suffers blow at EU’s top court over record €4.12bn competition fine
ECJ adviser supports Brussels regulators’ findings over dominance of tech giant’s Android mobile operating system
Irish hotels to join landmark Europe-wide legal action against booking.com
Hotels seeking ‘substantial financial compensation’ after ECJ judgment
Residents near Dublin Airport to meet Minister over planning and environmental worries
Darragh O’Brien has met airlines and other groups and will continue meetings in the coming weeks
Jim O’Callaghan’s public theatrics mask the truth about asylum seeker deportations
Most men arriving to seek protection aren’t provided accommodation, and end up in sanitations conditions that, according to one volunteer, were worse than those in refugee camps in South Sudan
ECJ rejection of Minimum Wages Directive would deal blow to social Europe programme – Tasc
Denmark says EU exceeding its power to influence the setting of wage levels in member states
Marketing company wins €2.55m VAT battle with Revenue
Both sides will have to go through detailed apportionment exercise
Malta ‘golden passport’ scheme breaches EU law
EU court strikes down controversial Malta scheme that allowed wealthy overseas investors ‘buy’ citizenship
Ireland can’t use housing shortfalls as excuse for failing to accommodate single male asylum seekers, ECJ says
Significant legal opinion says key legal argument advanced by Government cannot be used
State takes in €23.6bn in first quarter tax revenues amid warning on hit to employment from US tariffs
Workers paid €8.2 billion in income tax during the three month period, up 3.6% on 2024
Court suspends Dublin Airport passenger cap beyond summer
Ruling follows referral of key issues to Europe last year and will remain in place until case is ultimately decided
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