Justice John Macmenamin
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Prisoner who claims ex-garda asked to be assaulted loses appeal
- Supreme Court
- December 21, 2018, 14:57
A prisoner who claimed another prisoner, a former garda, asked to be assaulted in an effort to be transferred to an open prison has lost his appeal ov(...)

Man sent to industrial school as boy for stealing food and coin wins Supreme Court case
- High Court
- December 6, 2018, 13:45
A man who was aged 12 when sent by a court to an industrial school for two years over stealing some food and a one crown coin from a neighbour’s house(...)

Supreme Court rules operation of Co Galway quarry is unauthorised
- Supreme Court
- November 7, 2018, 16:47
The fate of a Co Galway quarry hangs in the balance after the Supreme Court ruled An Taisce is entitled to an order restraining its operation because (...)

Court to rule on man’s challenge to UK extradition on Brexit grounds
- Supreme Court
- October 5, 2018, 14:10
The Supreme Court will decide next week whether an Irishman has effectively lost his battle to prevent his extradition to the UK on the basis of Brexi(...)

Supreme Court to rule if woman lawfully detained in hospital
- Supreme Court
- October 3, 2018, 12:54
The Supreme Court will urgently hear an important appeal against a finding that an elderly woman with dementia, previously prevented by a hospital fro(...)

Slopping out in prisons appeal to be heard by Supreme Court
- Supreme Court
- July 3, 2018, 12:59
The Supreme Court has agreed to hear an appeal by a former prisoner with potential implications for up to 1,000 cases concerning slopping out in priso(...)

Silk Road administrator can be extradited to US, Supreme Court rules
- Supreme Court
- June 27, 2018, 12:42
The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the extradition to the United States of a Co Wicklow man, alleged to be an administrator of the Silk Road we(...)

Hillwalkers fail to prove public right of way on Wicklow route
- High Court
- May 15, 2018, 13:12
Two hillwakers have failed to prove as a matter of law a public right of way exists over 500 metres of a landowner’s property in an area of “great sce(...)

Ruling could ‘positively affect’ rights of many non-EEA residents
- Supreme Court
- April 24, 2018, 22:19
A Supreme Court judgment could positively affect the rights of thousands of people from outside the European Economic Area who came to the State as st(...)

Victims of parliamentary privilege ‘a part of life’, court hears
- Supreme Court
- March 15, 2018, 17:59
Things are said in the Oireachtas that should not be said, or people would prefer were not said, but that is “the nature of parliamentary privilege” a(...)