Peter Kelly

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National Pen has had its European headquarters in Dundalk since 1987. Photograph: Ciara Wilkinson
National Pen cuts 100 jobs as it shifts roles to Czech Republic

National Pen, the Dundalk-based supplier of sponsored products, is cutting 100 jobs as it relocates part of its business to the Czech Republic. The (...)

Mr Justice Peter Kelly: He was just 12 when his father took him to the Four Courts. He was smitten by the drama and characters. Photograph Nick Bradshaw
Peter Kelly profile: Fearless legal force for half a century

Mr Justice Peter Kelly retires this week as president of the High Court, the first time the word retiring has been marked against his name in a career(...)

Master of the High Court Edmund Honohan has complained that the Courts Service will not publish his rulings because it says ‘there is no room on their website’. File photograph: Collins Courts
‘No room on courts website’ for High Court Master’s rulings

The Master of the High Court, Edmund Honohan, has complained that the Courts Service will not publish his rulings because it says “there is no room on(...)

Judges expenses for the first six months of the year were down marginally on the same time in 2018.
Judges claim expenses of €1.02 million in first six months of year

The country’s judiciary — which recently received a pay increase — claimed over €1 million in expenses for the first six months of this year. New fig(...)

Former INM chief executive Gavin O’Reilly, who says that when he learned recently which of his emails had been compromised by the hacking, he felt ‘sick and disgusted’. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
Data relating to sensitive divorce matters among hacked INM emails

Sensitive private information relating to divorce proceedings, children’s welfare and the personal finances of the former chief executive officer of I(...)

Kildare’s Fergal Conway tries to slip the challenge of Tyrone’s Niall Sludden during the All-Ireland SFC round three qualifier at St Conleth’s Park in Newbridge. Photograph: Ryan Byrne/Inpho
Tyrone well and truly in the race as they leave Kildare with nowhere to run

Kildare 1-15 Tyrone 2-22 ‘Newbridge Or Nowhere’ screams the mural outside St Conleth’s Park, a fading memory of last year’s victory over Mayo when Ki(...)

The High Court overruled the objections of Promontoria, owned by US private equity giant Cerberus, on Monday, approving a €75,000 write-down on the debts.
Vulture fund wanted firefighter’s mortgage paid from child benefit

A “vulture fund” objected to a financial rescue plan for a heavily indebted Co Offaly firefighter, arguing that he could pay more off his mortgage fro(...)

Longford’s Michael Quinn scores his team’s third goal against Kildare. Photograph: James Crombie/Inpho
Longford and Kildare draw in a curious sort of epic

Kildare 1-21 Longford 3-15 AET This was one of those draws where you’d struggle to make a cast-iron argument that either side deserved to win. It was(...)

The Commission to Inquire into Child Abuse report in Dublin in 2009. Photograph: AP Photo/Peter Morrison
‘Shocking, shocking:’ Justice Sean Ryan on the abuses of children uncovered in his report

On May 20th, 2009, the Commission into Child Abuse published its shattering 2,600-page report. It investigated 215 residential institutions for chi(...)

As Chief Justice Frank Clarke remarked at the Burren Law School last weekend, the nuts and bolts of an effective courts system are themselves vital to the democratic process. Photograph: Brian Lawless/PA Wire
The Irish Times view on court reform: a creaking system

Poland’s recent experience shows that, even in advanced liberal democracies, the rule of law is a fragile thing. But it takes much less than outright (...)

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