Three Supreme Court judges will meet next week to consider whether to hear a "leapfrog" appeal by the State against an important ruling in favour of convicted murderer Graham Dwyer.

Irish National Teachers’ Organisation (INTO) president Joe Killeen has said his union will stand with its new members on securing pay equality, whether through “negotiation, court challenge or industrial action”.

Protests against mafia-controlled landfill sites have become platforms for liberal leaders such as Slovakia’s president-elect, Zuzana Caputova, writes Leonid Bershidsky

With chaos reigning in London, embattled British Prime Minister Theresa May despite two heavy defeats is clinging to the Withdrawal Agreement she negotiated with the EU last November.

Dozens of cases over EU working time laws could cost State millions

Primary teachers are to have the case for equal pay for post-2010 members of the profession considered by the European Court of Justice.

Convicted murderer Graham Dwyer's challenge against Ireland's data retention laws is "misconceived" and is "a re run" of an application dismissed by the judge presiding at the architect's trial, the High Court has heard.

A report by a former chief justice John Murray supports Graham Dwyer’s claim that Ireland’s data retention legislation breaches European laws, the High Court has heard.

Graham Dwyer wants the High Court to strike down provisions of the law that allowed data from mobile phones be used by prosecutors as evidence during his trial for the murder of Elaine O'Hara.

Implementing the new data protection legislation ordered by the EU is going to be a “huge challenge” for Ireland, the head of data protection at the Department of Justice has warned.

The EU will demand that European law continues to apply in the UK during the planned transition period after it leaves the bloc, according to the latest Brussels negotiating guidelines.

The EU’s top court will issue a ruling today which could have major implications for all exam bodies and the rights of candidates to examine their own test papers.

British law, and the courts enforcing it, has a sacramental significance to older Tory voters, says Terry Prone

The European Commission has said that "sufficient progress" must be made on three key issues before it will move on to negotiations on trade and the transition to a future EU/UK relationship.

Three business partners who set up a scheme to avoid paying Vat on the sale of holiday homes in West Cork have lost their long-running legal challenge against a tax-assessment by Revenue.

Two High Court disputes between Irish Asphalt Ltd and James Elliot Construction have been struck out at the High Court after the parties reached out of court agreements.

Taoiseach Leo Varadkar has called the referral of Ireland to the European Court of Justice (ECJ) over the Apple tax issue “wholly unnecessary” and “unwarranted”.

The European Commission is taking Ireland to the European Court of Justice for its failure to recover up to €13 billion of tax due from Apple.

Investors will scrutinise the Ryanair share price over the coming weeks for evidence that the rostering fiasco is not a sign of a deeper malaise.

Ryanair has lost an EU court battle in which the airline had sought to continue forcing cabin crew based outside Ireland to take their disputes to Irish courts, in a case with implications across the low-cost airline sector. Shares in the airline fell over 3.5% at one stage.

The EU’s top court will issue a ruling this week which could have a major impact on the cost of industrial relations disputes for Ryanair, writes Seán McCárthaigh.

The mindset of the hardline Brexiteers and eurosceptics is key to understanding the road ahead as the increasingly contentious EU-UK negotiations continue, writes Kyran Fitzgerald

More than 60,000 Irish investors who lost millions in deposits paid on unbuilt Spanish property may get all or most of their money back.

More than 60,000 Irish investors who lost millions in deposits paid on unbuilt Spanish property may get all or most of their money back, following rulings by Spain’s supreme court and the European Court of Justice.

Brexit negotiations will not proceed to haggling over a future UK-EU trading relationship by October as previously planned, the Slovenian prime minister has warned.

The European Court of Justice (ECJ) has blocked a planned EU agreement to share details of airline passengers with Canada designed to help in the fight against terrorism and international crime.

A "gargantuan" effort would be required to remove key EU-wide bodies from the jurisdiction of the bloc's highest court, according to an expert.

An application to wind up Irish Asphalt Ltd has opened before the High Court.

David Davis will push ahead with plans to pull Britain out of the European civil nuclear regulator during Brexit talks in Brussels next week despite fears it could it could hit cancer treatments.

Governments and civil servants in 27 EU countries now have to waste time on the British problem, when there are many other vital issues to be addressed, writes John Bruton

The Government is to be briefed in the coming weeks on forthcoming laws giving law enforcement agencies powers to intercept email and internet communications.

Ryanair chief Michael O’Leary stepped up his warnings over Brexit saying the outcome of the talks would lead to an “inevitable” hard landing and bring major disruption to flights into and out of the UK.

Ryanair has warned flights between the UK and the European Union may be suspended even if an aviation deal is reached in Brexit negotiations.

Europe’s top court will begin a landmark case today which could determine whether luxury goods companies can stop retailers from selling their products via marketplaces such as Amazon or eBay.

The State’s equality watchdog has said a landmark EU court ruling regarding Islamic headscarves did not mean blanket bans by employers on wearing religious signs were lawful.

Civil rights advocates said the headscarf ban ruling by the European Court of Justice did not appear to “place weight on the importance of freedom of religion”.

Europe's environmental watchdogs are taking Ireland to court over the pumping of raw sewage into rivers and the sea.

Motorists could be facing increased toll charges for using the M50 Westlink crossing and Dublin Port Tunnel as a result of a ruling from the EU’s top court this week.

THE European Court of Justice is nothing if not prolific. 

Campaigners in Ireland have welcomed the decision by Scottish judges to reject an appeal against minimum unit pricing.

The European Court of Justice will deliver its opinion this week on a challenge by shareholders of Permanent TSB against the constitutionality of legislation used by the Government to recapitalise the bank during the economic crisis.

Tobacco giants have lost their High Court challenge over the lawfulness of the British Government's new plain packaging rules - the day before they are due to come into force.