Galway Clinic, a private hospital, has secured orders dismissing proceedings over a 2017 majority decision by its board to construct a new €17m medical facility, a development which did not proceed.

A young Limerick man spat at a garda’s face after being arrested for assaulting a woman in a house in Cork during the coronavirus restrictions in May.

An Irish company has got a High Court order making a Swiss-based online anonymous email address provider liable for a defamation award.

A Mexican businessman and his company has brought a High Court action against parties including his former Italian lover who he claims has moved two valuable horses that belong to him to Ireland without his permission.

A Dublin-based credit union has collapsed with the High Court appointing provisional liquidators to its business.

A 68-year old woman suffering from erotomania had harassed an entirely innocent Tralee man for 15 years - under the delusion he was in love with her.

A pharmacy owner has been ordered to pay €40,000 to a pharmacy technician for unfairly dismissing her over her not disclosing that she was five months pregnant at job interview.

A three judge High Court will rule on Monday on a significant constitutional action over whether there is, as of now, a validly constituted Seanad entitled to sit and pass laws.

A drink, which a mother bought for her 13-year-old daughter in a holiday centre, was contaminated with a corrosive cleaning fluid, Judge John O’Connor was told in the Circuit Civil court today.

The High Court has granted two landlords of Debenhams Irish stores permission to bring proceedings against the retailer's Irish arm.

The Press Up entertainment and hospitality group is suing two insurers and a broker over an alleged refusal to honour business interruption insurance arising out of the Covid-19 lockdown.

A High Court judge has ordered the extradition of a Monaghan haulier to the United Kingdom, where he is wanted for allegedly trafficking 39 migrants found dead in a lorry container in Essex last year.

A dispute between fruit and vegetable distributor Begley's and its technical manager has been resolved amicably, the High Court has been told.

The incident occurred following an argument outside Gerard Mongan's home at Renmore in Galway on June 16, 2013.

The Supreme Court has dismissed an application to hear an appeal against a lower court's decision to appoint a receiver over a Dublin property deemed to have been acquired with the proceeds of crime.

A baseball bat was left lying on a bed covered with court papers in a repossessed house whose owner was facing possible imprisonment for contempt of court, a judge was told today.

The High Court dispute between Oxigen Environmental and ex-rugby star Shane Byrne and his brother William over the operation of a waste disposal company AWD Waste Solutions Ltd has been settled.

One golf club emerging yesterday from the Covid-19 restrictions had to manage without three of its electric golf buggies that were stolen for a spin and never returned.

A 42-year-old Cork man was arrested yesterday on charges of rape, attempted rape and sexual assault of a girl during a period from 2002 to 2008.

A 49-year-old man out on temporary release from prison found that his place on a drug rehabilitation programme was cancelled due to Covid-19 restrictions and he fell back on his old ways within four days.

Yesterday in the High Court, there was a small vignette in relation to the long saga of Ian Bailey and the murder of Sophie Toscan du Plantier.

A man and woman have appeared in court accused of perverting the course of justice during the investigation into the murder of a 42-year-old man in Dublin last year.

Gerry Adams has won a Supreme Court appeal against two historic convictions for attempting to escape from the Maze Prison in the 1970s.

A man charged with arson has been ordered to stay indoors between the hours of darkness after Gardaí expressed fears he could light further fires.

A request from French authorities to see the legal submissions concerning Ian Bailey's proposed extradition is “unprecedented” and “unorthodox", his lawyers have told the High Court.

A Kinahan cartel foot soldier "poured cold water on" and withdrew from a plan to murder Patrick “Patsy” Hutch, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

An order has be made in the High Court confirming the winding up of the Irish arm of related fashion outlets Oasis and Warehouse, which employed 248 people.

There were garda checkpoints on three different approach roads to the Four Courts in Dublin, in advance of the hearing.

Fastway Couriers is seeking court orders over an alleged "abusive" parody Twitter account most recently named Fartway Deliveries Ireland.

A dog handler who used a live piglet as bait to train greyhounds has lost an appeal aimed at overturning his exclusion from racetracks or coursing events.

A judge today rejected a €30,000 settlement offer for a schoolgirl who developed a serious stress disorder after having seen a helicopter explode in flames in the centre of the seaside village of Bettystown, Co Meath, 12 years ago.

The teenage complainant in the case told the court that she wanted justice for the sexual abuse perpetrated on her by a "vile creature" when she was aged 12.

A patient was diagnosed by his GP as having vertigo when he had suffered a stroke.

Debenhams Retail Ireland operated 11 stores here and employed 950 people directly.

Talks are at an advanced stage aimed at resolving a dispute between Oxigen Environmental and ex-rugby star Shane Byrne and his brother William over the operation of a waste disposal company, the High Court has heard.

A garda superintendent is seeking to bring a High Court challenge to what he says are "preposterous" and false allegations which have led to his suspension from the force for a year.

In 2017, Killian McGrath sought an extension of time to allow him appeal a 2012 order granting possession to ICS Building Society of his home at Coolbagh, Clashmore, Co Waterford.

More than 100 supporters of John Waters and Gemma O’Doherty crowded into the Four Court Round Hall today before a mention of their High Court action challenging laws introduced by the State in response to the coronavirus pandemic.

A judge has jailed a recovering drug addict for four years for a spree of robberies after saying he didn't think the man was “very good at crime”.

A 39-year-old man chased a shop security man while holding a knife and shouting “coronavirus” during a raid in Dublin, a court has heard.

The Covid-19 crisis is compounding the challenges for vulnerable and at-risk young people in special care, their families and care staff dealing with them, the High Court has heard.

The effects of the Covid-19 pandemic have claimed a corporate casualty with the loss of over 30 jobs at a construction and plant hire business, the High Court has heard.