A High Court judge has put on hold a German software company action against Internet giant Google over an alleged trademark infringement until parallel proceedings before the German courts have been determined.

The one-time richest man in Russia has vowed to finance democracy campaigns in his homeland after an Irish court lifted freezing orders on $100m in an investment fund.

The activist investor challenging boardroom control at Irish exploration firm, Petroceltic has claimed support is growing for its endeavours.

The Irish High Court has jurisdiction to deal with a challenge by a group of Irish Investors, in a Radisson Blu Hotel in Southern France, against AIB bank’s threat to take over their shares.

Anybody who does not want their Facebook information collected by US intelligence agencies should shut down their page. Such was the evidence given to the European Court of Justice.

The European Court of Justice’s advocate general has said justification must be given for clerical staff being paid up to €12,000 less than gardaí for essentially doing the same work, especially if the reason comes down to sex discrimination.

Seán Quinn is expected to mount a Supreme Court challenge early next week to overturn yesterday’s High Court ruling, which saw his son and nephew jailed for three months for contempt.

A HIGH Court judge has indicated he hopes to proceed with a hearing next week of Anglo Irish Bank’s bid for injunctions to prevent businessman Sean Quinn and his family transferring assets from Swedish companies holding the family’s properties in several foreign countries.

A Louth man has been acquitted by direction of the judge of orally raping a mentally handicapped woman following a Central Criminal Court trial that made legal history.

RELATIVES of the Omagh bomb victims are confident a Belfast court will order the handover of documents relating to the trials of four men suspected of carrying out the atrocity.

The families of Omagh bomb victims tonight vowed to press on with a civil action against those they believe to be behind the atrocity.

A US judge has agreed to consider a request from lawyers for an alleged Irish terrorist for transcripts of interviews in which an FBI undercover agent talked to reporters.