A challenge against An Bord Pleanála’s decision to grant approval for the M28 Cork-Ringaskiddy motorway has been specially fast-tracked by the High Court.

A group of investors who claim they lost millions of euro in an electronic trading scam have brought a High Court damages action against an Irish-registered firm and Irish- and Israeli-based directors.

A 23-year-old American man wanted in relation to a high-speed crash in Florida which claimed the life of a young woman, has been remanded in custody by the High Court after he was arrested in Cork.

A mother of two, who has spent the last four months in prison for failing to comply with court orders to vacate a €1m property in south Dublin, walked free from the High Court yesterday after purging her contempt.

The Court of Appeal has dismissed a challenge of the Eighth Amendment referendum result.