Mr Justice Peter Kelly said he was satisfied, notwithstanding the views of the girl and her parents, the orders are necessary for preserving the girl's life and not to permit them would be "hazardous".

The €300m Adare bypass is expected to be fast-tracked as a result of the Ryder Cup announcement.

A young autistic man with a moderate learning disability, previously taken into care amid concerns of physical violence and exposure to pornography in his home, has made “enormous progress” in a residential care facility, the High Court has heard.

Mr Justice Peter Kelly said he hoped the young man’s progress will “give hope” to all those dealing with anorexia, especially serious anorexia.

A vulnerable woman aged in her sixties with schizophrenia who wants to return home to live remains unaware her home has been sold by court order, the High Court has heard.

The president of the High Court has authorised the taking of legal action against State agencies over their alleged “appalling” failures over years to protect a child from alleged sexual abuse by more than 12 males.

The President of the High Court has directed a man be arrested and brought before the court to answer claims of contempt of orders restraining him contacting an extremely vulnerable woman.

A brother of the head of legal services at Tusla has been one of the top 10 earners in barristers’ fees at the agency for the last three years.

Tusla, the Child and Family Agency has secured High Court orders allowing it to place a teenager being pimped to men by her girlfriend for money and drugs at a secure facility for troubled teens.

The judge remarked he may be told some day how a person can behave this way and not be considered mentally ill or have some form of unsoundmess of mind.

A young woman with mental health issues who has spent two years on an acute psychiatric hospital ward is fit for discharge into supported accommodation in the community, but there is no place for her, the High Court has heard.

A teenage girl with severe anorexia who is still being tube-fed 10 months after being moved to a specialist eating disorder unit in the UK has written directly to the President of the High Court appealing to be let return home to Ireland for a visit.

A young anorexic woman, saved from certain death by court intervention only three months ago, was allowed visit her family in breach of an order made by High Court president Peter Kelly.

A man who is not mentally ill but whose behaviour is “violent and challenging” must remain inappropriately detained in a ward of chronically mentally ill patients because there is no suitable place here to address his needs, the president of the High Court has said.

A contraceptive injection can be administered to a mentally ill young woman who has expressed inconsistent views as to whether or not she consented to the injection, the High Court has directed.

An application by the HSE for court orders permitting contraceptive implants to be administered to a mentally ill young woman has been adjourned for future consideration, writes Ann O'Loughlin of the Irish Examiner.

Mid-West Correspondent Jimmy Woulfe tells how the proposed Foynes-Limerick road scheme may, after years of frustration, offer relief of a bypass for the town Adare.

A judge who ordered surgery to remove a brain tumour could be carried out on a woman against her wishes was yesterday presented with a box of chocolates by the woman.

With the redevelopment of Pairc Uí Chaoímh now imminent I think the time is opportune to relocate the Christy Ring sculpture, which is presently located in the outback of Cork Airport, to a more prominent position at the redeveloped stadium.

THE luxury home of a Limerick businessman, which was featured in a Sunday newspaper magazine, has been broken into – and the thieves used the owner’s BMW to crash through security gates in a second raid the following night.