Village Magazine and its editor, barrister Michael Smith, have apologised in court to Green Party councillor Mark Dearey for remarks it made about him in a planning “corruption special” last year.

Residents at the Priory Hall apartment complex are to consider a proposal by Dublin City Council to enter a resolution process chaired by a retired judge, the Supreme Court heard yesterday.

THE owners of the Ballymascanlon House Hotel in Co Louth have taken a legal action for damages against Google alleging defamation of the hotel’s business and reputation via Google’s web search service.

THE Sunday Tribune and journalist Matt Cooper have apologised before the High Court to businessman Dermot Desmond over two articles published in the newspaper in 2001 and 2002.

Independent Star Ltd., publishers of the Star Sunday newspaper which was found to have defamed a convicted child porn user, has been fined €40,000 for contempt of court.

CONVICTED child porn user Barry Watters is to ask a judge to jail Star Sunday editor Ger Colleran for contempt of court.

A convicted porn user who had openly admitted his guilt and had sought psychiatric help is still capable of having his “residual” character defamed, a judge decided today.

A High Court action brought by a man who claimed that his epilepsy has "significantly worsened" as a result of been beaten "black and blue" by bouncers at a nightclub has been settled for €100,000.

A 28-year-old man has claimed before the High Court that his epilepsy has "significantly worsened" as a result of been beaten "black and blue" by bouncers at a nightclub he had earlier been refused entry.

THE Commercial Court, which fast-tracks commercial disputes, has agreed to an unprecedented application by the Revenue Commissioners to hear an action aimed at the “effective collection” of €10 million from two car dealers over alleged unpaid taxes.

THE Sunday World newspaper has pledged to launch a Supreme Court challenge against the High Court’s decision to award €900,000 in damages to a man dubbed a “drug king” by the newspaper.

PART of the Mahon Tribunal’s probe into Taoiseach Bertie Ahern’s personal finances has been put back for two weeks.

A GIRL who developed a severe stammer after being bitten by a dog when she was aged five was awarded €425,952 damages in the High Court yesterday. She received scars to the cheek and lower lip in the attack.

HOT Press editor Niall Stokes has begun a High Court action against millionaire music promoter Denis Desmond and Riverdance duo Moya Doherty and John McColgan.

POLITICAL and business leaders joined members of Charles Haughey’s family yesterday in a requiem Mass for the former Taoiseach at Our Lady of Consolation Church in Donnycarney.

BURGLING barristers have been warned to stop stealing books from the Law Library or face increased membership fees.

A laywer told the Supreme Court today that Co Donegal man Frank Shortt is "still living the nightmare" for his wrongful conviction and arrest on charges of allowing the sale of drugs at his former nightclub in Inishowen.

THE Bar Council and the Law Society have given a cautious welcome to Government plans to change the way solicitors and barristers charge for their work.

Barristers this afternoon said they were encouraging accountants, tax consultants and other professionals to come directly to them, and not through solicitors, when they were simply seeking advice.

BARRISTERS have launched a blistering attack on the insurance industry and urged the Government not to proceed with plans to revoke the need for unlimited insurance cover for drivers.

THE Government was advised yesterday to set up a Press Council to investigate and rule on complaints against newspapers and media organisation in breach of a proposed code of conduct.