One of the things many farmers are fearful of is that if they transfer the farm to their child and if that particular child’s marriage breaks down, what is the destiny of the farm in that situation. Is there a risk it will be passed to their child’s spouse, or sold?

A High Court dispute about the manner in which €150m redevelopment works are being carried out at Dublin's Setanta Centre may be put on hold after the building's owners decided to pause the project for six months due to uncertainty caused by the Covid crisis.

A dispute concerning the €2.95 million sale of a Georgian property in Dublin 4 has been struck out by the Commercial Court.

Proceedings against businessman and developer Sean Dunne over alleged contempt of a court order will be heard in the High Court next November.

Having her own daughter convinced Eileen to ‘end the cycle of abuse’ in her family, writes Liz Dunphy

Laws are being drafted to give State agencies legal powers to intercept encrypted communications.

A High Court judge has suggested Dana Rosemary Scallon and Independent News and Media (INM) "hammer something out" over a defamation action the singer and former presidential candidate is taking.

Dublin City Council ought not to have brought contempt proceedings against a receiver trying to sell residential properties which had to be vacated because they were firetraps, the High Court has heard.

The State has agreed to pay the legal costs of an unsuccessful High Court action by 10 elected senators who contended a new Seanad could convene and pass legislation before an incoming Taoiseach nominated 11 of its 60 members.

The Court of Appeal has found that the sentence of a teenager, who attempted to murder a woman he met on a dating app, was too lenient.

A plan for 134 homes on part of a former school site in south Dublin, which was quashed by the High Court, cannot be reconsidered by An Bord Pleanála, a judge ruled.

The Commission of investigation into the sale of utility company Siteserv has been extended by three months as it emerged that the inquiry has cost more than €12m to date.

In a decision with major implications, the Supreme Court has declared the 'substitute consent' procedure in Irish planning law is inconsistent with the European Impact Assessment Directive.

The mother of a 14-year-old boy with cerebral palsy who on Wednesday secured a €3m interim settlement in his action over the circumstances of his birth has told the High Court the system should be easier for families.

An IRA man who was secretly recorded assisting in IRA "interrogations” over leaks to gardaí has failed in an attempt to have his conviction overturned on appeal.

The first module of the commission of investigation into certain transactions at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation, most prominently the sale of utility company Siteserv to businessman Denis O’Brien, has had its deadline extended by three months until the end of September.

A judge has refused to allow a rape accused change his legal representation for the sixth time.

Dr Wendy Oke speaks to Eve Kelliher about providing educators the platform to help children develop

The president of the High Court has urged the mother of a woman with Down syndrome to "do her best" to support her daughter's continuing placement in a residential care unit and not act to undermine it.

A man who attempted to murder a teenager at a popular Dublin hiking spot and later tried to strangle a psychiatric nurse with a sock has attacked another prisoner in Mountjoy Prison with a hot kettle, the Central Criminal Court has heard.

A 25-year-old man caught with a loaded handgun was a trusted member of an organised crime gang who were planning an imminent attack on a rival north Dublin faction, the Special Criminal Court heard today.

Ms Justice Mary Irvine of the Supreme Court. Picture: Collins A top judge dealing with a backlog of personal injury cases has called on people open to settling their cases to do so without having to come before court.

Magdalene laundry survivors have still not received all of the medical benefits promised to them following the State apology seven years ago.

A three judge High Court has begun hearing a significant constitutional action over whether there is, as of now, a validly constituted Seanad entitled to sit and pass laws.

Dublin City Council has brought proceedings against a receiver over an alleged failure to comply with court orders to vacate three properties described as "firetraps".

The dramatic struggle between three gardaí and a gangland criminal armed with a machine gun, ended up in a bathtub after the gun went off while a primed grenade lay on the floor.

‘Don’t be afraid.’ Helen O’Donoghue’s words after her rapist father was jailed for 20 years are a rallying cry to speak, no shout and scream about violence against women, writes Clodagh Finn.

A Kerry man has received a suspended prison sentence for the sexual assault of his younger female cousin when he himself was a teenager.

A mother has brought an application for High Court orders halting the artificial feeding and hydration of her daughter, aged in her 20s and in a vegetative state for almost 10 years.

The challenge could have implications for the ability of the Commissioner of Valuation to deal with valuations, it is claimed.

A rapist father who encouraged the family dog to take part in the sexual abuse of his daughters has lost his appeal against conviction.

A High Court judge will give judgment on a later date on a significant action by drug company Perrigo against the Revenue and State aimed at overturning a €1.64bn tax assessment.

A Tipperary man, who claimed his partner’s 13-year-old daughter had initiated sexual contact due to hormonal urges, has appealed his seven-year sentence for sexually abusing her.

A dispute between a co-founder and the managing director of the well-known Listoke Distillery and the company is to go to mediation, the High Court has heard.

The hearing of a dispute over a €1.64bn tax assessment raised by the Revenue Commissioners on US drug company Perrigo has come before the High Court.

The couple have been cohabiting for some four years and there was no evidence their relationship is one of convenience, Ms Justice Marie Baker observed in the judgment today.

Warren Harford, Ms Justice Bronagh O’Hanlon said, did not suffer physical injuries but there was no doubt that he suffered a shock and found it to be a horrifying experience.

Declan Duffy had sought to be allowed to remain in Ireland on humanitarian grounds.

A judge has refused to initiate a wardship inquiry in the case of an elderly woman living in "squalor" with no running water or electricity.

Ms Justice Niamh Hyland found Siobhan Freeney's cancer showed normal or benign features in the screening mammogram and therefore the reporting of that 2015 mammogram as normal was not negligent.

During today's sentence hearing for Michael Burns, Ciaran O'Driscoll and Stephen Curtis, evidence was given that gardaí recovered a written record of the gang's financial expenditure from a suspect's address

The action is by a Chinese businessman, Yuzhu Kang, from Hebei province, who has investments in China and Europe, including Fota Island resort, which he bought in 2013.

Mr Justice Peter Kelly said the main problem appears to be due to an absence of updated national guidelines, in the context of Covid-19, for admission of new patients by nursing homes.

A High Court judge has ruled there was a prosecutorial delay in the case of 19-year-old man who was arrested on a suspected robbery offence when he was a child, but only charged last year.