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world

Rihanna wins Topshop battle over tank top image

Pop star Rihanna has won a legal battle with high street store Topshop over a T-shirt with her image.

news

New spatial development plan ‘must not be a free-for-all’

business

Apple published 'false and misleading' material, says judge

world

UK judges 'amazed' at Apple delay in posting online notice

news

Ghosts estates of tigers past

news

Nearly 15% of homes were vacant on night of census

Report identifies A&E blackspots

People who fall ill suddenly in rural Kerry, north Mayo, west Clare and south-west Donegal are more than an hour’s drive from a hospital A&E, new research has revealed.

Thu, 19 Jan, 2012

'Five years' to clear ghost estates

It could take five years or longer to clear the scourge of ghost estates after more than 800 were filled in the last year, experts have warned.

Thu, 13 Oct, 2011

Man ordered to pay £1.5m to pursue plagiarism case against Rowling

The man claiming that one of J K Rowling's Harry Potter books was lifted from another work has been ordered to pay more than £1.5m (€1.7m) into court as security for the costs of the author and her publisher - or the case will be struck out.

Mon, 21 Mar, 2011

JK Rowling’s copyright row continues

HARRY POTTER author JK Rowling may have to defend herself at the High Court against an allegation of copying her ideas from an earlier obscure children’s book writer.

Fri, 15 Oct, 2010

Judge rejects bid to dismiss claim that JK Rowling copied another book

Harry Potter author JK Rowling may have to defend herself at the British High Court against an allegation of copying her ideas from an earlier obscure children’s book writer.

Thu, 14 Oct, 2010

More than 300,000 homes 'lying empty', say academics

More than 300,000 houses are lying empty around the country – three times the official estimate, academics claimed today.

Tue, 19 Jan, 2010