A senior garda told the Disclosure Tribunal that a perceived grievance of Sergeant Maurice McCabe was the “spark that lit the fuse” in adopting a Garda legal strategy to target the motivation and credibility of Sgt McCabe at the O’Higgins commission in 2015.

A draft letter from the Garda Commissioner to the Department of Justice about the legal strategy pursued by the commissioner at the O'Higgins inquiry was written by a Department official, the Charleton tribunal has heard.

The High Court's finding that buildings and sites on and around Dublin's Moore Street are a 1916 Rising battlfield site comprising a national monument was "strongly supported" by evidence, including from historians and two former directors of the National Musuem, the Court of Appeal has been told.

It does not look good for Frances Fitzgerald.

Two local residents have asked a High Court judge to allow them appeal his decision clearing the way for tech giant Apple to develop the first phase of a planned €850m data centre in Athenry, Co Galway.

A garda superintendent has denied ignoring a 2013 letter by a social worker regarding sexual assault allegations against garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe in order to “trigger an earthquake in the HSE”.

The Public Accounts Committee has hit out at what it says is a "profound professional disagreement" between senior members of the force.

A senior Tusla manager has told the Charleton Tribunal that it was incompetence and not “something sinister” that led to a false rape allegation being made against Garda whistle blower Sgt Maurice McCabe.

A senior Tusla manager has told the Charleton Tribunal that it was incompetence and not “something sinister” that led to a false rape allegation being made against garda whistle blower Sgt Maurice McCabe.

A social worker was unable to explain the "total silence" after an error led to false allegations being placed in reports she created on the children of garda whistleblower Sgt Maurice McCabe at the Charleton tribunal.

A severely visually impaired man has claimed his right to vote in secret has been breached by the State’s alleged failure to provide an appropriate mechanism allowing him do so.

Pressure is growing for an explanation to be given by the Garda Commissioner on why her legal team argued that Garda whistleblower Maurice McCabe was motivated by “malice”.

The State is opposing an application by lawyers for the hooded men for their legal costs over a case they brought to the High Court in a bid to compel the Government to seek a revision from the European Court of Human Rights of its findings over their internment in the 1970s.

Supermarket giant Aldi has gone to court alleging a Dunnes Stores ad campaign gives a “completely misleading impression” that various Dunnes products are cheaper than Aldi equivalents.

Moves to plug a legal loophole which halted home repossessions may impact on a High Court action over properties owned by former Ireland and Munster rugby player Frankie Sheahan, a judge has heard.

Businessman David Hall is concerned that the finance minister continues to have “unlimited powers” to spend public monies in support of financial institutions “without any reference to the Dáil”, the Supreme Court heard yesterday.

FIVE major record companies have taken legal action against an internet service provider here in a further bid to stop illegal downloading of music which they estimate costs them and performers almost €20 million a year.

AN application by Bank of Ireland for €11.5 million summary judgment orders against a Co Wicklow property developer arising from unpaid loans has been adjourned to a full hearing.

A former principal biochemist with the Blood Transfusion Service Board who had been charged in relation to the infection of women with Hepatitis C has had an application for legal costs refused.

MEMBERS and officials representing Dublin’s boxing clubs have secured an injunction preventing the Irish Amateur Boxing Association from turning itself into a limited company.

A spokeswoman for Dunnes Stores said the company was not making any comment on the judgment that ruled the company had copied a design belonging to British fashion design label Karen Millen.