A woman and her son who are at immediate risk of being made homeless have launched a High Court action against Dublin City Council’s refusal to credit her with eight years she says she spent on the local authority’s housing list.

Marketing consultancy paid ex-CEO €65,000 but he threatened customer disclosure unless paid €135,000

Retired businessman Jim Reynolds has launched High Court proceedings aimed at preventing a financial funds and its receivers from selling, marketing and advertising for sale three properties he owns.

An Irish vet who runs a stud farm in Japan has sued the University of Limerick (UL) alleging defamation and reputational damage as a result of how it reacted to allegations by two female students about his behaviour towards them while on placement at the farm.

A care worker who claims he is the victim of a forged webcam honey trap scam is seeking a High Court injunction preventing his dismissal.

A judge yesterday refused to grant an injunction to senior lecturer and head of the management and marketing department at UCC, Joan Buckley, who had brought proceedings arising out of the decision not to shortlist her in a competition for 10 professorial positions.

Three financial institutions have been ordered by the High Court to provide account details to a Co Tipperary farmer about persons who allegedly threatened and intimidated him into handing over €83,000.

A judge will give her decision later on whether to grant an injunction to senior lecturer and head of the Management and Marketing Department at UCC, Joan Buckley, who has brought proceedings arising out of the decision not to shortlist her in a competition for 10 professorial positions.

A water charges protester who dug up a water meter on the pavement outside his home and sent it to Irish Water with an invoice, has claimed before the High Court the plastic cover installed over the meter was unsafe.

A middle-aged woman was jailed yesterday for contempt of a court order requiring her to leave a house in a Cork suburb that she was occupying unlawfully.