Person: Rachel O’Toole

A COMPREHENSIVE SERIES OF ARTICLES ON THIS TOPIC

More couples expected to divorce when crisis ends

Law firms around the country are expecting more couples wanting to separate or divorce.

Mon, 13 Apr, 2020

Lawyers to complain over court relocation

A group of family lawyers are to write to the Courts Service to complain about the “grossly unsatisfactory” setting for family law cases in Cork City which were prompted by the redevelopment of another courthouse.

Thu, 22 Oct, 2015

Lecturer threatened to kill man, court told

A former university lecturer was bound to the peace after a judge heard evidence he threatened to kill another man in the corridors of the same courthouse.

Tue, 23 Apr, 2013

HSE spent €1.43m to hold TB man

THE HSE spent more than €1.43 million on 24-hour security and a private room to keep just one patient suffering from potentially lethal TB in hospital for two years against their will.

Tue, 02 Aug, 2011

Mother dies after 3 years’ detention in hospital

A MOTHER of two young children who was forcibly detained against her will in hospital for almost three years under a controversial, rarely used law has died.

Tue, 02 Aug, 2011