The High Court has ruled that the trustees of Aer Lingus workers’ pensions funds must be given prior notice of a proposed €500m distribution from Aer Lingus’s capital reserves so as to pay dividends to shareholders.

The High Court will make a final ruling next week on Aer Lingus’s bid to reduce its capital reserves by €500m so as to pay dividends to shareholders.

A man attacked with a hammer for selling Bisto instead of heroin settled a compensation claim without reference to lawyers, the High Court sitting in Cork heard yesterday.

A seven-year-old who broke his elbow playing on a bouncy castle was yesterday awarded €50,000 compensation against the owners.

A Corden Pharmachem employee who was seriously injured in a chemical explosion at the plant in Cork almost five years ago has begun an action for compensation at the High Court.

A High Court judge has said he regretted having to postpone the delivery of his ruling in a major case that has questioned the legality of the Vehicle Registration Tax (VRT) system.

A judgment is due today in a complex court battle where €131m in damages are being sought for the alleged mishandling of the vehicle registration tax system by Revenue.

An 18-year-old case will decide if drivers were denied a chance to buy cheap secondhand cars, writes investigative correspondent Conor Ryan

A dispute between property developer David Agar and his former business partner and close friend George Tracey over the ownership of stock in an investment fund, has come before the High Court.

A 60-year-old American woman has claimed before the High Court she has been defrauded of millions of euro by her younger Irish lover, who she says has been leading a double life.

Former Ireland rugby player Frankie Sheahan, and his brother Joseph, have brought a High Court action aimed at stopping a bank-appointed receiver from interfering with a number of properties they own.

Aer Lingus staff will stage a two-hour work stoppage as the pension dispute at the airline escalates, unions have said.

A High Court challenge has been brought against the State's alleged use of more than €1.1m of public money on an information campaign about the forthcoming Children's Referendum.

A senior vice president of a mobile phone technology firm, accused of being rude, aggressive and unprofessional to customers, has asked the High Court for an injunction aimed at stopping what she says is a potentially biased inquiry by her employer.

A High Court challenge has been brought against Kildare County Council’s order that a telecommunications mast at Highfield, Newbridge, be taken down.

A cruise ship carrying up to 600 people which was the subject of an arrest order in the High Court yesterday, was allowed to sail on to its next destination last night.

Permission to challenge a decision by An Bord Pleanála to grant planning permission for a large-scale retail development at the site of a former military barracks in Co Cork has been granted by the High Court.

The High Court has ordered the detention of a Portuguese-flagged cruise ship at Dublin Port over an alleged fuel debt of nearly €120,000.

A judge has refused to sanction a €500m reduction in Aer Lingus group’s capital reserves to pay dividends to shareholders unless the airline makes provision for potential legal claims resulting from the €930m deficit in the Aer Lingus pension schemes.

The High Court has been told that a "measure of agreement" has been reached between aid agency GOAL and its chief executive John O'Shea.

The High Court has refused to grant Ryanair an injunction stopping the Irish Airline Pilots Association from using images of its aircraft or fuselage on the association’s website pending the outcome of a full action.

Injunction proceedings brought by an executive with Independent News and Media seeking to prevent his dismissal were adjourned yesterday.

A Traveller family living in a leaking, cold caravan was denied help from the State’s homeless unit just before Christmas despite an environmental health officer declaring their living conditions unsafe and inadequate.

The private waste company that took over the household waste collection service for Dublin City Council has brought High Court proceedings against a rival firm which it claimed has been collecting its bins.

PROPERTY developer Joe McNamara has been jailed after being found in contempt of a High Court order requiring him to immediately cease construction of a stonehenge-like structure intended to be a “place of reflection” on Achill Island.

Property Developer Joe McNamara has been jailed after a Judge ruled he was in contempt of a High court order requiring him to immediately cease construction of a Stonehenge-like structure intended to be a "place of reflection" on Achill Island.

A DIRECTOR of building development company Rockridge Developments Ltd is rejecting a claim by National Irish Bank that she is liable for loans of almost €10 million relating to 1.8 acres of land in Carrickmines, Co Dublin.

AN action arising from Garda actions against a bingo hall in Cork city has been adjourned on terms that include gardaí having to give 24-hour notice to the operator of any likely district court warrants.

An application by NAMA have two companies controlled by developers Raymond and Daniel Grehan wound up has commenced before the High Court.

An action arising from a Garda "raid" on a bingo hall in Cork city has been adjourned on terms including that if a Garda Supt wants to seek warrants against the bingo operator, he has to do so on notice to the operator.

The High Court has confirmed the appointment of a provisional liquidator to one of Ireland's oldest car rental businesses Murray's-Rent A Car.

An equestrian centre owner has brought High Court proceedings aimed at preventing the owners of Ashford Castle from blocking what he claims is a right of way through the estate allowing access to his property.

SHARON “Lying Eyes” Collins has lost her appeal against her conviction for soliciting a man to kill her partner and his two sons.

A BUILDING materials provider has claimed it is losing €40,000 a day due to “an unlawful” blockade of a of number its premises by subcontractors who claim they are owed money.

A Co Wexford man remanded in custody amid confusion over his "true identiy" was released from prison today.

A SHAREHOLDER in Irish Life and Permanent has “abandoned” his legal challenge against plans by the Government to recapitalise the bank.

A shareholder in Irish Life and Permanent has "abandoned" his legal challenge against the Government’s plans to recapitalise the bank.

THE National Assets Management Agency (NAMA) has told the High Court it has “no current intention” to sell properties in Britain and Ireland of developer David Daly over which it has appointed receivers.

A senior nurse at Dublin's St James' Hospital has brought a High Court action aimed at securing reinstatement to her position as clinical nurse manager at the hospital's intensive care unit.

The High Court has disqualified former National Irish Bank CEO Jim Lacey from involvement in the management of any company for a period of nine years.

TALKS to resolve a dispute over the appointment by NAMA of receivers to a Kildare hotel and leisure centre have not been successful, the High Court heard yesterday.

A HIGH Court injunction application by JP McManus over fake Facebook profiles of him was struck out after a judge was told the pages had been taken down.

THE High Court has ruled that the conduct by former National Irish Bank chief executive Jim Lacey of various aspects of the bank’s affairs was “grossly negligent” and he should be disqualified from involvement in the management of any company on grounds of unfitness. The period of disqualification will be decided later.

The High Court has made an order winding up a firm with 45 employees which is part of the Hanly group of construction and quarry operating companies.