The High Court had concluded the approach of the parents was influenced by "a perception of marriage which failed to recognise the concept of equality between men and women guaranteed under the Constitution".

A hospital has lost, by a four to one majority, a Supreme Court appeal aimed at preventing a man suing it for damages over allegedly contracting a severe MRSA infection during surgery.

A young man who absconded from an open prison and lived "in plain sight" for more than four years before re-arrest has won Supreme Court declarations that his re-arrest and subsequent detention to serve out the rest of his 16-month sentence were unlawful.

The Supreme Court has cleared the way for the extradition to the United States of Eric Eoin Marques a man accused of being the world's biggest facilitator of child porn.

Legislation needs to be urgently enacted to address mounting difficulties with securing access to justice in the civil courts, particularly in the context of complex commercial litigation, the Supreme Court has said.

A Nigerian mother and her Irish-born son, who has a severe form of sickle cell disease, a blood disorder, have lost their Supreme Court appeal over being refused permission to challenge orders for their deportation.

A man has won his Supreme Court appeal over his conviction for burglary involving assault because he was charged with a different offence from that about which he was questioned and cautioned.

The Court of Appeal was incorrect in overturning a €900,000 damages award for defamation to a man called a drug dealer by a newspaper, the Supreme Court has found.

A couple must demolish a house they built in “flagrant breach of the planning laws”, a five-judge Supreme Court has ruled.

An appeal by a man against his conviction for the murder of rugby player Shane Geoghegan in a case of mistaken identity has been dismissed by a six to one majority in the Supreme Court.

An appeal against the High Court rejection of a man’s claim that RTÉ and columnist Fiona Looney stole the idea for the reality show Celebrity Bainisteoir has been dismissed by the Supreme Court.

Convicted drug dealer John Gilligan has claimed before the Supreme Court that he did not receive a proper trial when his assets were frozen by the State in 1996.

A total recount of votes cast in the May 2014 local elections for the Listowel electoral area of North Kerry has been ordered by the Supreme Court.

The Supreme Court has reduced a €1.87m libel award to communications consultant Monica Leech to €1.25m.

The genetic mother of twins born to a surrogate has lost her legal battle to be declared the children’s legal mother on their birth certificate.

A Supreme Court judge has queried why somebody didn’t shout stop and urge mediation before lengthy litigation was embarked on by a teacher over being required to undergo psychiatric assessment to see if she was fit to resume work.

According to Tuesday’s Irish Examiner a simple admission of error may cut medical legal bills by €400m per annum.

Businessman Paul Begley will be freed from jail in less than seven months after his record six-year sentence over a €1.6m garlic import duty scam was cut.

FIVE former taoisigh were among the mourners who attended Garret FitzGerald’s funeral — three Fianna Fáil office-holders, Brian Cowen, Bertie Ahern and Albert Reynolds, along with John Bruton and Liam Cosgrave of Fine Gael.