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Full coverage: Courts

Private jet dispute involving two of Ireland’s most successful entrepreneurs lands in court

In 2022, two of Ireland's best-known entrepreneurs, Barry English and Tommy Kelly, hired an operating company to run their private jet. Now they are engaged in a Commercial Court dispute over the deal.

Francesca Comyn
27th Jan, 2025 - 4 min read

Brendan Mullin’s fingerprints all over BOI transfers, trial hears

The prosecution has summed up its case against the former rugby international who denies 14 charges of theft and false accounting, including allegations that he stole €500,000 from Bank of Ireland Private Bank while working as its managing director.

Francesca Comyn
31st Oct, 2024 - 5 min read

Comer landlord company sues high-profile publican Alan Clancy

The clash between Irish property and hospitality heavyweights is over a pub in Athlone.

Thomas Hubert
25th Sep, 2024 - 1 min read

German ruling in social media case turns more attention to Ireland

A judge in Berlin told two organisations that their complaints against X should be taken in Ireland, setting the stage for more disputes for Elon Musk’s platform in Irish courts.

Jonathan Keane
22nd Aug, 2024 - 3 min read

Insurance face-off: Liberty and Zurich in court battle along with Goodman’s pet food business

Liberty Insurance and Albert Reynolds-founded C&D Foods are locking horns with Zurich Insurance in new High Court proceedings.

Thomas Hubert
12th Aug, 2024 - 2 min read

Criminal barristers on strike: “We could see talented colleagues bleed across to civil practice”

Barristers conduct criminal trials every day to high standards — their pay rates should reflect that, writes Tony McGillicuddy, a senior counsel joining colleagues for a series of strikes at courthouses in July.

Tony McGillicuddy
10th Jul, 2024 - 4 min read

Bats and ectoplasms: What a 102-home planning row tells us about housing’s legal woes

The High Court is tackling the contradictions between national and local planning policy while addressing a challenge brought by neighbours to a proposed Galway residential development on a site owned by the Comer brothers.

Thomas Hubert
12th Jun, 2024 - 9 min read

CAB and the curious case of the $9.95 Swedish email accounts

A Swedish man failed in his appeal to stop the Criminal Assets Bureau transferring more than €600,000, linked to alleged credit card scams, to the State. The saga has been running for over 20 years.

Jonathan Keane
8th Jun, 2024 - 10 min read

Sean Quinn junior launches legal salvo against share trustee and director of QuinnBet

Eoin O’Shea, an accountant, barrister and the share trustee of 82.5 per cent of the shares of QuinnBet, is being sued by Sean Quinn junior and his wife Karen.

Ian Kehoe
8th May, 2024 - 2 min read

Sam Smyth: Televised racism, DNA and unpaid compensation tower over the death of OJ Simpson

The trial of NFL football hero OJ Simpson was one of biggest stories from America in the past 30 years. His death last week leaves many dark areas around the crimes he was never found guilty of having committed.

Sam Smyth
20th Apr, 2024 - 5 min read
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