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Full coverage: High Court

West Cork Distillers wins legal case over plans for key storage warehouses

An Coimisiún Pleanála had refused planning permission for the maturation warehouses which the indigenous whiskey firm says are vital to expand its storage capacity as its business continues to grow.

Niall Sargent
15th Oct, 2025 - 3 min read

“The ‘teen’ category was one of the most profitable”

Pornhub is facing multiple lawsuits in the United States concerning child sexual abuse material allegations. Ireland's attractive corporate environment has seen the case spread to these shores.

Alice Chambers
29th Sep, 2025 - 8 min read

“Shifting sands”, “luck penny” payment, and a family “steamrolled” by litigation

The court's judgment is scathing in its dismissal of John Magnier's claim over a binding handshake deal for the 751-acre Barne Estate. As the loss settles in, what will the saga mean for Magnier and the Coolmore brand? 

Niall Sargent
17th Sep, 2025 - 10 min read

Legal costs in Barne Estate case likely to reach in excess of €6m

Costs in the highly-charged case taken by John Magnier are set to run into millions of euro following both a lengthy hearing this summer and also pre-trail hearings peppered throughout 2024.

Niall Sargent
15th Sep, 2025 - 3 min read

John Magnier loses legal challenge over Barne Estate handshake deal

Mr Justice Barrett found Magnier failed on all grounds in his claim that a handshake deal on a €15m price with the estate heirs at his home in Coolmore on the evening of August 22, 2023 was legally binding.

Niall Sargent
15th Sep, 2025 - 4 min read

McEnaney companies take legal action against House of The Dead squatters

The former Joyce museum, owned by the GAA manager and leading emergency accommodation provider, is currently occupied by a group of individuals believed to have anti-immigrant sentiments.

Niall Sargent
24th Jul, 2025 - 2 min read

The “disordered underbelly of financial services”: US plaintiff seeks to freeze €1bn in Dublin over porn class action

An anonymous American woman has taken a case in the Irish High Court against 12 companies connected to PornHub.

Alice Chambers
7th Jul, 2025 - 2 min read

Ex parte freezing orders secured against Tempelogue-based liquidator David Kennedy

Brothers Cormac and Gavin Quinlan appointed Kennedy to liquidate two of their companies with assets of €800,000. In May, they removed him as liquidator. They have asked their new liquidators to get their money back.

Tom Lyons
4th Jul, 2025 - 2 min read

Religious order allegedly breached sale contract for Sandyford lands

The Legionaries of Christ have sought to rescind a €23 million sale of lands that has led to a dispute with a developer over alleged negligence and breach of contract.

Francesca Comyn
23rd Jun, 2025 - 3 min read

Searches and probes: BoyleSports, the consumer watchdog, and the High Court case

The High Court action in relation to the bookmaker follows “dawn raids” undertaken last month against businesses in the betting sector by the Competition and Consumer Protection Commission as part of "an ongoing criminal investigation".

Alice Chambers
17th Jun, 2025 - 3 min read
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