Case Reports

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A prisoner who argued that the cessation of his state pension payments from the date of his detention was unconstitutional has successfully appealed his case in the Supreme Court. Finding that the statutory provision which disqualified prisoners from receiving such a benefit was contrary to the sepa

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The Board of Management of a secondary school in Athenry have been granted an order of certiorari, quashing the decision of an appeals committee which had directed the school to admit a pupil contrary to its enrolment policies. Ms Justice Úna Ní Raifeartaigh found that the committee had erred in c

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A woman who was attacked by two dogs during an evening walk in 2012 has been awarded €234,557 in the High Court. Finding the woman to be a credible witness in giving evidence, Mr Justice Barr was satisfied that she had suffered moderate PTSD as a result of the attack, and accepted evidence from he

1471-1485 of 2040 Articles