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Paddy McKillen Jr declared insolvent with debts of over €27m
BUSINESSMAN PADDY MCKILLEN junior has been declared insolvent and has been granted a protection certificate by the High Court under the Personal Insolvency legislation which will protect him from his creditors for 70 days. Barrister Keith Farry, who appeared for McKillen in a pre-lunch application to the High Court, outlined before Mr Justice Michael Quinn the restaurateur’s assets and liabilities.
Martin 'The Viper' Foley makes new offer to Criminal Assets Bureau in bid to save his Dublin home
IN A BID to save his Dublin home and that of his wife, Sonia, veteran gangland criminal Martin ‘The Viper’ Foley has made a new undisclosed offer to the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB). In written evidence filed in the High Court today he said he had secured “from a private individual known to me” approximately €200,000.
High Court issues stay on Criminal Assets Bureau’s sale of Martin 'The Viper' Foley’s house
MARTIN ‘THE VIPER’ Foley told a High Court judge today that the reason he did not have legal representation was because his solicitor died suddenly last Sunday morning. The veteran gangland criminal has taken proceedings challenging the Criminal Assets Bureau’s (CAB) bid to seize and sell his Dublin home. Mr Justice Cian Ferriter today granted Foley a stay on the sale of his home in Cashel Avenue, Kimmage, Dublin, until Friday, stating it would also give him time to find a new solicitor.
Kneecap temporarily fails in first step to sue Canadian MP for defamation of character
IRISH LANGUAGE RAP group Kneecap has temporarily failed in its first step to sue Canadian MP Vince Gasparro for defamation of character. Ms Justice Kathleen Noctor refused the group leave to serve legal documents outside the jurisdiction on Gasparro. She said there were translation issues, specifically that there was no translation of the plenary summons the group proposed to serve on Gasparro.
Martin ‘The Viper’ Foley takes challenge against CAB seizure of his home to the High Court
MARTIN “THE VIPER” Foley, a veteran gangland criminal, took the first step in the High Court today in his bid to challenge the Criminal Assets Bureau’s bid to seize and sell his Dublin home. Mr Justice David Nolan, refused to grant him an ex parte stay against CAB’s existing court authority to execute a repossession order on his house at Cashel Avenue, Kimmage, in a fortnight’s time.
Woman in court accused of using angle grinder to gain access to repossessed Dublin home
A WOMAN WHOSE property in Castleknock, Co Dublin was taken from her on behalf of Pepper Finance, allegedly cut through a steel security door with an angle grinder to regain entrance, the High Court heard. Barrister Keith Farry told Ms Justice Emily Farrell today that his client, Pauline O’Callaghan, denied having caused any damage to the property at 22 Park Drive Grove, Castleknock, or having employed “agents” to break into it.
Interim examiner appointed in bid to save Horse Sport Ireland
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Interim examiner appointed in bid to save Horse Sport Ireland
HORSE SPORT IRELAND, the all-Ireland national governing body for the equestrian sector, has gone bust. It was yesterday given the protection of the High Court as an interim examiner was appointed in a bid by its directors to save it. Barrister Arthur Cunningham told Mr Justice Liam Kennedy that while the company was unable to pay its debts, an independent expert was of the view that it could be saved through examinership.
Harvey Nichols Dundrum store bust as court appoints liquidators
THE HARVEY NICHOLS luxury store in Dundrum Town Centre is bust and interim provisional joint liquidators were appointed by the High Court today. Ms Justice Siobhan Stack was told the Dublin entity, part of the Harvey Nichols UK-wide group, was unable to pay its debts and was insolvent. The Dundrum store employs 33 people and Judge Stack heard it had been unable to recover from poor trading since the Coronavirus pandemic and was no longer being financially supported by its UK mother group.
Judge opens inquiries into seven cases of alleged unlawful detention due to solicitor strike
HIGH COURT JUDGE Ms Justice Denise Brett today opened Article 40 inquiries into the alleged unlawful detention of seven men who had been refused bail or allegedly had not received fair hearings in the District Court while unrepresented by solicitors.
Former Irish rugby star Shane Horgan sued over repossession of Dublin property worth €675k
RUGBY GREAT AND regular television analyst of the sport, Shane Horgan, has been sued by Pepper Finance Corporation for re-possession of his €675,000 property at John Dillon Street, Christchurch, Dublin 8. Dublin County Registrar Patricia Hickey was told today that Horgan, of Leinster, Ireland and British and Ireland Lions rugby fame, had failed to turn up in her court to answer the bank’s bid to recover the property on foot of arrears.
Teenager appears in court charged with looting and vandalism during Dublin riots
A YOUNG MAN has been accused of looting, vandalising a garda car, and taking part in the Dublin riots in 2023. The 19-year-old, who has an address in South Dublin, was 16 years old and a juvenile at the time of the alleged offences. He is charged with engaging in a riot under section 14 of the Public Order Act, punishable by up to a 10-year sentence. He faces four counts of burglary at the Footlocker and ASICS sportswear shops, and the Guud Café on O’Connell Street on 23 November 2023.
Ex-MMA fighter awarded €56k for lost income and injuries after garda vehicle crashed into his car
A JUDGE TODAY awarded former Mixed Martial Arts fighter Charlie Ward $50,000 (€44,000) for a US fight purse he lost because of injuries he suffered when a garda pursuit vehicle crashed into his car five years ago. Judge Sinéad Ní Chulacháin added another €12,000 for neck and head injuries Ward suffered in the collision with the garda patrol car which had crashed red lights on Long Mile Road, Dublin, to follow a motorist who had just broken the red light signal ahead of it.
Silk Road and Chester Beatty will let an arbitrator decide how the café is run in Dublin Castle
THE SILK ROAD Café and its landlord Chester Beatty Library have agreed to have an arbitrator decide if the café has a lease or simply a licence to run its business in Dublin Castle, a judge heard today Monday. The parties commenced proceedings last month over the restaurant’s forced closure for the duration of Ireland’s six-month EU Presidency.
Landlord of café ordered to close for EU presidency seeks to resolve row through arbitration
THE LANDLORD OF the Silk Road Café, the Chester Beatty Library, will next week begin proceedings for court orders directing the dispute over the restaurant’s closure during Ireland’s EU Presidency be dealt with by arbitration. Barrister Hugh O’Flaherty told Judge James O’Donohoe in the Circuit Civil Court today it had been indicated on behalf of the Office of Public Works (OPW) that it had no objection to the café remaining open if all staff passed garda accreditation.
Dublin's Silk Road Café to reopen after securing injunction preventing closure for EU presidency
THE OWNER OF The Silk Road Café in Dublin Castle was today granted an injunction restraining its landlord, The Chester Beatty Library, from closing it down for security reasons for the six months’ duration of Ireland’s presidency of the European Union. The Silk Road Café is located in the Chester Beatty library at Dublin Castle.
High Court orders activists to end trespass of former pub in Dublin's Liberties
ACTIVISTS CALLING THEMSELVES the Revolutionary Housing League, who broke into the former Ardee Pub in Dublin’s Liberties area and planned to reopen it as a community centre, were today restrained by the High Court from continuing their trespass on the premises.
Man appears in court on foot of warrant for murder of Robbie Lawlor
A 44-YEAR-OLD MAN arrested Thursday in connection with the murder six years ago of Robbie Lawlor, the gangland criminal shot dead in Belfast, has been remanded in custody facing extradition to the North of Ireland. Jonathan Gill was brought to the High Court in Dublin Friday morning after having been arrested by gardai at an address on Malahide Road, Clontarf, Dublin 3 on foot of an extradition warrant issued to the PSNI by Belfast Magistrates Court on March 31.
Homeless couple seek to overturn decision by Council not to offer them joint accommodation
A HOMELESS COUPLE who are sleeping in their car on the roads of Kildare are seeking emergency married accommodation from the county council, a High Court judge was told today. Mr Justice Rory Mulcahy heard that David Lawrence (32) and his wife, Caroline (29) had each been offered separate individual hostel accommodation but had turned it down as unsuitable on the basis she was his carer because of health issues.
Woman awarded €21k in damages after Hertz rental car with broken steering rod crashed
A DUBLIN WOMAN has told a judge that her Hertz rent-a-car went wandering off on its own in heavy traffic, injuring her when it crashed into two other cars. Monica Shehata Powers told her barrister Conor Kearney she was helpless to do anything after hearing a snapping sound before the car veered into parked vehicles.
Dublin couple linked with more than 30 injury claims face jail
Luxury cars parked in a Dublin couple’s driveway did not suggest they were in financial difficulties, despite the husband, plumber and taxi driver Frank Gaynor, telling a judge he was broke. Gaynor and his wife, Sylvia, currently attending a funeral in the UK, were facing being jailed by Judge John O’Connor in the Circuit Civil Court today, but only Frank Gaynor turned up.
Family who were locked in Dublin Airport toilet for 50 minutes get compensation
A Co Kildare family was locked in a loo for almost an hour at Dublin Airport and had to be rescued by firemen who were forced to break down the door, Judge James O’Donohoe was told in the Circuit Civil Court. Owen Nolan, his daughter Ailbh (9) and sons, Hugh (5) and Max (2), had been helplessly trapped for 50 minutes as their airline continuously called for them to board their holiday flight to Spain on May 30th 2022, barrister Karen Nolan (no relation) told the court.
Fruit packer drops Keelings lawsuit after CCTV shows she slipped on grape she had been carrying
A FRUIT PACKER, who suffered a serious shoulder injury when she slipped on a single grape at a Keelings fruit processing plant, was forced to withdraw a €60,000 personal injuries claim against the company after a CCTV zoom-in revealed she had been the author of her own downfall.
Beauty clinic ordered to pay damages to woman whose face was damaged by laser treatment
Dundrum Cosmetic Clinic has been ordered by a court to pay €46,000 damages to a woman whose face was damaged by a botched laser treatment four years ago. Hui Hao, a 41-year-old graphic designer, of Pugin House, Loreto Abbey, Rathfarnham, Dublin, told Judge Roderick Maguire in the Circuit Civil Court today that for six months in every year, she cannot go out without significant medical and cosmetic protection and often has to stay inside on sunny days.
Judge dismisses defamation case against Smyths after security asked shoppers if they paid for car seat
IT IS PERFECTLY legitimate for shopkeepers to ask people leaving their premises in situations that are in any way suspicious, “have you paid for that?” a judge stated in the Circuit Civil Court when throwing out a €75,000 defamation claim. Mortgage underwriter Kate Smith, of Swiss Gardens, Swiss Cottage Apartments, Santry, Dublin 9, and fitness trainer Graham Ward, Macroom Road, Coolock, Dublin 17, had sued Smyths Toys and RFC Security for both defamation of character and false imprisonment.
Judge clears cyclist who knocked woman unconscious of causing serious accident
A cyclist, who knocked a woman unconscious after colliding with her as she stepped off a bus, has been cleared of all responsibility for the accident or having caused her serious injuries. Judge James O’Donohoe, who last week branded cyclists in Dublin as “a nightmare,” decided on Thursday that Dublin Bus, whose driver allowed the woman to alight at an undesignated stop, was 100 per cent liable for the accident.
Man who was 'only two minutes late' to check-in loses appeal in compensation case against Ryanair
A MAN HAS lost an appeal of a compensation case against Ryanair that he took over being “only two minutes late” to the check-in desk. Brussels-based EU executive Jonathan Murphy told the Circuit Civil Court he had not checked in for the Ryanair flight online and was told he would have to pay a pre-flight fee. Murphy said when he arrived to the check-in desk on 20 November 2024 he found it closed.
EU executive loses compensation bid over missed Dublin flight
A Brussels-based EU executive, with ties to Ireland, has failed in a bid to legally force Ryanair pay him compensation for a missed flight just over a year ago. Jonathan Murphy told Judge Dierdre Browne in the Circuit Civil Court that he had turned up “only two minutes late” at the airline’s check-in at Brussels Airport, on 20th November 2024, to find the desk had already closed.
'Cyclists are a nightmare in Dublin': Judge cuts damages for cyclist with brain injury from collision
Cyclists had become a nightmare in Dublin, a judge stated on Monday, as he reduced a €50,000 damages award by 80 per cent to a cyclist who had suffered a brain injury when he and a motorbike had collided. Judge James O’Donohoe decided that the injured cyclist was mainly responsible for the accident that had taken place in darkness at 6am on a September morning in 2020, and in which he had suffered 12 other soft tissue injuries.
DAA boss Kenny Jacobs denies allegations of 'sexist' and 'racist' behaviour in court document
KENNY JACOBS, THE suspended chief executive of the DAA has revealed he faced allegations of “sexist, misogynistic, racist, homophobic and ageist behaviour” in comments to or about DAA employees, describing them in a court document as baseless. In written evidence before the High Court, Jacobs also described allegations that he had been responsible for suicidal ideation by employees as false and unjustifiably made.
DAA chief Kenny Jacobs begins High Court action seeking his return to work
Dublin Airport chief executive Kenny Jacobs will ask the High Court on Monday to order the DAA Board to lift its suspension of him and prevent it from carrying out a proposed investigation without first appointing an independent and impartial decision maker.
Enoch Burke wins leave to seek injunction against school disciplinary panel
School teacher Enoch Burke has been granted leave by the High Court to notify the three-member Disciplinary Appeals Panel of his intention to seek a temporary injunction restraining them from issuing their recommendation in his appeal against his dismissal from Wilson’s Hospital School. Burke’s application will be heard on Thursday, which, if granted, will in all probability be followed by an application for a permanent High Court restraint on them taking any further steps in his appeal.
Enoch Burke to bring legal action against Disciplinary Panel tomorrow
ENOCH BURKE IS expected to initiate legal action against the Disciplinary Appeals Panel (DAP) tomorrow, after a High Court judge directed prison authorities to bring the jailed schoolteacher to the Central Office of the High Court. The Disciplinary Appeals Panel last met before Christmas and is reconvening this weekend to determine whether Burke was fairly or unfairly dismissed by Wilson’s Hospital School. If the panel rules against him, his dismissal will be confirmed.
Judge allows Enoch Burke to initiate action against disciplinary appeals panel
Mr Justice David Nolan has directed the prison authorities to bring schoolteacher Enoch Burke to the Central Office of the High Court tomorrow, Tuesday, so he may, should he wish, initiate an action against the Disciplinary Appeals Panel.
Judge approves €30,000 settlement for four-year-old girl left with scarring after ear piercing
A JUDGE HAS approved a €30,000 personal injuries settlement for a four-year-old girl whose ear piercings went all wrong. Barrister Conor Kearney told Judge John Martin in the Circuit Civil Court today that Hallie Herbert suffered significant trauma and was left with scarring on both ear lobes following the procedure in a store at The Pavilions Shopping Centre in Swords, Co Dublin.
Couple withdraw €120,000 compensation claim after court is shown their honeymoon photos
A HONEYMOON ALBUM, which a newly-wed couple posted on Facebook, proved their downfall today when it was used against them to successfully defend their bid to recover €120,000 damages for personal injuries. Arthur McInerney and MaryMarie McCarthy each withdrew their personal €60,000 damages claims following cross-examination by defence barrister Conor Kearney, who produced their honeymoon photos to Judge James O’Donohoe in the Circuit Civil Court.
Dublin couple successfully halt bid to repossess home over disputed €1.15m mortgage
A Co Dublin couple have successfully repelled a bid by Pepper Finance Corporation to repossess their Killiney home on which they allegedly owe €1.15 million, including arrears of just under €455,000. Judge Geoffrey Shannon, in what has been described as a significant judgment relating, in particular, to mortgages that were sold on by banks to finance houses, said in the Circuit Civil Court he was not satisfied Pepper’s claim was suitable for summary disposal.
Killiney couple successfully halt repossession bid of family home over disputed €1.15m mortgage
A COUPLE IN Dublin have successfully repelled a bid by Pepper Finance Corporation to re-possess their Killiney home on which they allegedly owe €1.15 million, including arrears of just under €455,000. Judge Geoffrey Shannon said in the Circuit Civil Court he was not satisfied Pepper’s claim was suitable for summary disposal. He put the case back for “closer scrutiny” in a full formal hearing involving direct evidence from witnesses who could face cross-examination.
Ryanair to pay €20,000 to boy (14) whose foot was burned during flight
Ryanair cabin staff gave no immediate assistance to a 14-year-old schoolboy whose right foot was scalded by a spillage of tea while he travelled to Greece for a holiday, a judge in the Circuit Civil Court heard on Tuesday. Judge Sinead McMullan was told that Daniel Molloy’s father had to take him to a toilet and pour cold water on the burn.
Judge shown videos of cat defecating in south Dublin garden after neighbours brought owner to court
COCO THE PET cat became a video star for all the wrong reasons, a judge in the Circuit Civil Court was told today. Judge James McCourt heard that an aggrieved lawyer and his wife had recorded for 18 months what Coco had got up to night and day in their newly-laid-out front garden at their Mountain View Road home in Ranelagh, Dublin.
Superintendent fails in convincing judge Drew Harris penalised him over protected disclosures
A SENIOR GARDA officer, who claims he has been penalised for making protected disclosures about alleged defective gun holsters endangering the lives of armed gardaí and the public, today failed in convincing a judge in the Circuit Civil Court that the Garda Commissioner Drew Harris had penalised him for having made a protected disclosure.
Senior garda who flagged ‘unsafe’ gun holsters loses penalisation case
A senior garda officer, who claims he has been penalised for making protected disclosures about alleged defective gun holsters endangering the lives of armed gardaí and the public, failed in convincing a judge in the Circuit Civil Court that the Garda Commissioner Drew Harris had penalised him for having made a protected disclosure.
Sisters awarded €40k due to neck pain nearly a decade after collision
Two sisters who told a court they have to take occasional breaks from college studies because of neck pain more than eight years after a traffic collision will split an award of just over €40,000 in damages against a client of AXA Insurance. Sophia and Grace Mohan were awarded damages of €19,200 and €21,500 by Judge Roderick Maguire on Thursday. The girls were aged 10 and 12 respectively when their mother, Ms Molly Slattery’s car was rear-ended at traffic lights in Sandyford, Dublin, in June 2017.
Girl (9) receives €55k for cosmetic surgery after fall on tarmac causes scar to arm
A judge has approved a €55,000 settlement offer to a nine-year-old girl who faces a future of cosmetically masking a significant mark on one of her arms arising from a fall on tarmac. A reconstructive and cosmetic surgeon told Judge Roderick Maguire today it would be difficult to treat the scar, which would probably be best concealed with cosmetics when the need arises at a future date.
Solicitor allegedly listing rental property on Airbnb ordered to desist, court hears
A Dublin solicitor, who is alleged to have been Airbnb-ing his €3,350-a-month city centre rented apartment, has been directed by a judge to take down online listings, cancel bookings and desist from further short-term lettings until a further court order. The directions were made by Judge John O’Connor in the Circuit Civil Court on Friday against Geoffrey Curran, who has been living in the apartment at Blind Quay, Exchange Street Lower, Dublin 8, for the past five years.
Enoch Burke now owes the State €225,000 and has fines for trespassing increased by High Court
A HIGH COURT judge has increased fines on Enoch Burke for continuing to trespass on the grounds of his former employer and calculated that he now owes the State €225,000. Burke appeared in court today, supported by members of his family, in the latest hearing about the teacher’s ongoing trespass at Wilson’s Hospital School in Co Westmeath.
Enoch Burke's former school wants him jailed again as he returns to grounds 'posing for selfies', court hears
THE MANAGEMENT OF Wilson’s Hospital School wants former teacher Enoch Burke jailed again for breaching court orders banning him from attending the school, which it claimed in the High Court today was disrupting the beginning of the new school term. Ms Justice Nessa Cahill heard that Burke was back at the school and its grounds, posing for selfies with some pupils in the school and setting a bad example of his claimed ability to defy judges and court orders.
Judge halts Show Jumping Association's bid to remove chairperson and three directors
THE SHOW JUMPING Association of Ireland has been restrained in the High Court from voting today on a resolution proposing to remove its chairman, Des McFadden, and three other directors, from the board. Justice Garrett Simons told barrister Martin Canny, counsel for McFadden, Neal Doherty, Derek Reid and Aldyth Roulston, he would “with great reluctance” grant an injunction on the eve of the meeting at which a vote was to be taken.
Kerry farmer tearfully hugs wife as they succeed in blocking sale of his land by bank
A Kerry small farmer, who succeeded in blocking a bank from selling his lands at public auction on Wednesday, has won a fortnight’s grace in preparing a new legal bid to save his property at Knockardtry, Castleisland.
Child agency criticised for 'wholly unsatisfactory' response to court orders
A High Court judge has described the Child and Family Agency’s attitude to judicial orders as “incomprehensible and wholly unsatisfactory". Ms Justice Leonie Reynolds criticised the State agency responsible for the protection and welfare of children in Ireland after hearing that it had failed to comply with the suggestions of two District Court judges with regard to the care of a child.
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