Mary Carolan

Mary Carolan

Mary Carolan is the Legal Affairs Correspondent of the Irish Times

Man faces possible sale of €1.2m family home if €350,000 debt to brothers not paid in six months

Debt arose after order was pulled for Irish souvenirs including leprechauns and fairy doors

DPP mulls decision on perjury prosecution over withdrawn evidence in Conor McGregor appeal

Should DPP proceed, this would mark only second prosecution under 2021 perjury law and sixth in past decade

Mary Robinson urges states to act decisively to stop Gaza’s ‘unfolding genocide’

Elders group urge targeted sanctions on Israeli prime minister and security cabinet

Child with additional needs loses legal challenge over year-long delay getting school transport

High Court says claim can be renewed if transport not available in September

Man fails to halt sister’s damages claim against him over alleged rape and sexual abuse

Brother denies he sexually assaulted his younger sister when she was between 11 and 13 years old

Mother secures two-year barring order against son who threatened to kill her ‘stone dead’

Mother gets two-year barring order as judge orders son to ‘sort out your demons’

Gardaí investigate alleged perjury involving couple in Conor McGregor civil rape case appeal

Nikita Hand’s neighbours’ evidence was withdrawn by McGregor’s side at the start of the appeal

The struggle to rein in Ireland’s teen offenders: ‘These gangs have no fear of recrimination’

Judges face daily dilemma over insufficient places as concerns expressed that ‘feral’ gangs are committing crimes ‘without any fear of recrimination’

Teenagers ‘back on the tear’ within hours of court hearings amid lack of places at Oberstown

District Court president Paul Kelly says the child justice system is at risk of being brought ‘into disrepute’

High Court judge says judgments should avoid Latin and ‘terms of art’

Legal terms for costs orders would mean ‘double-Dutch’ to lay person, says judge in costs ruling

Developer fails in last-ditch bid to salvage approval for apartments near Royal Hospital Kilmainham

Proposed development was for five apartment blocks, including an 18-storey tower

Couple fails to stop demolition of Co Meath home built in ‘wilful’ breach of planning laws almost 20 years ago

After 2006 planning application was refused, couple built house anyway, at twice the size

Prominent criminal defence lawyer Martin Giblin dies aged 73

Lawyer represented Ian Bailey in successful appeal against French extradition bid

Nikita Hand to sue Conor McGregor and two former neighbours over withdrawn claims in failed appeal

The High Court action was filed on Thursday, shortly after the Court of Appeal dismissed McGregor’s application

Conor McGregor loses civil rape case appeal

Nikita Hand says she has been ‘retraumatised’ by the appeal case but she can ‘finally move on and try to heal’

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