# judges - Tuesday 15 December, 2020
# Judicial Appointments
# Judicial Appointments
A nine-person panel to select judges has been proposed by the Justice Minister.
# judges - Tuesday 8 December, 2020
# Pay Day
# Pay Day
Ministers have approved a legal order today to increase judges’ pay by 2%, which has applied from October.
# judges - Wednesday 18 November, 2020
# Judiciary
# Judiciary
A new report comes as the government faces ongoing questions over the Seamus Woulfe affair.
# judges - Wednesday 28 October, 2020
# Court
# Court
A review into the legal protections offered to complainants in sexual assault cases was carried out following the high-profile Belfast rape trial in 2018.
# judges - Friday 31 July, 2020
# Stephen Donnelly
# Stephen Donnelly
The tribunal was delayed because of the Covid-19 pandemic.
# judges - Friday 26 June, 2020
# Ruling The Roost
# Ruling The Roost
The People Before Profit TD claimed in a Facebook post a High Court decision was made by a ‘right wing’ judge.
# judges - Friday 24 January, 2020
# Eu Crisis
# Eu Crisis
The Polish government has pushed through legislation to make it easier to fire judges.
# judges - Thursday 2 January, 2020
# Unpaid Fines
# Unpaid Fines
The Courts Service has called for the further reform of the court fines system.
# judges - Wednesday 20 March, 2019
# Courts
# Courts
The number of judges in the court is set to be increased from nine to fifteen.
# judges - Saturday 24 November, 2018
# Claire Byrne Poll
# Claire Byrne Poll
A barrister’s comments sparked outrage and led to protests last week.
# judges - Wednesday 21 November, 2018
# Obama Judge
# Obama Judge
John Roberts’ criticism is the first time the Republican-appointed leader of the federal judiciary has pushed back against Trump.
# judges - Saturday 29 September, 2018
# New Laws
# New Laws
Renting, judge’s appointments, microbeads and noise at the airport – just some of the issues the government plan to tackle.
# judges - Wednesday 18 July, 2018
# Courts
# Courts
Minister Charlie Flanagan said the system “is no longer a fit place in justice administration”.
# judges - Wednesday 11 July, 2018
# Sexual Assault
# Sexual Assault
Leo Varadkar said he would examine the proposal in detail.
# judges - Saturday 7 July, 2018
# Jury Is Out
# Jury Is Out
Mr Justice Bernard Barton discharged over 50 people in Dublin’s Four Courts this week.
# judges - Friday 6 July, 2018
# Independent Courts
# Independent Courts
There have been grave concerns that the Polish government is trying to take control of its judiciary.
# judges - Saturday 9 June, 2018
# Law And Order
# Law And Order
When passed, the law will ensure there is a “fair system of how judges are appointed”, said Shane Ross.
# judges - Tuesday 17 April, 2018
# Law And Order
# Law And Order
Ministers signed off on 50 proposed amendments to the Judicial Appointments Bill today.
# judges - Monday 9 April, 2018
# Me Too
# Me Too
A high-profile figure associated with the Swedish Academy has been accused by 18 women of sexual assault and harassment.
# judges - Thursday 15 March, 2018
# Justice Aileen Donnelly
# Justice Aileen Donnelly
It stems from a decision made by Justice Aileen Donnelly this week.
# judges - Saturday 17 February, 2018
# Courage
From The42
# Courage
The judges scored the fight 117-112, 116-112 and 115-113 for a unanimous decision.
# judges - Friday 22 December, 2017
# Thin Blue Line
# Thin Blue Line
The GRA says there is no comparable occupation where employees are likely to suffer such a debilitating range of injuries while doing their normal duties.
# judges - Thursday 28 September, 2017
# Paris
# Paris
The incident happened in an area north of Paris in April of this year.
# judges - Wednesday 26 July, 2017
# Chief Justice Of Ireland
# Chief Justice Of Ireland
Mr Justice Frank Clarke will take over from the retiring Chief Justice Susan Denham next month.
# judges - Monday 26 June, 2017
# Law And Order
# Law And Order
Senior judges have written to Leo Varadkar over the “serious implications” the legislative changes could have.
# judges - Friday 23 June, 2017
# Panjandrum
# Panjandrum
The comments were made by Judge Patrick Durcan at Ennis District Court today.
# judges - Tuesday 13 June, 2017
# Judge Dread
From The42
# Judge Dread
Ryan Burnett dominated Lee Haskins on his way to victory but it was announced as a split-decision win.
# judges - Tuesday 30 May, 2017
# Justice
# Justice
The Judicial Appointments Commission will have a majority of lay people.
# judges - Thursday 23 March, 2017
# The Supremes
# The Supremes
A Supreme Court seat has been open for more than 13 months, since the death of Justice Antonin Scalia.
# judges - Tuesday 6 December, 2016
# Colourful Language
# Colourful Language
He went on to say “I know it’s very difficult to change things… They’re very powerful people who don’t like things being moved”.
# judges - Thursday 24 November, 2016
# Circuit Court President
# Circuit Court President
The president of the Circuit Court, Justice Raymond Groarke said he would be five judges down in the New Year.
# judges - Monday 21 November, 2016
# Dispute
# Dispute
The Transport and Tourism minister has come under fire from opposition politicians.
# judges - Wednesday 26 October, 2016
# Dáil Privilege
# Dáil Privilege
“A sergeant had to leave his post in Newbridge, drive in a squad car to Swords and spend the day there vacating the order at enormous expense to the State.”
# judges - Tuesday 18 October, 2016
# Little Rock
# Little Rock
Joseph Boeckmann could face up to 20 years in prison.
# judges - Thursday 18 August, 2016
# No Action
From The42
# No Action
Earlier in the day amateur boxing’s world governing body said it had sent home an undisclosed number of officials.
# judges - Friday 8 January, 2016
# Ohio
# Ohio
“Neither runs nor constipation can justify this litigation.”
# judges - Wednesday 11 November, 2015
# Canada
# Canada
Judge Robin Camp has apologised for comments such as “For a person who didn’t want have sex, she spends a long time in the shower with the accused…”
# judges - Friday 6 November, 2015
# North Carolina
# North Carolina
“No no no. You’ve had to take time. And I’m glad to do something…”
# judges - Sunday 30 August, 2015
# Lou Lou
From The Daily Edge
# Lou Lou
“You LOOK like a popstar, you SING like a popstar…” :(
# judges - Tuesday 19 May, 2015
# Not Happening
# Not Happening
Thomas Byrne hoped the courts might halt all repossession cases in light of the government’s planned reforms.
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