T will be next week before Ulster Bank manages to fix its collapsed computer systems, resulting in further chaos for tens of thousands of customers. The unprecedented information technology breakdown — which has resulted in payments to thousands of people failing — has now entered its third day. Ulster Bank has now admitted that the...Read More

A MAN who fell three metres while helping to fix tiles on his brother’s roof has settled his High Court action for damages for €750,000. Patrick Rayner, Kiltankin, Kilbehenny, Mitchelstown, Co Cork, suffered serious head injuries when he slipped in stormy weather during the accident in December 2008. Approving the settlement, Ms Justice Mary Irvine...Read More

NAMA has failed in an effort to block a payment of “costs” to a Limerick law firm whose owners owe the toxic bank €323m. The law firm is owned by Paul O’Brien who owes NAMA a massive €288m, according to documents filed at the High Court; his legal and business partner Denis McMahon owes NAMA...Read More

One-third of pregnant workers have experienced discrimination in the workplace, writes Anita Guidera Elizabeth had spent 10 years building up a career in financial services when she became pregnant. “It was something we both really wanted but my one reservation was the effect it might have on my career.” Her worst fears materialised when the...Read More

A CLAMPDOWN has been ordered on state-funded home-help companies which take top-up fees from elderly and disabled people, the Irish Independent has learnt. In some cases, home help companies have been raking in fees of up to €170,000 a year from their clients, who are generally elderly. This is on top of the payment these...Read More

MEDIATION SHOULD be mandatory in cases of disputed wills where there are concerns about the vulnerability of the person who made the will, according to the president of the Law Society.Read More

Two children, aged seven and eight, removed to Ireland from New York by their mother without their father’s consent, may remain in Ireland with their mother, where the children strongly expressed this wish, as the case involved exceptional circumstances.Read More

A guide to reporting on family law proceedings in England and Wales has been welcomed by lawyers and journalistsRead More

The Office of President was established by The Constitution (Bunreacht na h Éireann). The President is elected directly by the people.Read More

THE BAR Council of Ireland is committed to its role in the provision of a modern, effective legal system that ensures the fairest possible administration of justice. Discussion of how our legal system should be run is not only legitimate but important, as in every democratic society. Legal systems can atrophy unless they are subject...Read More