Local Authority Law

The High Court has struck out a claim against Clare County Council in which the plaintiff failed to produce a statement of claim for 22 months after the plenary summons had issued. In reaching this decision, the court applied Comcast International Holdings Incorporated & Ors. v. Minister for Pub

The recommendations of the independent review on the role and remuneration of local councillors will be brought into effect from July, ministers have announced. Sara Moorhead SC, a prominent barrister who has practised in Dublin for more than three decades, was appointed in June 2018 to undertake th

The High Court has imposed a costs order for judicial review proceedings against Cork City Council, the notice party, on the basis that it “actively invoked, exploited and endorsed an unlawful system of taxation of costs” drawn up by the Cork County Registrar. The applicant had challenge

Mercy Law Resource Centre (MLRC), which provides free legal advice to homeless people and people at risk of homelessness, has called for urgent action to address barriers to ethnic minority groups accessing housing services. A new report published by the law centre and funded by the Irish Human Righ

The High Court has held that a county council acted intra vires in impounding a horse following an accident, and that it was entitled to demand a fee before returning the animal. Simon O’Donoghue sought judicial review of Laois County Council’s decision to impound a horse belonging to hi

Galway County Council has been ordered to pay €2,000 in damages to the owner of a horse which it destroyed in April 2018. The High Court previously found that the Council had acted ultra vires in destroying the horse, and Mr Justice Garrett Simons urged the parties to reach an agreement on dama

The High Court has refused an application made by Cork County Council in which it sought an order to direct a property arbitrator to state a case regarding his jurisdiction. The property arbitrator was nominated to hear a dispute over compensation for land acquired by a compulsory purchase order; ho

Clare County Council has been granted a permanent injunction restraining a couple and their family from trespassing on a housing estate where they had previously held a tenancy. The family had lived on the site for over 14 years before being victims of an arson attack, and the Council had promised t

A local authority is seeking permission to "name and shame" people convicted of dog fouling offences in an Irish first. Members of Cork County Council have written to the Department of Communications, Climate Action and Environment to seek approval for the move, the Irish Examiner reports.

A man whose horse was seized by Galway County Council and destroyed as a result of unpaid fees incurred as a result of the same seizure has been granted an order setting aside the decision to dispose of the horse by way of destruction. Stating that the destruction was disproportionate, Mr Justice Ga