A former assistant bar manager who found his hours cut from 5 days a week to 2 days a week in August 2012 has been awarded €21,000 in redundancy payments by the EAT. The claimant had worked in Kielys pub Donnybrook since 1989 before finding his hours reduced in 2012. He alleges that this reduction […]
Article 40.5 – a safe-haven for unauthorised dwellings?
The recent judgment of Mr. Justice Hogan in The County Council of Wicklow v Katie Fortune (no.2)has attracted the concern of planners in relation to the suggested precedent it lays down for unauthorised dwellings to bypass planning regulation. The case concerned Katie Fortune’s wooden chalet which was constructed without planning permission and the consequent order […]
Cyprus bailout agreed
The European Union’s decision to recapitalise Cypriot banks by inflicting losses on depositors and senior bondholders is triggering investor concern that bank funding across the region will be hurt. Cyprus qualified for its €10 billion bailout by agreeing to close Cyprus Popular Bank, also known as Laiki Bank, the island’s second largest lender, the EU […]
Right to die challenge before High Court
A 58-year-old woman appeared last week before High Court to petition for the right to be lawfully assisted in ending her own life. Marie Fleming, who suffers from terminal multiple sclerosis, challenged the absolute ban on assisted suicide as set out in Section 2(2) of the Criminal Law Suicide Act 1993. Brian Murray SC, for Ms Fleming, […]
EU Directive to introduce Gender Quotas for the Board Room by 2020
In 2011, 85% of all non-executive board member positions in corporations were held by men and in financial institutions women only made up 9% of the top management positions. It is with these statistics in mind that the EU Commission has announced its intention to introduce a Directive which according to Vivianne Reding, Vice President […]
Impact of the McCrystal Case on the result of the Children’s Rights Referendum
In its decision last Thursday in the McCrystal case, the Supreme Court held that the government had acted contrary to the principles in the McKenna judgment (1995) in spending public money on publicity that was considered to support the ‘Yes’ side in Saturday’s referendum on children’s rights. Under the McKenna principles, the government is entitled […]