Glenbeigh Construction Limited, with 33 direct employees and many subcontractors, has been declared insolvent and is winding up due to significant losses and inability to pay debts. The company suffered from project delays and cost increases due to the Covid-19 pandemic and fixed price contracts. It is involved in six active projects, including a €36m apartment construction in Dundrum Town Centre. The firm anticipated a €1m profit from a Killiney project but now expects a €1.2m loss. Creditors have been demanding payments and attempting to seize assets. After exploring restructuring options and failing to secure additional investment, the company opted for liquidation. Insolvency practitioners Dessie Morrow and Diarmaid Guthrie of Azets Ireland were appointed as joint provisional liquidators by Mr Justice Mark Sanfey, who emphasized the importance of an orderly winding up for the benefit of creditors and employees. The case is adjourned to next month.

Ciaran O'Brien, a physically active garda, is challenging Dublin City Council's blanket ban on fire brigade applicants with diabetes after being deemed unfit for the post due to his Type 1 diabetes. Despite his condition being under control and not affecting his physical activity, his application was rejected without clear reasons, and an appeal was also denied. O'Brien, who has never taken time off in his seven years as a garda, cited a lack of absolute prohibition in the council's guideline document and mentioned that the London Fire Brigade had abandoned such blanket bans. The case is set to return to court next month.

Insurers of Michael Flatley's estate in County Cork have requested that his €25 million damages claim, which arose after his family had to leave the property due to toxic chemical residue, be settled through mediation. The claim is against the main contractor responsible for renovations after a fire in June 2016.

Aaron Rodericks, co-lead of Threat Disruption at X, formerly Twitter, is taking a defamation case against Elon Musk, claiming a tweet by Musk damaged his reputation. The tweet was in response to a media report about cuts to the Election Integrity Team, which Rodericks is part of. Rodericks alleges the tweet implies he undermined election integrity and seeks damages from Musk and Twitter International Unlimited Company. The High Court granted permission to serve proceedings on Musk, who resides outside of Ireland. Rodericks also claims unfair suspension from his job and has secured a temporary injunction against further disciplinary steps.

Grafton, owner of Chadwick’s builders yard, won a legal order overturning permission for a biogas plant proposed by Strategic Power LTD near Tullamore. Ms Justice Emily Farrell ruled the development contravened local zoning plans and that An Bord Pleanála considered irrelevant matters and failed to publish an environmental report, breaching its obligations. The plant aimed to convert feedstock into renewable energy and fertilizer, promising job creation during construction and operation, but the judge found this insufficient for the strategic employment zoning objective.

Enoch Burke, an imprisoned schoolteacher, has lost his High Court challenge against the disciplinary appeal hearing concerning his dismissal by Wilson’s Hospital School. The court rejected his injunction application, which was based on the composition of the Teacher’s Disciplinary Appeal Panel.

St Luke’s General Hospital in Kilkenny issued an apology for the failures in care that led to the death of Dorcas Corrigan and her unborn son Bill. Clive Corrigan settled with the hospital for a substantial sum after suing the HSE. The hospital acknowledged the tragic events and assured that lessons had been learned. The court heard of significant communication and care failures during Ms. Corrigan's treatment for sepsis. Despite efforts to stabilize her and plans to transfer her to Dublin, she died of cardiac arrest. Mr. Justice Paul Coffey expressed his deepest sympathy to the Corrigan family.

A software engineer named Aidan Crum was awarded €74,000 by the High Court for injuries he sustained after falling off his motorbike due to an erratic motorist on a motorway slip road. He skidded 200 metres along the road, and the compensation was provided by the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland, which compensates victims of uninsured or untraced drivers.

Michael Flatley and his family are forced to leave their Cork home, Castlehyde, due to the detection of extremely hazardous chemical residue. The issue came to light in the High Court, where it was revealed that the main contractor and insurers involved in the post-fire repairs since June 2016 were aware of the residue but failed to inform Flatley or address the problem.

A personal injuries case brought by flight attendant Carmel Coyne against the estate of the late Cranberries’ lead singer Dolores O’Riordan was settled in the High Court. The case, which involved an alleged incident during a flight in 2014 where O’Riordan was accused of stamping on Coyne's foot, was struck out without admission of liability. No monies were paid for Coyne's claim for loss of earnings. O’Riordan had denied the claims before her death in 2018. The case had been set for a jury hearing in the High Court after a legal dispute regarding the appropriate court for the hearing.

Jimmy Guerin is suing Gemma O’Doherty for defamation over online posts on Twitter and Facebook that he claims insinuated he was a paedophile. The posts referred to him as the 'paedophile brother of Veronica Guerin, murdered with the involvement of garda' and alleged he had been found guilty of possessing child sexual abuse images.

Jimmy Guerin, an independent Fingal Co Councillor and businessman, is suing former journalist Gemma O'Doherty for defamation over posts on Twitter, Facebook, and her internet video broadcast portal, Gemma.TV. The posts implied that Jimmy Guerin was a paedophile, but in reality, it was his brother Martin Guerin who had pleaded guilty to possession of child pornography. O'Doherty refused to apologize or remove the posts when requested, leading to legal proceedings. O'Doherty's defense claims her words referred to Martin, not Jimmy. The trial is set to continue before a jury and Mr Justice Tony O'Connor.

Ulster Bank's appeal against a High Court ruling that confirmed the entitlement of two home loan customers to tracker mortgage refunds and compensation will be heard by the Court of Appeal in February. This follows the Supreme Court's decision not to allow a direct appeal, stating that the Court of Appeal's future decision will likely refine and clarify the dispute's elements.