The number of judicial reviews taken by asylum seekers against the State has tripled in three years, with legal costs soaring to €2.4 million last year.

Jack Chambers said judicial reviews were causing ‘paralysis’ in some flood defence projects

“In all our time in An Taisce, this is one of the biggest threats to environmental protection that we have ever faced,” An Taisce said in a statement on its website.

A letter signed by representatives of 30 local community, business and tourism interests, residents groups and sporting organisations in the Co Meath village, has been given to John Rogers, the former attorney general and local businessman who lives in Crewbane, Slane, pleading with him to withdraw the case.

Acting Political Editor of the Irish Examiner, Paul Hosford, said it is now up to the homeowners to accept the State's offer.

Eamonn Hoey, of Upper Baggot Street, Dublin, is seeking an order quashing ACP’s October 7th decision to grant permission for the development, which is proposed to contain a methadone clinic and drug treatment facility.

Wade claims outstanding extradition stops him moving to open prison

The annual report and financial statements for the OPR show that the spend on legal fees concerning legal proceedings increased from €47,695 to €437,202.

Mr Justice McAlinden said the proposed scheme breached elements of the Climate Change Act 2022.

A coroner found the SAS soldiers did not have an honest belief in the necessity of using lethal force.

Garda Caoimhe Busher has been a probationary Garda since September 2018, the court heard

The action has been taken by Detective Garda Robert Fitzharris, who has been suspended since October 2021

The cases claim the UK is not a "safe third country" to which they can be returned due to the UK government's plans to send asylum seekers to Rwanda