Breslin and Others v McKenna and Others

JurisdictionIreland
JudgeMr. Justice Hardiman,Mr. Justice Geoghegan
Judgment Date16 July 2008
Neutral Citation[2008] IESC 43
CourtSupreme Court
Docket Number[S.C. No. 110 of 2008]
Date16 July 2008
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  • Kelly v Byrne
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    • High Court
    • 7 October 2013
    ...IRISH BANKS PLC v TRACEY (NO.2) UNREP HOGAN 21.3.2013 2013 IEHC 242 [TRANSCRIPT NOT AVAILABLE] CONSTITUTION ART 34.1 BRESLIN v MCKENNA 2009 1 IR 298 CONSTITUTION ART 30.3 Disclosure - Open court - Statement made in civil proceedings - Whether the Director of Public Prosecutions may access ......
  • Allied Irish Bank Plc v George Tracey (No.2)
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 21 March 2013
    ...permitting access, since it could not accordingly materially assist Mr. Agar. 9 The decision of the Supreme Court in Breslin v. McKenna [2008] IESC 43, [2009] 1 I.R. 298 is perhaps the closest case in point. Here the plaintiffs sought access by way of discovery to materials contained in t......
  • BPSG Ltd v The Courts Service
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 28 March 2017
    ...some of the things which newspapers do.’ 70 Geoghegan J., giving the judgment in the Supreme Court in Breslin & Ors. v. McKenna & Ors. [2008] IESC 43, [2009] 1 I.R. 298, affirmed the general proposition that the approval of the court should be sought for the release in that case of books o......
  • Boon v South Sea Merchants Mariners Ltd Partnership and Others
    • Ireland
    • High Court
    • 5 December 2023
    ...J that the plaintiff’s application suffered from the same infirmities as Hardiman J identified with the application in Breslin v McKenna [2008] IESC 43. Mulcahy J noted that there was no order from a Monégasque court or even a request from Monégasque authorities, which might enable the cour......
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