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Hospital caterer challenges award under new personal injury guidelines (via Irish Times)
Personal injuries board failed to give adequate reasons for award, woman claims A challenge by a hospital catering assistant to a proposed €11,000 damages award under controversial new guidelines for soft tissue injuries suffered after an oven fell onto her opens on Tuesday at the High Court. The award was made to Tara Wolfe by […]
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Bride’s wedding dress was stained with blood after she helped guest injured in golf-buggy accident (via Independent.ie)
A bride’s wedding dress was stained with blood after she helped one of her guests who was thrown from a buggy and injured at her wedding reception at Kilkea Castle Hotel in Kildare, the Circuit Civil Court has heard. Judge Gerard Griffin awarded graphic designer David Keane €17,500 after hearing how the driver of the […]
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Factory worker injured by falling glass awarded damages (via The Irish Times)
A glass factory worker who sustained injuries to his lower limbs after being struck and knocked to the ground by several sheets of glass that fell from a trolley has been awarded a six-figure sum in damages by the High Court. The award, which has yet to be finalised by Mr Justice Garrett Simons, was […]
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Doctor’s registration cancelled due to ‘lack of expertise’ (via The Irish Times)
A doctor whose professional registration has been cancelled by the High Court may in time apply to have it restored once the Medical Council is satisfied by his training and competence. President of the High Court, Ms Justice Mary Irvine, noted the cancellation of the registration of Dr Francis Chijioke Megwa was due to a […]
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Irish woman’s legal action against singer Rihanna for alleged ‘malicious falsehoods’ in email and phone call to go ahead (via Independent.ie)
An Irish woman’s High Court action against the singer Rihanna is continuing after certain pre-trial matters were resolved on Tuesday. Dana Kavanagh (47) is suing the US-based singer alleging “malicious falsehoods” in an email and in a phone call. Ms Kavanagh of Woodbank Drive, Valley Park, Finglas, Dublin is suing the billionaire singer under the […]
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Boy (13) settles case over ‘fairly violent’ road collision for €4 million (via Irish Times)
A 13-year-old boy who the High Court heard was in “a fairly violent” road collision in Co Cork five years ago has settled his court action for €4 million. Among Darragh O’Regan’s claims against the HSE was an allegation that his pre-existing brain cyst was perforated in the accident. A portion of his case was […]
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Married couple trying for baby forced to abandon sexual relations for six months following needle incident on train (via Independent.ie)
A married couple, who were participating in a fertility treatment regime in a bid to have children, were forced to abandon sexual relations for six months following a needle-stick incident suffered by the husband on a train, the Circuit Civil Court was told today. Kenneth Flanagan, of Pearse Place, Fairgreen, Limerick, told Judge James O’Donohue […]
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Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) has apologised after a mother died when she fell out of a bed while breastfeeding, her newborn son suffocated beneath her. Marie Downey broke her neck in the fall three days after giving birth to her third child, Darragh. The Downey family counsel, Dr
Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) has apologised after a mother died when she fell out of a bed while breastfeeding, her newborn son suffocated beneath her. Marie Downey broke her neck in the fall three days after giving birth to her third child, Darragh. The Downey family counsel, Dr John O’Mahony SC, told the High […]
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Terminally ill girl (12) settles action over alleged delay to tumour diagnosis (via Irish Times)
A 12-year-old girl with a life expectancy of six months who had sued over an alleged delay in the diagnosis of a tumour on her spine has settled her High Court action for €675,000. Her mother, who provides 24-hour care for her daughter, broke down in the High Court as she told how the young […]
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Parents to gain right to request flexible working (via Irish Legal News)
https://www.irishlegal.com/articles/parents-to-gain-right-to-request-flexible-working Parents and carers will gain a right to request flexible working, including the right to request compressed or reduced hours, under legislation expected to be enacted by the summer. The Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Bill, now being drafted by the Office of the Attorney General, will transpose elements of the EU Work […]
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