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Cardi B awarded over £2m in damages in defamation case win
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/newsbeat-60124769 Cardi B has been awarded over £2 million in damages after winning a defamation lawsuit against a YouTuber. The rapper and songwriter, known for songs including I Like It, Money and WAP, was subjected to a “malicious campaign” of false accusations by Latasha Kebe, known online as Tasha K. Kebe hosts gossip site UnWineWithTashaK […]
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Fake Irish Passport Discovered After Road Traffic Accident Involving Asylum Seeker
A volunteer pastor and asylum seeker was apprehended with a counterfeit passport following a Garda investigation into a road traffic collision. Abraham Ayendi (47), a father of five, received a four-year driving disqualification and a total fine of €800 when he appeared before Dublin District Court. Judge Bryan Smyth imposed the penalties after Ayendi, residing […]
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Senator wants fines and jail time for people who make false insurance claims
Independent Senator Ronan Mullen plans to end the risk-free injuries assessment roulette wheel where lying carries no penalty.
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Man says deaths of wife and baby could have been avoided if epilepsy guidelines followed
Inquest into deaths of Marie Downey and four-day-old Darragh at CUMH taking place https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/coroner-s-court/man-says-deaths-of-wife-and-baby-could-have-been-avoided-if-epilepsy-guidelines-followed-1.4730241 By Olivia Kelleher for The Irish Times A man whose wife and newborn son died at Cork University Maternity Hospital (CUMH) has told their inquest he believes they would still be alive if staff had followed guidelines for the care of […]
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School building that had serious structural and fire safety defects built in just 20 weeks when usual time was 60, court hears
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/school-building-that-had-serious-structural-and-fire-safety-defects-built-in-just-20-weeks-when-usual-time-was-60-court-hears-41276851.html By Tim Healy for Independent.ie A school building which suffered from serious structural and fire safety defects was built in just 20 weeks when the usual time to do so is 60 weeks, the High Court has heard. Co Tyrone builders, Western Building Systems Ltd, achieved the “record” 20 week construction time throu
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High Court requests ‘outstanding issues’ be resolved before it determines Covid pub damages
The High Court has clarified certain issues raised in four publicans’ ongoing test actions over FBD’s failure to pay out on business disruption claims caused by the Covid-19 pandemic.
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Motorcyclist who hit crowd control barrier in place for community festival settles case
57-year-old fractured elbow when he came off bike on his way to work at Dublin airport https://www.irishtimes.com/news/crime-and-law/courts/high-court/motorcyclist-who-hit-crowd-control-barrier-in-place-for-community-festival-settles-case-1.4781577 A motorcyclist who was injured when his bike hit a crowd-control barrier allegedly left on a roadway for a community festival has settled his High Court action. Des Kearns (57), of Wooddale Road, Rush, Co Dublin, sued Fingal […]
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HSE report finds hundreds of children received ‘risky’ treatment from doctor in south Kerry
Review published into South Kerry Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services
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Girl who fell from ‘Santa train’ settles High Court action
Accident happened in December 2016 when girl was travelling to festive grotto in Donegal
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‘I knew straight away she was dead’ – husband tells of finding his wife lifeless in bed after food poisoning at communion party
Marathon runner and mother-of-one Sandra O’Brien (55) was among 72 people who got sick in outbreak linked to cold cooked turkey supplied by catering company
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Man who slipped in porch of his council home after five pints of Guinness fails to prove local authority ‘in any way responsible’
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/man-who-slipped-in-porch-of-his-council-home-after-five-pints-of-guinness-fails-to-prove-local-authority-in-any-way-responsible-41261945.html By Tim Healy A man injured when he fell on the wet and slippery tiles in the porch of his rented council home has failed to prove the local authority was “in any way responsible” for the accident, the High Court has found. Thomas Keegan (53), McNeil Drive, Cranmore, Co Sligo, was originally awarded […]
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Family of factory worker who died from asbestos illness say others may be unaware of health risks
Patrick Byrne, who spent 20 years working at a tyre factory, died of an aggressive form of cancer
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