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O’Byrne Letter in Ireland
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O’Byrne Letter in Ireland

What is an O’Byrne Letter?

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Shocking: Parental alienation – the stark reality of poisonous parents
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Shocking: Parental alienation – the stark reality of poisonous parents

The issue of parental alienation has been gaining public awareness for a number of years as more and more cases come before the courts.

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Litigation trends in the post-Covid world
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Litigation trends in the post-Covid world

Back in March 2020, the pandemic brought a halt to all but the most urgent legal proceedings in the Northern Irish courts. Courts had to close, and our legal system went into a period of hibernation as Covid cases spiralled out of control. In a

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Boy settles High Court shoulder injury case for €600,000
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Boy settles High Court shoulder injury case for €600,000

A boy who allegedly suffered a shoulder injury at birth has settled a High Court action for €600,000.

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22-year-old man with cerebral palsy who sued over the management of his birth settles High Court action for €11m
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22-year-old man with cerebral palsy who sued over the management of his birth settles High Court action for €11m

A 22-year-old man with cerebral palsy who sued over the management of his birth has settled his High Court action for €11 million.

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Schoolboy scalded by hot chocolate on Ryanair flight gets €20,000 damages
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Schoolboy scalded by hot chocolate on Ryanair flight gets €20,000 damages

A judge has approved a €20,000 damages settlement to a 12-year-old schoolboy who suffered scald wounds to his right upper thigh during a Ryanair holiday flight.

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Bouncy Castle Accident Compensation of €40k for Boy who Broke Elbow in Fall
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Bouncy Castle Accident Compensation of €40k for Boy who Broke Elbow in Fall

€40,000 personal injury compensation has been awarded to a boy who broke his left elbow in an accident involving a bouncy castle.

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Settlements of more than €4.5m approved by the High Court in three cases over swine flu jab
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Settlements of more than €4.5m approved by the High Court in three cases over swine flu jab

Settlements totalling more than €4.5m were approved by the High Court in three cases over the administering for the swine flu jab which caused sleep disorder.

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Boy who as a toddler fell 15ft through a gap in a handrail to a tiled floor settles court action for €750,000
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Boy who as a toddler fell 15ft through a gap in a handrail to a tiled floor settles court action for €750,000

A boy who, as a toddler, fell 15ft through a gap in a handrail onto a tiled floor in a doctor’s surgery has settled his High Court action for €750,000.

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Man with movement disorder settles case against Kerry hospital for €1.2m
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Man with movement disorder settles case against Kerry hospital for €1.2m

Terence O’Sullivan had sued over his treatment at Kerry General Hospital after he was prescribed the antipsychotic drug Risperidone

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Negligence claim against orthopaedic surgeon to be re-tried
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Negligence claim against orthopaedic surgeon to be re-tried

Court of Appeal says High Court failed to adequately explain key findings. Eugene McCormack brought proceedings against the Mater Private Hospital and Mater Private Healthcare and Mr Timlin, a consultant orthopaedic surgeon with a practice at the Mater Private Hospital.

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Seanad: Ireland must offer ‘sincere apology’ to victims of thalidomide drug
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Seanad: Ireland must offer ‘sincere apology’ to victims of thalidomide drug

Fine Gael Senator Barry Ward called for a revised medical scheme because some of those affected have ‘significant incapacitation, and many don’t know how bad their condition is going to get’.

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