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Boy (13) settles case over ‘fairly violent’ road collision for €4 million
Child was on holiday in Co Cork from Cayman Islands when hire car driven by father collided with parked vehicle
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Autistic girl hit by a train after making her way onto tracks at back of her home awarded €400,000 damages
A young autistic girl who was hit by a train near her home in Tipperary has settled her High Court action for €400,000. Mary Ryan (19) was only nine, and had been diagnosed at an early age with autism and a learning disability, when she made her way through or over a fence at the […]
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Girl who suffered catastrophic brain injury when she was knocked down by speeding doctor awarded €3m
Ashleigh Carroll was 14 when she was struck by car while walking to school
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Boy who suffered cheek injury during delivery at Rotunda maternity hospital receives €45,000 settlement
A High Court action by a boy who suffered an injury to his cheek during his delivery in the Rotunda maternity hospital in Dublin has been settled for €45,000.
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Boy’s case against HSE for alleged failure to diagnose hearing problem settled
Despite parental concern issue allegedly only came to light after routine tests in school
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€40,000 for schoolboy who tripped on metal strips inserted to stop skateboarders
A judge has approved a €40,000 settlement offer to a 12-year-old schoolboy who tripped on metal strips inserted in a pedestrian way to deter skateboarding.
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Boy who lost top of finger in ‘traumatic’ ice-rink accident awarded €32,500
A young boy whose little finger was amputated down to the first knuckle following an accident at an ice rink has settled his High Court action for an “all-in figure” of €32,500.
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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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Hospital apologises for young mother’s ‘completely preventable’ death from sepsis a week after birth of third child
A hospital has apologised for the “failings in care” for a young mother who died of sepsis on Christmas Day three years ago.
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Boy with cerebral palsy who sued over circumstances of his birth settles case for record €30m
A 14-year-old boy with cerebral palsy has settled his High Court action for a record €30m over the circumstances of his birth at a Galway hospital.
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€56,000 for boy who had two accidents at creche
High Court action against Dublin creche over incidents that happened just months apart is settled
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