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Courts
Man who had luggage searched by Dublin Airport police after alleged theft loses €75k defamation claim
4 Mar 2019
37.1k
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personal injury claim
Child who was in womb when mother collided with Tesco shopping trolley awarded €45k
22 Feb 2019
50.2k
Gymnastics Ireland
Girl (6) who suffered 'nasty' laceration to knee while practising gymnastics awarded €30k
21 Feb 2019
25.6k
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psychiatric injuries
Baby who saw mother covered in blood after incident at rugby club awarded €20k damages
19 Feb 2019
40.8k
Irish Prison Service
Boy awarded €35,000 after contracting TB from dad who picked it up from prisoners at work
19 Feb 2019
22.6k
Court
Dublin's Lord Mayor to keep house after bank's €1m claim struck out
14 Feb 2019
38.2k
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Dunnes Stores
Woman who alleges being accused of stealing €1 shopping bag from Dunnes Stores settles defamation case
7 Feb 2019
50.3k
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garda compensation
Garda awarded just under €40k after being kicked and injured by woman in patrol car
5 Feb 2019
19.1k
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Woman who was allegedly tripped by child at roller disco awarded €25,000
15 Jan 2019
24.7k
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Garda who talked to armed man for seven hours awarded €25k compensation
14 Jan 2019
30.2k
State compensation
Family of murdered detective garda Adrian Donohoe awarded €1.3 million in damages
8 Jan 2019
23.3k
Circuit Court
Boy (8) awarded €25,000 after falling and lacerating face outside Howth hotel
13 Dec 2018
24.3k
Courts
Teenager who claimed glass was in Nutella awarded over €30,000 in damages
12 Dec 2018
20.5k
Data Protection
Employee seen taking breaks on CCTV used in 'Isis' graffiti investigation had rights breached, court told
6 Dec 2018
21.5k
Damages
Garda slashed with razor blade while on flight with deportee awarded €25,000
20 Nov 2018
31.4k
Damages
Family of 'severely scalded' 90-year-old woman awarded €54,000 in damages from nursing home
13 Nov 2018
17.6k
Courts
Two men awarded settlements after being unlawfully imprisoned by a judge for two nights
26 Oct 2018
60.2k
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Negligence
Family receive €12,500 settlement after 'medical debris' left in infant's throat following surgery
24 Oct 2018
17.0k
Courts
Girl left with scar after falling from climbing frame at Dublin crèche awarded €27,500
23 Oct 2018
23.7k
Donegal
Garda awarded €4k compensation after girlfriend's brother headbutted him outside nightclub
17 Oct 2018
21.4k
compensation hearing
Garda Sergeant awarded €8,000 after years of harassment and false accusations
15 Oct 2018
31.2k
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no love lost
'Don't call me love': Judge reprimands claimant over his language
3 Oct 2018
38.9k
Courts
Teenage girl settles for €30,000 over 'small' lip injury sustained in creche 13 years ago
2 Oct 2018
31.7k
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Student whose Leaving Cert results were wrongly totted up wins her case in the High Court
26 Sep 2018
83.8k
106
moonbeg
Protection of hen harriers could stop multi-million-euro wind farm project in Donegal
22 Sep 2018
15.9k
take back the city
Activists to be served with court order demanding removal from third Dublin property
14 Sep 2018
12.6k
Courts
Teen claiming Leaving Cert marks were totted up incorrectly takes State exam board to High Court
11 Sep 2018
55.1k
Courts
High Court rules detention of woman with dementia whose son threatened to kill her is lawful
7 Sep 2018
19.2k
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High Court quashes Harris's call for inquiry at National Maternity Hospital following patient death
6 Sep 2018
15.1k
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press probe
Independent News and Media ordered to pay legal costs as probe to begin into company affairs
6 Sep 2018
7.6k
Anorexia
High Court rules that woman weighing five stone and refusing food in HSE care may be force-fed
30 Aug 2018
14.6k
m28
Local residents seek to block €220 million Cork-to-Ringaskiddy motorway plan
27 Aug 2018
27.9k
Professional Misconduct
Teaching Council correct to remove teacher who ordered girls to tape their own mouths from register
14 Aug 2018
30.4k
Damages
Garda and ex-Tipperary hurler who was seriously injured after assault awarded €1.16 million
Updated 30 Jul 2018
40.7k
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Brothers beaten up outside Dublin nightclub awarded over €50,000 in damages
23 Jul 2018
40.1k
staged crash
Two fraudsters told they must pay €23k for private detectives who tracked them down
17 Jul 2018
35.9k
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State compensation
Garda who suffered PTSD after shotgun was fired at him awarded €250,000 in compensation
16 Jul 2018
19.9k
Damages
Air hostess awarded €30k damages against Ryanair after falling down plane stairs
11 Jul 2018
19.5k
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Dublin Zoo
Boy who witnessed toddler sister being attacked by tapir awarded €25,000
10 Jul 2018
29.3k
Cavan
Retired garda awarded €9,000 for injuries suffered when arresting 'violent drunk' in 2013
9 Jul 2018
16.8k
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