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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
11
Courts
€25k award for bus passenger who was injured after driver braked to avoid hitting man
4 Jul 2018
28.1k
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Pay Up
Taxi driver ordered to pay €17,800 to man despite claims he wasn't present at car crash
9 Jun 2018
21.5k
Court
Man who was told he 'must be a drug dealer' by Spar store director awarded €25k in damages
5 Jun 2018
30.4k
Courts
Woman awarded €10k in damages over allegation by Dunnes Stores that she failed to pay for bag of potatoes
31 May 2018
58.2k
48
Co Clare
Bathing reopened at Doonbeg beach after water analysis
25 May 2018
5.6k
4
Emma Mhic Mhathúna
HSE accepts providing cervical smear slides for three women affected by scandal is 'critical and urgent'
24 May 2018
8.9k
Phibsborough
Squatters given four weeks to leave house owned by people who live in Australia
17 May 2018
33.1k
buggin
Toddler who drank from water bottle allegedly containing an earwig awarded €6,000 in damages
2 May 2018
27.0k
Civil Court
Man who told judge 'accident is my middle name' withdraws €60k damages claim
25 Apr 2018
36.4k
Phoenix Park
Young boy awarded 'grief money' over sister's death in hit-and-run
24 Apr 2018
29.2k
Circuit Court
Toddler awarded €25,000 in damages from creche which featured on RTÉ's Prime Time
10 Apr 2018
26.3k
compensation
Garda and former Tipp hurling captain awarded €195k for suffering 'devastating injuries' on duty
23 Mar 2018
77.7k
25
Explosion
Boy whose laptop exploded has €20,000 settlement approved
20 Mar 2018
22.0k
Circuit Civil Court
Judge hears all cases under garda surveillance after threat of 'hand grenade day'
15 Mar 2018
19.6k
10
Castleknock
Glenda Gilson's parents lose Dublin home due to debt
9 Mar 2018
212k
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one more tune
Bars get green light for late drinking licence on Good Friday
9 Mar 2018
19.2k
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Defamation
Couple awarded €20,000 after being wrongly accused of not paying for a meal at a restaurant
8 Mar 2018
52.6k
Circuit Court
Judge dismisses claim worker's thumb injury was worsened by 'his daughter tugging it', awards him €23,000
8 Mar 2018
44.2k
37
Courts
Dublin school teacher loses €75,000 case against McDonald's after teenagers insulted him in restaurant
26 Feb 2018
78.3k
clontarf baths
Seawater swimming pool, bar and restaurant to open in Clontarf next week
21 Feb 2018
49.2k
51
Waterford
Garda who suffered PTSD after he was attacked by four men awarded €15,000 in compensation
19 Feb 2018
23.8k
35
Damages
Eight-month-old awarded €27.5k after pulling boiling water on herself at Chinese restaurant
13 Feb 2018
28.0k
Courts
Judge in plea to family fighting over father's estate: 'You are all of the same flesh and blood'
11 Feb 2018
32.2k
Irish Rail
Irish Rail ordered to pay €16,000 for false imprisonment of passenger
31 Jan 2018
42.0k
compensation
Boy (4) awarded €46,000 after he fell from wooden pallets while at a creche
20 Dec 2017
25.5k
nigel carey
Judge praises Limerick hurler awarded €31k after garda car was rammed for not exaggerating injuries
28 Nov 2017
29.2k
Courts
Judge questions credibility of claimant and holds him half-responsible for his injury
25 Nov 2017
23.8k
IKEA
Man who banged his head in Ikea car park awarded over €35,000 in damages
23 Nov 2017
42.0k
claims
Judge says that man who had 'passing familiarity with the truth' was part of orchestrated fraud for €240,000 claims
15 Nov 2017
20.9k
amateur fashion
'A fraud': Judge rules woman deliberately set trap for other driver in insurance scam
14 Nov 2017
33.5k
Serious injuries
Garda who was savagely beaten by Dublin criminal gang awarded over €100k compensation
13 Nov 2017
48.7k
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line of duty
Garda who suffered internal injuries during violent arrest awarded €36k in compensation
6 Nov 2017
14.4k
23
Irish Water
Mother and son awarded €20,000 after 'explosion of raw sewage' in bathroom
3 Nov 2017
28.6k
37
Diarmuid Connolly
Dublin star Connolly 'acted despicably' in civil case over assault, court told
3 Nov 2017
63.8k
Killiney
Schoolboy bitten by dog while playing on neighbour's property awarded €32,000
2 Nov 2017
26.0k
Dublin
Judge turns down €25,000 settlement to boy who lacerated eyebrow at crèche as inadequate
2 Nov 2017
24.2k
Courts
Child who allegedly developed acute bronchitis from damp and mould at former home awarded €20,000 damages
31 Oct 2017
26.8k
Mulhuddart
Mother returned home from work to find rented home boarded up
13 Oct 2017
26.9k
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