The white-van driver accused of hitting and killing six-year-old Cian Marren in Shankill is due to appear in court later this year. Cian, of Oakdale Crescent, Ballycullen, was hit by the white van on Shanganagh Road on July 28 last year. He was taken to Temple Street Hospital where he died from head injuries the [...]
Gardaí have appealed for witnesses after a boy was seriously injured after a car collision with the child’s scooter in Limerick City yesterday evening. The eight-year-old boy was travelling on a child’s scooter when the collision occurred. He was taken to University Hospital Limerick where he is being treated for serious injuries, according to gardaí. [...]
On August 14th last year, Taylor Swift learned that a jury had ruled in her favour against radio DJ David Mueller. Taylor had always maintained that Mueller had touched her inappropriately during a meet and greet in 2013 – a claim which resulted in Mueller suing Taylor, and Taylor counter-suing for one dollar. At the [...]
A woman who put her exhaustion and headaches down to divorce stress was horrified when doctors told her she was actually 48 hours from death from leukaemia. So urgent was Kate Stallard’s case that she didn’t even have time to freeze her eggs before she began treatment that would render her infertile – meaning she [...]
It has been reported that Jason Byrne has split up from his wife of 14 years, Brenda. A friend of the couple told the Mail on Sunday that they broke up some time ago and he has moved out of their family home. They said: “Jason is a loving father but I suppose, one of the downfalls of [...]
Monsanto suffered a major blow with a jury ruling that the company was liable for a terminally ill man’s cancer, awarding him $289m in damages. Dewayne Johnson, a 46-year-old former groundskeeper, won a huge victory in the landmark case on Friday, with the jury determining that Monsanto’s Roundup weedkiller caused his cancer and that the corporation [...]
The High Court has adjourned several claims for compensation over the use of the drug Thalidomide to a date in November for further case management. Twenty-six cases are being brought against the manufacturers of the drug German firm Grünenthal GmbH, the Irish distributors TP Whelehan Son & Co, and the Ministers for Health and Environment. Launched as [...]
The Hepatitis C and HIV Compensation Tribunal’s refusal to compensate a woman who suffered a psychiatric illness after her father died from an HIV-related illness 30 years ago has been overturned in a landmark High Court decision by Mr Justice Bernard Barton. The ruling now leaves open the door to a number of similar claims [...]
The cricketer Ben Stokes feared being violently attacked by two men carrying weapons as he intervened to protect a gay couple on the receiving end of homophobic abuse, a jury has heard. The Durham and England player said in a statement read to Bristol crown court that he became involved in a violent street fight [...]
A mother-of-two is suing a hairdresser for £1m over claims treatment she received at the salon caused her to suffer a stroke. Adele Burns had her hair washed six times during a treatment at Rainbow Rooms in Glasgow, and her lawyers say the impact of the sink on her neck is what led to the [...]