Inquest hears three generations of family killed in ‘horror’ crash in Mayo

A jury has returned verdicts of accidental death at inquest arising from a car crash that claimed the lives of three generations of the same family in Co Mayo last year. Mary Ann Wilson, 67, her 39-year-old daughter, Marcella, and her six-year-old son, Sean, died when the car they were travelling in collided with a [...]

By |2018-09-20T09:00:09+01:00September 20th, 2018|Accident, Death, Law, News, Personal Injuries, Road Safety|

Nine people injured in crash between school bus and car in Limerick

Nine people injured – six children, two adults and a teenager – have been taken to hospital with serious injuries following a collision between a school bus and a car in Co Limerick. The collision, which occurred at Ardvarna, Lisnagry, was reported to emergency services at 8.15am. The 28-seater bus, contracted by Bus Éireann from a [...]

By |2018-09-07T13:00:26+01:00September 7th, 2018|Accident, Driving, Gardai, Law, News, Personal Injuries, Personal Safety, Road Safety|

Woman in court over fatal Dundalk crash

A 21-year-old woman has appeared in court charged in relation to a road traffic collision last year in which a man died in Dundalk, Co Louth. Eimear White, with an address Castlecarra, Riverstown, Co Louth, was remanded on bail at Dundalk District Court. She is accused of dangerous driving causing the death of 29-year-old Robert McLoughlin on 21 October [...]

By |2018-09-06T14:30:53+01:00September 6th, 2018|Accident, Courts, Driving, News|

Meath community devastated by death of young scout in car crash

A Co Meath community is devastated after learning of the death of a Junior Certificate student in a road traffic crash in Moldova. Marius Bors, 15, was killed in a car crash while on holiday with his family last weekend. Dunshaughlin Scouts hosted a vigil to remember their lost member last night in the village. [...]

By |2018-08-30T16:05:43+01:00August 30th, 2018|Accident, Courts, Injury, News, Personal Injuries, personal injury claim|

Court date for white-van driver accused of hitting and killing little Cian (6)

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 [...]

By |2018-08-17T14:05:39+01:00August 17th, 2018|Accident, Courts, News, Personal Injuries, personal injury claim|

Boy, 8, seriously hurt in collision between scooter and car

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. [...]

By |2018-08-17T11:05:26+01:00August 17th, 2018|Accident, Injury, News, Personal Injuries|

‘It feels like I married a different person’

'It feels like I married a different person': Husband of woman in e-scooter accident He misses his wife's smile and her sociable personality. He remembers her cheerful confidence when she played cards with her friends. Now, it seems as if Leong Loon Wah, 55, is living with a stranger who keeps her thoughts to herself. [...]

By |2018-06-14T14:45:45+01:00June 14th, 2018|Accident, Personal Injuries, Personal Safety|

Teen now needs hand held when crossing road after accident

A JUDGE has rejected an offer for a personal injury claim worth almost €9,000 after hearing that a teenage girl has to hold someone’s hand while crossing the road following a traffic collision in Limerick. At a Limerick Civil Court sitting at Merchant’s Quay, Judge Gerald Keys, presiding, heard that a girl and her mother [...]

€20K compensation for slip and fall at pub in #Wicklow

A woman has been awarded almost €20,000 for past and future pain and suffering and loss of enjoyment of life as a result of injuries suffered when she slipped and fell at a pub in Wicklow in 2012. Mr Justice Keane said that the pub was negligent and in breach of duty by failing to install a handrail [...]

By |2018-06-12T13:55:39+01:00June 12th, 2018|Accident, Personal Injuries, personal injury claim|

RSA appeals to motorcyclists to ‘think of their families’ before taking risks

Motorcyclists are not allowed to use bus lanes and should “think of their families” before taking risks like weaving in and out of traffic, driving in t-shirts and drink driving, the Road Safety Authority has warned. Launching a bank holiday weekend safety campaign aimed primarily at motorcyclists, authority chief executive Moyagh Murdock the summer was [...]

By |2018-06-01T12:47:27+01:00June 1st, 2018|Accident, Personal Injuries, Personal Safety|
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