A 14-year old boy with cerebral palsy who sued over the circumstances of his birth at Sligo General Hospital has settled his High Court action for €5 million. Mr Justice Kevin Cross praised the parents of Conor Maxwell for the care they have given their son and the judge said the settlement will now help, [...]
Almost 15 new property millionaires were created every week in Ireland last year as the average value of a house surged almost €100,000 in five years, a new report shows. The second Daft.ie housing wealth report shows the average residential property was worth almost €250,000 in the first quarter of 2018. It is up from [...]
A former garda who reluctantly retired from the force because of injuries he suffered when assaulted while working, has been awarded almost €200,000 in damages in the High Court.Mr Justice Bernard Barton said Peter Maguire was on duty in a patrol car with a colleague in September 2005 at Owenabue car park, Carrigaline, Co Cork, [...]
A man who harassed RTÉ newsreader Sharon Ní Bheoláin will be sentenced at today for this and three separate counts of possessing child abuse images. Conor O’Hora (41) of Heather Walk, Portmarnock, Dublin pleaded guilty at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to harassing Ní Bheoláin between 27 March 2013 and 7 January 2014. He further pleaded [...]
Niall Horan has opened up about the ways in which his job has affected his personal life, saying he has "learned to deal with it better than I used to." 24-year-old Niall spoke about the challenges of being on the road from such a young age with One Direction, and now with his solo career, [...]
The jury at David Drumm's conspiracy to defraud trial heard evidence from a former manager at the Central Bank, on day 70 of the hearing at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court. Pamela Lennon, the first prosecution witness from the Central Bank, said she oversaw a shared network of computers, accessed by all Central Banks across Europe, [...]
A 64-year-old woman who lived for almost two years behind drawn blinds in her home following a robbery at work has settled a €60,000 damages claim for an undisclosed sum. Theresa Cullen, formerly of Tamarisk Heights, Kilnamanagh, Tallaght, Dublin, told the Circuit Civil Court Monday that when she worked as a cashier in a Topaz filling station she had [...]
Kanye West says he would meet Donald Trump in an in-depth interview with radio host Charlamagne the God yesterday. "I don't have all the answers that a celebrity's supposed to have," says the musician. "But I can tell you that, when he was running, it's like I felt something. "The fact that he won, it proves something. It proves [...]
Russell Brand has cancelled the rest of his stand-up tour following his mother's car accident revealing that that she has sustained "numerous, life-threatening injuries". The comedian’s 71-year-old mother, Barbara was rushed to hospital after being badly injured in a hit-and-run car crash on Thursday (April 27). She was in the back of the comedian's chauffeur-driven Audi [...]
US comedian Bill Cosby has been found guilty of three counts of sexual assault, each of which carries a potential 10 years in prison. The actor, 80, has been on trial for drugging and assaulting ex-basketball player Andrea Constand in 2004. Cosby, the first major black actor on primetime TV, will remain out of jail [...]