A business partnership involving broadcaster Gay Byrne has settled its Commercial Court dispute against a financial fund over loan repayments in relation to an investment property worth an estimated €13.5m in central Dublin. The Firstwood Partnership had brought proceedings against the Launceston Property Finance concerning a property containing a block of offices, retail units and [...]
A woman who had a child after a botched sterilisation operation is appealing for weekly ACC compensation for the years she was unable to work while caring for him.The unnamed mother had the operation in 1998. She already had three children by different fathers, and a history of difficult relationships, terminated pregnancies and miscarriages. In 2006, when [...]
According to CEMA (European Agricultural Machinery Industry), a recent European study has found that more than four fifths (83%) of accidents that happen on public roads involving agricultural machinery can be attributed to just five major factors. The findings are the result of an analysis of accident data from Switzerland over a six-year period (2011-2016). [...]
Former Top Gear host Richard Hammond has been airlifted to hospital following a serious car crash in a Swiss mountain race. Swiss media has reported that the 47 year old suffered serious injuries when the car crashed on a road that was closed for the Bergrennen Hemberg race. He was reportedly driving a supercar worth £2million his [...]
It was not even his own practice. The FedEx St Jude Classic in Memphis will have to make do without the three-time Major winner after he was hit on the elbow by an amateur player he was coaching. It sounds like this amateur needs a lot more practice. However it is no laughing matter, really, [...]
A survivor of the Westminster terror attack is launching a compensation claim over the injuries he suffered at the hands of Khalid Masood. Portuguese Francisco Lopes, 26, says he was left with limited use of his left hand after being thrown over the bonnet of the killer's Hyundai vehicle. He also suffered cuts to his [...]
A woman who went in to hospital for a routine day procedure but ended up losing eight pints of blood when an artery was torn has been awarded over €855,000 by the High Court, writes Ann O'Loughlin. Mr Justice Kevin Cross said he accepted the expert evidence that Gina Van Amersfoorth's pain and suffering is [...]
Hollywood actor, Jim Carrey will face a court battle over the death of his Tipperary-born girlfriend after he was accused in a Los Angeles court of supplying the drugs that led to her death. Cathriona White from Cappawhite, Co Tipperary, was found dead on September 28th, 2015, four days after she had fallen victim to [...]
Police found Tiger Woods asleep at the wheel on the side of a six-lane Florida road in the dark of morning, the engine running and his right blinker flashing. His speech was slow and slurred, and though there was no alcohol in his system, he didn’t know how far he was from home. The details [...]
A Donegal man paralysed by a freak accident is going ahead with his wedding next month after refusing to postpone his big day, despite still being confined to hospital. Alan Patterson was paralysed ten months ago after an accident on a trampoline. The hockey player, who played with Instonians in Belfast, dislocated his spine and [...]