Courts will also be given powers to refuse compensation for personal injuries claimants who have been dishonest in their Compensation Claims. The measures, announced by the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), are among several aimed at reducing insurance fraud. Justice secretary Chris Grayling has warned insurance companies he expects the reforms to lead to lower premiums. [...]
Although those are common ways in which millions of us become injured every year, many of us are also suffering at the hands of the items we bring into our home that have become faulty and malfunctioned in such a way that they cause us an injury. It’s even been suggested that this could be [...]
A year and a half ago, sprinter Kyle Webb was in hospital, fearing his track days might be over. A motorcycle accident in Southampton left him with a lacerated liver and kidneys, and a punctured lung. But his superb performance at the CAC Junior Championships in Mexico last week confirmed his athletics comeback. The 19-year-old smashed [...]
Business owners are falling down on the job of ensuring their premises are safe — causing customers to suffer a similar fate. The Injuries Board directed the payment of just under €44m compensation in public liability cases last year, the majority for injuries suffered in slips, trips and falls in public places. Common causes included [...]
The Government is expected to sign new laws today paving the way for cannabis-based medicines to become legal in Ireland. The oral spray, called 'Sativex', has been launched in 11 countries (including the UK, Spain, Italy and Germany) and approved in a further 13. The legislation is likely to be signed by Minister of State [...]
A teenager has died after being thrown from a roller-coaster called Hell at a theme park in Benidorm. The 18-year-old is thought to have been flung from the ride at the Terra Mitica theme park after his harness failed yesterday afternoon. The teen - who was on holiday with his parents and a friend - [...]
Youth sues mother over road accident A TEENAGE boy from County Limerick who sued his mother following a minor road collision was awarded almost €14,000 in damages. The boy, who is from the Rathkeale area and is now aged 17, initiated the Personal Injury claim through his father following the collision more than [...]
Many bitcoin backers trekked to Dublin this week hoping that a senior central banker scheduled to speak at a bitcoin conference there would help bestow a measure of legitimacy to the virtual currency. Not so fast. Instead, Gareth Murphy, director of markets supervision at the Central Bank of Ireland, essentially the number three man at [...]
Rogue Insurance claims companies that provide bad service and bombard people with nuisance calls face fines totalling hundreds of thousands of pounds under new plans. Those who use information gathered by unlawful unsolicited calls and texts, waste people's time and money by making spurious claims or use misleading marketing could be fined up to 20% [...]
There’s a whole range of affordable Limerick, Cork, and Kerry homes coming up for sale in two weeks time, via the I Am Sold/Munster Property Auction method. The sales method, given a first Munster outing in May, resulted in 16 of 20 lots selling at, or prior to, auction, with a number exceeding their quoted [...]