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 [...]
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 [...]
An elderly man has died following a collision in Galway yesterday afternoon. The incident occurred on the Monivea Road near Carnmore at around 2pm. A 70-year-old man was fatally injured when his car was involved in the collision with a truck. He was pronounced dead at the scene and his body was taken to University [...]
The acting pair's relationship crumbled in 2016 after allegations of abuse levelled at Johnny Depp by his former partner - including throwing an iPhone at her face in May 2016 - but now Depp has claimed that his ex-wife punched him twice in a new court filing. Depp filed the documents in the UK, where [...]
Mixed martial arts fighter Conor McGregor is due back in court in New York today on charges of assault and criminal mischief. At his last court appearance in June, prosecutors said plea negotiations were under way. Mr McGregor is currently free on bail of $50,000 after being charged with assault and criminal mischief. He is accused [...]
Lawyers for a school groundskeeper dying of cancer asked a San Francisco jury on Monday to find that agribusiness giant Monsanto's widely used weed killer Roundup likely caused his disease. Dewayne Johnson's lawsuit is the first case to go to trial among hundreds of lawsuits saying Roundup caused non-Hodgkin's lymphoma. Johnson sprayed Roundup and a [...]
'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. [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]