A psychiatric nurse who was punched in the jaw by a violent and psychotic patient in a Cork hospital and still suffers pain over five years later has settled his High Court action.

Despite testing weather conditions around the country, the final pairings were confirmed in Divisions 2A, 2B, 3A and 3B, with all final round group stages games taking place this afternoon.

A four-year-old boy who sued over the circumstances of his birth at Midwestern Regional Maternity Hospital, Limerick has settled his High Court action with a final lump sum payment of €15.5m.

The emergence five years ago that senior clerics in the Catholic Church were fully aware of the abuse by Brendan Smyth in 1975 means three of his victims should get a new hearing of their damages claims, the Supreme Court has been urged.

The vascular surgeon involved in an emergency operation to save a pregnant woman’s life will be a key witness at an inquest into her death.

A six-year-old boy with cerebral palsy who sued over the circumstances of his birth at Cork University Maternity Hospital has settled his High Court action with an interim payout of €1.98m.

University Hospital Waterford has apologised in court to a six-year-old boy left brain damaged just before his second birthday after the High Court heard there was a “profound misdiagnosis “ of his chickenpox infection.

A 35 year old pregnant woman died due to a tear in the abdomen during the course of laparoscopic surgery for an ectopic pregnancy, an inquest has heard. 

Our Lady’s Children’s Hospital, Crumlin, yesterday unreservedly apologised in the High Court to a four-year-old boy left profoundly brain-damaged after an operation when he was a baby.

A four-year-old boy who has been left profoundly brain damaged after an operation at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children, Crumlin, yesterday launched a High Court action for damages.

A 10-year-old boy who, it was claimed, suffered brain damage at birth in a Cork hospital has settled his action against the HSE with an interim payout of €2m.

A 10-year old boy who it is claimed suffered brain damage at birth in a Cork hospital has settled his action against the HSE with an interim payout of €2m.

Geraldine Barry watched the love of her life die in Mercy University Hospital Cork after he developed septic shock following surgery.

A woman left paralysed after undergoing surgery on her spine at a Dublin hospital six years ago yesterday received an apology in the High Court.

A 10-year-old girl who is tetraplegic after injuries she received at birth in Waterford Regional Hospital has settled her action against the HSE for €9m.

The Mater Hospital apologised in the High Court to a taxi man who has been left brain damaged after undergoing a routine heart bypass operation five years ago.

The HSE has apologised in the High Court to the family of an 8-year-old boy who was brain-damaged at birth at Kerry General Hospital and who yesterday settled his legal action with a €2.8m interim payout.

The HSE has unreservedly apologised for shortcomings in the management and care of a 31-year-old woman whose cancer went undiagnosed for nine months.

The widow of a 34-year-old fisherman who died in a tragic accident on board a trawler off the Cork coast has settled her action for damages for €450,000.

A boy left with spastic cerebral palsy after his birth at the Erinville Hospital in Cork has accepted €4.75m in final settlement of his legal action.

Alex Butler is tetraplegic. Her physical disability means her body can be like jelly and her limbs are stiff. She gets around in a wheelchair.

Waterford Regional Hospital has apologised to an eight-year-old girl with quadriplegia and cerebral palsy for injuries she received at her birth.

Longford 1-8 Sligo 0-9

Longford claimed top spot in Division 3B of the Allianz Hurling League after inflicting a first defeat of the campaign on Sligo, while Warwickshire recorded an impressive 14-point win over Leitrim.

A six-year-old Cork boy who can only communicate by moving his eyes has brought a High Court action for damages relating to the injuries he suffered at birth.

“I live each day with the tormenting thought that the delayed diagnosis of my breast cancer has reduced my chances of survival to little more than a flip of a coin.”

A GARDA sergeant who claimed he was left blind due to a failure to promptly diagnose an infection of the eye linked to wearing contact lenses has settled his High Court medical negligence action for an undisclosed sum.

A GARDA sergeant has claimed he has been left blind due to a failure to promptly diagnose a serious infection of the eye linked to wearing contact lenses.

THE HSE has expressed its “sincere regret” for “any deficiencies or inattention” in the care of a 12-year-old boy leading up to his death as a result of a serious cardiac condition, the High Court was told yesterday.

A SEVEN-YEAR-OLD girl allegedly brain damaged at birth secured €2 million in part settlement of her claim in the High Court yesterday. The settlement was without admission of liability by the Health Service Executive (HSE).

A child who suffered "devastating injuries" at birth due to "incompetence" of the medical staff who handled her delivery has secured €4.5m in damages at the High Court.

The family of a child that suffered "devastating injuries" at birth due to "incompetence" of the medical staff who handled her delivery has secured €4.5m at the High Court.

The High Court has heard that a hospital denied liability for the "devastating injuries" sustained by a child at birth almost three years after its own internal investigation into the matter identified mistakes it had made.

Calry St Joseph's 2-6 Western Gaels 1-6

Table-toppers Monaghan took a late victory at Inniskeen as Leitrim and Sligo also recorded wins in Division 4 of the Allianz National Hurling league this afternoon.

Fermanagh 2-11 Sligo 0-15

A jockey who had sued a horse trainer over brain injuries he claimed he received as a result of a riding accident has settled his High Court action for more than €500,000.

AN INTERNAL Garda review of its investigation into the shooting to death of a Malahide woman found none of the reasons it had previously put forward pointing to her husband as the murderer were credible, the High Court heard yesterday.

A YOUNG nursing student was left with a severe brain injury after his car was struck head-on by another car driven on the wrong side of the road by a young man who was racing in convoy and playing a game of “catch up” with another vehicle, the High Court heard yesterday.

A SEVERELY disabled woman with cerebral palsy sustained such serious injuries at birth that she was initially considered unfit for adoption, the High Court was told yesterday.

Shelbourne FC are threatening to withdraw from the rest of this season's Eircom League after St Patrick's Athletic were given back the nine points they lost in 2001.

St Patrick’s Athletic have been rewarded a reprieve as the independent arbitrator Liam Reidy ordered that the nine points deducted over the Paul Marnay affair be returned with immediate effect.