The Dutch Embassy, rather than plead diplomatic immunity on behalf of one of its official drivers involved in a road accident in Dublin, has settled €60,000 claims on behalf of two cousins injured in the collision.

A new analysis of the value and volume of judgments at the High Court has shown that there was a huge leap in cases against consumers.

As John Creedon's latest road trip hits our screens, he tells Marjorie Brennan how his inner child has led him to the life he always dreamed of.

A fracas requiring the intervention of gardaí and security erupted in the Four Courts today when it is claimed the defendant in a defamation action was attacked and injured by a group of individuals who attended court.

A 13-year-old boy who suffered damage during his birth at a Cork hospital and now has cerebral palsy has settled his High Court action against the HSE with a final payment of €15 million.

Two people who jumped into the River Liffey in Dublin to save a dog have been rescued.

A hospital has unreservedly apologised in the High Court to a 52- year old woman who was given the incorrect 'normal' diagnosis for a breast cancer gene test nine years ago but is now seriously ill with ovarian cancer.

Maria Bailey's car-crash interview with Sean O'Rourke was meant to repair the damage done by last week's swing claim controversy, writes Daniel McConnell

The Disclosures Tribunal will give its decision later on whether various witnesses should or should not get their legal costs.

Chief Justice says cases are being heard in ‘dreadful conditions’

So that’s Friday nearly wrapped up. Here’s some of the stories we published on irishexaminer.com today which we hope will help you make sense of it all this evening.

Terminally ill Ruth Morrissey may have won her landmark High Court action and been awarded a total of €2.1m against the HSE and two US laboratories over the testing of her CervicalCheck smear slides, but there was little to celebrate as she left the Four Courts.

Ruth Morrissey, who was today awarded a total of €2.1m by the High Court in her landmark action, never craved the limelight, she had everything she could wish for at home.

Terminally ill Ruth Morrissey and her husband Paul who sued over her CervicalCheck smear tests were today awarded a total of €2.1m by the High Court in her landmark action.

They came to disrobe the emperor. They wanted to see the whites of his eyes, how he would manage under their steely gaze.

Karen Brown, the 31-year-old partner of Katie Taylor’s father, Pete, yesterday settled a €60,000 damages claim against a motorist who, it was claimed, rear-ended them two years ago.

Businessman Denis O’Brien has alleged a number of newspaper articles defamed him by portraying him as one of the “developer kings” who “destroyed Ireland and bankrupted its banking system”.

The judge directed bona fide members of the press may attend and report such applications but, before the court sits to hear such cases, they must make themselves known to the court registrar and produce satisfactory identification such as a National Union of Journalists card.

Thousands of people may come forward to sue the State and religious orders over forced and illegal adoptions following the settlement of a high-profile case in the High Court.

Emma Mhic Mhathúna came to the Four Courts a victor not a victim.

Shane Ross tells Political Editor Daniel McConnell of difficulties passing legislation and of Sean Canney’s departure from an alliance that still strongly backs the Government.

It is a triumph to either the human spirit or man’s capacity for self-delusion that the tournament continues to be the repository of dreams...tune in, tun on and drop out, writes Michael Clifford

Transport Minister Shane Ross wants to reform the system of judicial appointments and has threatened to block the naming of new judges, writes Michael Clifford

James Ryan squirms at the idea that he might be recognised on civvy street these days.

An 8-year old boy with cerebral palsy who sued the HSE over the circumstances of his birth at Sligo General Hospital has settled his High Court action for €5m.

Irish Water says it is facing another 12 legal actions against it by the Environmental Protection Agency, which has already taken it to court on 16 occasions.

In early 2015, Garda commissioner Nóirín O’Sullivan was doing her best for the turbulent cop who had blown the whistle on malpractice in the force.

A woman who broke her wrist when she allegedly tripped on stairs at the well known Lillie's Bordello night club has sued in the High Court.

Have you ever the heard the story about how Vincent Browne sought and secured the help of then-taoiseach Garret FitzGerald to save the now defunct Sunday Tribune, asks Daniel McConnell.

A High Court action brought by convicted murderer Graham Dwyer against the Garda Commissioner and State over the use of mobile phone records in his trial will be heard at the Four Courts early next year.

A 15-year-old Junior Cert student from Cork, who had to have both legs amputated below the knee after contracting meningitis when she was three, has sued an out-of-hours family doctor service in relation to her care.

The parents involved in a child care case before the High Court say they are willing to extend a voluntary care agreement until February.

The president of the High Court yesterday said it was “really shameful” legislation has not yet been introduced for a system of periodic payments for the catastrophically injured who settle their medical negligence actions.

The President of the High Court today said it was "really shameful" legislation has not yet been introduced for a system of periodic payments for the catastrophically injured who settle their medical negligence actions.

Recently discovered letters show that Tom Barry, the IRA guerrilla leader in the War of Independence, candidly declined to appear at the 50th anniversary of the Easter Rising, due to him having fought for the British Army at the time.

Soldiers in Irish units of the British Army called on to quash the fighting at the GPO,

Kya deLongchamps is hugely stimulated by a new book by William Derham on the lost architectural heritage of Ireland, and the indifference, and in come cases, downright malice, that caused wanton destruction. 

Standing solemnly at the same site and same time as the first shot rang out on Easter Monday 1916, Foreign Affairs Minister Charlie Flanagan stooped to carefully place a wreath beside Dublin’s City Hall.

Anti-Treaty leader’s personal steel was cloaked by his inoffensive character, writes Conor McNamara

The Health Products Regulatory Authority wants the High Court to dismiss a mother’s case aimed at securing the withdrawal of a vaccine given to schoolgirls to prevent cervical cancer.

Some are household names, others have been overlooked but a move is on to honour, as a group, all those from the West Cork region who fought in Dublin during the Easter Rising.