Judge Olann Kelleher said that it fairness to the applicant, Christopher Moorehouse, a painter decorator from Esmonde Road, Enniscorthy, Co Wexford, he had no criminal convictions of any kind.

A Co Galway mother-of-five, described by a judge as reckless for leaving a key to her luxury Toyota Landcruiser in her handbag in the back of her 4x4, has lost a €35,000 claim against Axa Insurance which refused to cover her after the high-end vehicle was stolen.