Valid Irish insurance discs will now be accepted as proof of insurance for Irish registered vehicles.

Seven personal injury actions worth up to a total of €420,000 from a 'rear-ending' road traffic accident have been dismissed or withdrawn after a motor assessor told a court that the two cars involved never collided.

More than 11,000 UK driving licences have been exchanged for Irish licences since the start of the year - almost double the total for last year.

A 27-year-old married man from Cameroon who is living in Dublin has withdrawn a €60,000 damages claim against the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland who had appeared on behalf of an uninsured driver following an alleged rear-ending accident.

A construction company has pleaded guilty to not having one of its drivers properly insured in a case where iron bars in a trailer struck and seriously injured a pedestrian.

A jump in motor insurance claims, relating to uninsured or untraced drivers, has been maintained for the second consecutive year, according to the latest figures from the Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland (MIBI).

The driver of a car which crashed into a teacher’s car killing her parents screamed and blacked out when her passenger, a psychiatric patient, allegedly grabbed her steering wheel, the High Court heard today.

A man took part in a 67km triathlon five weeks after allegedly suffering “incapacitating injuries” in a bicycle incident involving a hit and run driver, Dublin Circuit Civil Court has heard.

A 32-year-old man, who suffered serious brain injuries after the car in which he was a passenger collided with a tree, has settled his High Court damages action for €4.65m.

Judge says State should make up shortfall or else Setanta-insured motorists could be liable for €15.5m

Motor crashes staged by international gangs have emerged as one of the most common types of fraud in Ireland.

The boss of insurance firm FBD has hit back at criticism by the Law Society president that blame for the Setanta Insurance fallout and high premiums lay squarely at foot of the insurance industry, saying it was meritless and ‘without fact’, writes Pádraig Hoare.

The boss of insurance firm FBD has hit back at criticism by the Law Society president that blame for the Setanta Insurance fallout and high premiums lay squarely at foot of the insurance industry, saying it was meritless and ‘without fact’.

Zurich Insurance and the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) believe they have uncovered a multimillion-euro Eastern European fraud ring behind fraudulent damages claims arising from staged accidents.

Zurich Insurance and the MIBI believe they have uncovered an organised and sophisticated multi-million-euro Eastern European fraud ring behind fraudulent damages claims arising from staged accidents, a judge was told today.

The president of the Law Society has accused the insurance industry of using the Setanta Insurance fallout to “excuse their egregious increase in premiums”, claiming the sector will soon find another way to keep customer payments high in the future.

A 30-year-old man who was seriously injured in a crash after a high-speed car chase — in which two teenagers were killed seven years ago — will have to wait a little longer to find out if he is going to be compensated for his injuries.

Car insurance premiums are likely to fall “in the short to medium term” following a Supreme Court ruling over the Setanta Insurance collapse.

The Supreme Court will give judgment next week on the Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland’s appeal over decisions it is potentially liable for claims brought against collapsed insurer Setanta.

A woman suing over injuries to her neck and back after a rear-ending incident has denied in the High Court that entries to her Facebook page meant she had done gym workouts since the incident, despite testifying that she had not.

A woman suing over injuries to her neck and back after a rear-ending incident has denied in the High Court that entries to her Facebook page meant she had done gym workouts since the incident, despite testifying that she had not.

Plans have been outlined for gardaí to get a mobile phone app to let them check a driver's details at the roadside.

A seven-judge Supreme Court is hearing the Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland’s appeal against decisions that it is potentially liable for claims brought against collapsed insurer Setanta.

The claims of 1,700 policyholders caught up in the Setanta Insurance collapse in 2014 have still not been resolved, the Department of Finance has confirmed.

The Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland has lodged an appeal to the Supreme Court over the allocation of the liabilities of Setanta Insurance which collapsed in 2014.

Five Dublin drinking pals dramatically withdrew personal injury claims relating to a rear-ending accident that a judge described as “a clear set-up”.

The insurance fund into which policyholders have contributed hundreds of millions of euro made payments totalling €1.4bn to cover failed insurers over the last five years.

The wreckage at the scene of a fatal three-car crash was the worst a forensic engineer had ever seen in an urban area, he told the High Court in Limerick yesterday.

A Limerick man who was jailed for dangerous driving causing the death of a 19-year-old woman claimed yesterday he was the victim of a miscarriage of justice.

The Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland is set to appeal a €90m court ruling.

Court rejects Motor Insurance Bureau’s appeal related to collapse of Setanta Insurance two years ago

An appeal by the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) against a High Court ruling that it must pay out on outstanding claims following the collapse of the Setanta Insurance Company two years ago has opened before the Court of Appeal.

Motorists are facing yet another hike in insurance premiums to cover the cost of the €90m in outstanding claims left following last year’s collapse of Setanta Insurance Company.

The Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) must pay out on 1,750 outstanding claims following the collapse of the Setanta Insurance Company, a High Court judge has ruled.

Customers of the defunct Setanta Insurance could be forced to wait years for outstanding claims to be met as the insurer’s liquidation drags into its second year.

The outcome of an imminent legal case may determine the level of compensation customers of the former Setanta Insurance will be paid — with costs potentially climbing to multiples of the original figure.

Taxi driver Emmet Fay, who had claimed €38,000 damages for injuries he received in a hit-and-run accident almost five years ago, yesterday agreed to a judge throwing out his claim.

Thousands of policyholders left out of pocket following the collapse of Setanta Insurance will not receive any assistance from the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland (MIBI).

The Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) has moved to assure the public with outstanding claims against Setanta insurance that they are entitled to have their third party claims paid.

A former bus driver who has been left in a wheelchair following a car crash had his medical card removed from him earlier this year, the High Court heard yesterday.

A 10-year old boy, who suffered catastrophic injuries and is left a quadriplegic after the car his mother was driving crashed, has settled his High Court action for damages for €11.5m.

THREE former prisoners travelling in a cab in the Blarney area all moaned “oh my back, my neck” when the vehicle was struck from behind by another car, a compensation case heard yesterday.