A six-year-old schoolgirl, who will be scarred for life after being “savagely attacked by a neighbour’s dog,” was yesterday awarded €40,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

A High Court judge issued a “heartfelt plea” to an insurance company to re-consider the plight of a man refused payment under his serious illness policy because he underwent surgery on one, rather than two, arteries as required by the policy.

BITS of a three-year-old child’s flesh were speared on the prongs of a toy rake following an accident at her creche, a judge heard yesterday.

A Dublin man's High Court claim for alleged negligence against eircom as a result of falling over a manhole has been settled.