A man who was wrongfully arrested the same night his fiancée was savagely beaten by another man in a random street attack has been awarded more than €1.1m by a High Court jury.

A garda has told the High Court reasonable force and not "massively excessive force" was used to arrest a man who claims he was wrongfully detained and assaulted.

A warrant has been issued for the arrest of a juror who failed to turn up in the High Court following a lunchtime break.

A solicitor has accepted responsibility for failing to "twig" a client had informed him of two previous accidents following a consultation about suing in relation to a third, the High Court has heard.

A garda sergeant who suffered a serious knee injury during a violent struggle with a prisoner has been awarded damages of almost €290,000.

Solicitor Gerald Kean, who last week got €160,000 damages from a High Court jury after it found he was defamed in an Irish Daily Star article, has settled an additional claim for breach of privacy arising from the article.

A High Court jury, in a majority verdict, has awarded €160,000 damages to solicitor Gerald Kean after finding he was defamed in a newspaper article concerning a visit by members of the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) to his Dublin office.

Former Labour Party TD and Minister for State Joe Costello has settled a High Court defamation action over an article in the Irish Mail on Sunday.

A jury will return to the High Court tomorrow to resume considering its verdict on proceedings by solicitor Gerald Kean alleging he was defamed in a newspaper article concerning a visit by members of the Criminal Assets Bureau (CAB) to his Dublin office.

A High Court jury will begin considering its verdict tomorrow in solicitor Gerald Kean’s action alleging he was defamed in an article concerning a visit by officers of the Criminal Assets Bureau to his Dublin offices.

A 38-year old part-time sales assistant at retailer, Michael Guiney has been awarded €68,636 after she was assaulted by an irate customer with a bicycle locking chain.

The Sunday World has apologised at the High Court to two businessmen brothers under a settlement of their case alleging defamation by the publication.

A man with advanced liver disease as a result of contracting Hepatitis C from a contaminated blood transfusion administered to him when a young child is to get compensation of more than €1.26 million as a result of a High Court ruling.

A former soldier has settled his damages action against the State over health problems he claimed he suffered as a result of being prescribed the anti-malaria drug Larium.

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 case, which took place over 13 days, centred on the newspaper's use of a press release from Paudie Coffey's FG Carlow-Kilkenny colleague, John Paul Phelan.

Fine Gael Senator Paudie Coffey believes the loss of his Dáil seat in 2016 by 300 votes was due to a newspaper article about county boundary changes which likened him to an 18th century robber, the High Court has heard.

Ryanair has received an apology in the High Court over two Irish Examiner articles published more than three years ago.

The jury in the defamation case by Sinn Féin political manager Nicky Kehoe have been told they can reach a majority verdict after they said this afternoon they were unable to reach a unanimous one.

A defamation action by public relations consultant, Monica Leech, over a December 2004 article in the Irish Independent has been settled.

The recognition of trade unions for the first time by Ryanair has "nothing to do" with the airline's defamation action against three pilots, a judge said in his charge to a High Court jury.

Ryanair's director of human resources, strategy and operations has rejected claims the airline's pilot representative system for negotiating pay and conditions was a sham.

Three gardaí were receiving such a vicious beating from associates of a Dublin criminal gang that a detective was forced to extricate them at gunpoint and arrest their assailants, the High Court has heard.

A woman who suffered a horrific fracture to her leg when she fell on an allegedly wet floor at her local pub has sued in the High Court for damages.

A woman who suffered a horrific fracture to her leg when she says she fell on an allegedly wet floor at her local pub has sued in the High Court for damages.

A lecturer who claimed he was defamed in a letter sent by his college authorities to around 100 students has settled his High Court action.

A garda sergeant injured during an incident with a member of the McBrearty family from Donegal has been awarded more than €55,000 in compensation by the High Court.

A retired garda, who suffered post-traumatic stress disorder following an armed siege in Ramelton, Co Donegal, 19 years ago, was awarded €50,000 compensation.

Psychological injuries after head on crash prevented return to work

A garda who dislocated his right shoulder on two occasions while dealing with foreigners who had illegally entered the country at Dublin Airport, has been awarded over €93,000 compensation in the High Court.

Woman issued proceedings on legality of her detention by gardaí

A former garda, who “reluctantly retired” from the force because of physical and psychological injuries he suffered after being “viciously” assaulted on duty, has been awarded almost €200,000 damages in the High Court.

A 16-year-old girl at high risk of being sexually exploited by men should be placed in a secure unit for troubled teenagers, the High Court has heard.

An RTÉ studio supervisor who claims he has been left with a constant whistling in his ears after part of a toilet roll dispenser fell on his head as as he sat on the toilet at Montrose has sued in the High Court.

A Garda who claimed he feared for his life when he was assaulted in a “frenzied kung fu-style attack” has been awarded €60,000 damages in the High Court.

A garda who was shot in New Orleans last year after withdrawing $200 dollars from an ATM, has been awarded more than €36,000 in compensation for injuries he suffered while chasing down criminals almost six years ago.