A detective garda, who thought he would die when he was viciously attacked by two pitbull terriers, has been awarded €200,000 damages against the State in the High Court.

A 52-year-old Detective Garda hero was “ferociously and viciously” attacked by two pit bull terriers that were released against gardaí as they searched for drugs, a judge was told yesterday.

A former garda sergeant, who has lived in the shadow of a gunman for almost a decade was yesterday awarded more than €390,000 compensation for severe post-traumatic stress disorder and loss of career and social and family life.

The HSE and Kerry General Hospital have apologised unreservedly in the High Court to a three-year-old girl, brain damaged during birth.

A 13-year-old boy who is brain-damaged and confined to a wheelchair has settled for €2.5m in his High Court action for alleged medical negligence against a Galway GP.

Waterford Regional Hospital has apologised to the parents of a four-year-old boy who suffered brain injuries at birth.

A student who suffered a serious head injury during a schools’ rugby match has secured €2.75m damages, plus costs, under a settlement approved by the High Court.

A cancer patient who was admitted to Cavan General Hospital with dehydration died the next day after a “catalogue of errors”, the High Court has heard.

THE mother of a baby girl who died six days after her birth has settled her action for medical negligence against the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street.

DOCTORS and hospitals should be legally obliged to tell the truth to patients and their families when a medical accident occurs, according to a new lobby group.

A 27-YEAR-OLD woman who suffers from cerebral palsy allegedly because of negligence at the time of her birth secured €3 million in a settlement approved by Mr Justice John Quirke in the High Court.

A GALWAY woman has settled her High Court action against the HSE over an alleged litany of failures over many years at University College Hospital, Galway, to diagnose and treat her breast cancer despite her having had a series of mammograms over years at the hospital.

A SIX-YEAR-OLD child allegedly born dead and who only recovered a heart beat after seven minutes of life has secured e5.250m in an approved settlement in the High Court.

A six-year-old permanently brain damaged boy is to receive €4.5 million plus legal costs in settlement of his marathon legal action against the National Maternity Hospital alleging negligence in the management of his birth. The hospital also faces a total legal bill of an estimated €4m.

A six-year-old, permanently brain-damaged boy is to receive €4.5m plus legal costs in settlement of his marathon legal action against the National Maternity Hospital alleging negligence in the management of his birth.

A High Court action brought on behalf of a 11-year-old boy with cerebral palsy, who requires constant care and attention as a result of the injuries she sustained during his birth at Monaghan Hospital, has been settled today for €3m.