A Dublin woman, who claimed her life had been disturbed for three years by noises “morning, noon, and night” from a water pump in her neighbour’s apartment, has been awarded damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

Irish Rail has an “absolute requirement” to warn its customers to mind gaps between trains and platforms when getting on and off trains, a Circuit Civil Court has said.

A temporary injunction has been granted by the High Court preventing two members of a group calling itself the “Anti Corruption Taskforce” from placing a picket on the home of a District Court judge or on the judge’s wife’s opticians business.