A 52-year-old woman who fell in a pothole and broke her ankle after drinking 10 pints in her local soccer club has settled a €38,000 damages claim in the Circuit Civil Court.

A dispute between property developer David Agar and his former business partner and close friend George Tracey over the ownership of stock in an investment fund, has come before the High Court.

A teenage girl, who, while drunk on a litre of vodka, repeatedly kicked a man in the stomach while he lay on the ground and was simultaneously attacked by four others, has been given a six-month sentence.

A teenage girl, who was drunk on a litre of vodka, repeatedly kicked a man in the stomach while he lay on the ground and was simultaneously attacked by four others, a court heard today.