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 mother of four who claimed she slipped on a chip on the floor of a shopping centre food court has sued in the High Court, writes Ann O'Loughlin.

A nurse who sued over alleged failures in relation to a cervical smear test and her subsequent care died before her case came to court.

A woman who brought her 83-year old mother on a day out to world-famous Powerscourt Gardens claimed before the High Court she fractured her wrist when her mother’s wheelchair went out of control on a steep slope.

A boy who sued over severe brain injuries suffered during his birth at Dublin’s Rotunda Hospital has secured an interim payment of €3m under a settlement of his High Court action.

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A 28-year-old man who claimed he hurt his left foot after allegedly slipping on a wet mat as he walked out of a Spar supermarket seven years ago yesterday withdrew his damages action at the High Court.

A 48-year old woman who claimed she tripped over an alleged uneven carpet on a river cruiser and fell down three steps fracturing her wrist has settled a High Court action for damages.

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.

A Supreme Court challenge has been launched aimed at blocking a Dublin hotelier’s attempt to privately prosecute officials at IBRC for alleged deception.

An attempt to halt a Dublin hotelier’s private prosecution against officials at the IBRC for alleged deception has failed, a judge was told yesterday.

An attempt to halt a Dublin hotelier's private prosecution against officials at the Irish Bank Resolution Corporation (IBRC) for alleged deception has failed, a judge was told today.

Retrospective entries made in the medical records of Savita Halappanavar were not made with the intention of misleading anyone and nothing had been deleted, senior counsel for Galway University Hospital has insisted.

Praveen Halappanavar will be grateful “to his dying day” to the critical care staff at Galway University Hospital for the care they gave to his wife Savita before she passed away.

Hotly disputed remarks that labelled Ireland as a country that denies a termination to seriously ill women who are miscarrying were admitted for the first time yesterday.

A coroner has criticised the amount of information entered in the medical charts of Savita Halappanavar after she died.

A key witness in the investigation into the death of Savita Halappanavar will take the stand today as contradictory evidence emerged about requests for her pregnancy to be terminated.

A friend of Savita Halappanavar confirmed she was present when controversial and disputed remarks were made by a midwife about the inability to carry out a termination at Galway University Hospital because it was a Catholic country.

Consultant obstetrician, Dr Katherine Astbury, who treated Savita Halappanavar is expected to be among the witnesses to give evidence at her inquest today.

The husband of Savita Halappanavar was approached by a doctor as his wife lay critically ill in hospital to get permission to include her in a medical trial being conducted in Britain.

Praveen Halappanavar says he has “trust and faith in justice” and that the truth surrounding the death of his wife Savita will come out.

The husband of an Indian dentist who died after she suffered a miscarriage said his late wife is giving him the strength to fight for the truth.

A private prosecution brought against two officials at IBRC (formerly Anglo Irish Bank) for alleged deception has been adjourned, pending the outcome of a legal challenge.

Two officials at IBRC (formerly Anglo Irish Bank) have brought a High Court challenge over a customer's private prosecution against them for alleged deception.

Tributes were paid today to a young Cork man who drowned while on holiday in Morocco.

AN Irishman has drowned while on holiday in Morocco.

The family of a woman who died from cancer who claimed that she was wrongly diagnosed at two hospitals in the Midlands as suffering from depression have settled their High Court action against the HSE for €65,000.

A LANDLORD’S rental income has dropped so much that he is unable to meet mortgage repayments on a €1.5 million loan, a court was told yesterday.

Fingerprint evidence from the Garda Technical Bureau has never been wrong, a bureau member claimed today as he was cross-examined in a double murder trial.