A Polish carpenter who had two fingers cut off by an industrial saw during the construction of the Limerick tunnel continues to suffer stress and social anxiety about the disfigurement of his hand, a doctor said at the High Court yesterday.

THE brother and sister of a deceased nine-year-old boy, who became a “walking fireball” after an accident at a construction site, have been awarded €100,000 in compensation.

A traffic warden suing Cork Corporation for trauma he suffered as a result of abuse by the public dramatically withdrew his case at the High Court in Cork today.