Solicitors representing some of the Irish women who received faulty PIP breast implants have said new claims about potential risk to unborn children are “alarming” and could influence legal actions.

A woman who had two hip replacement operations has launched what is believed to be the first action for damages over allegedly defective implants.

A woman who had two hip replacement operations intends to bring what is expected to be the first of many cases over allegedly defective hip implants.

The High Court today dismissed a legal challenge to the constituency boundaries on which the general election was fought.