The High Court has approved an €8.5m final settlement for a 12-year-old boy who suffered catastrophic birth injuries at the Coombe Hospital.

The home-security firm PhoneWatch is to create 230 jobs in 12 regions across the country as it looks to expand its operations.

Up to 230 new jobs are on the way to 12 locations across the country at home security firm Phonewatch.

A ten-year-old boy, who suffered catastrophic injuries in the minutes after his birth at the Coombe Hospital in Dublin, is to receive damages of more than €2.9m.

The High Court is to assess a claim of around €2.5m against the Coombe Hospital in Dublin which has been found liable for the catastrophic injuries suffered by a 10 year old boy in the minutes after his birth.

The Coombe Women’s Hospital is facing a multimillion-euro bill after a High Court judge ruled it is liable for catastrophic injuries suffered by a boy minutes after his birth at the Dublin hospital.

BURGLARIES have increased by 4% within the last year, with an average of €1,870 stolen from each home burgled.

GLENEALY had to withstand a late goal rush by Carnew to secure their 12th SHC title at Aughrim yesterday.

DOWN side Newry Shamrocks got their Féile na nGael Division Two campaign off to a fine start as they won both of their Group C games at the Glen Field yesterday afternoon.

ABOUT €700 million worth of goods have been stolen from houses over the past decade, with burglary rates increasing by 8.25% over the past year, according to the latest annual Eircom Phonewatch burglary report.