A solicitor has accepted responsibility for failing to "twig" a client had informed him of two previous accidents following a consultation about suing in relation to a third, the High Court has heard.

A 17-year-old student, who suffered two black eyes and a deviation of his nose while playing “blind man’s buff” in an adventure centre, has been awarded €27,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

A teenager accused of murdering his father rang for an ambulance and said his father had fallen over drunk outside their house, had been outside overnight and was not breathing, a jury has heard.