A 39-year-old Co Meath woman, who was injured in a fall in Cappagh National Orthopaedic Hospital, was entitled to succeed in a personal injury claim against the Dublin hospital, but also to have her name cleared of alleged fraud and dishonesty, a judge has stated.

Three young brothers, all of whom were injured when a wheel came off an SUV on a motorway, have been awarded €85,000 damages between them.

A judge has described as scary the explosion of a laptop being used by a six-year-old boy at his mum’s dining table.

There is no legal bar to publicans obtaining late-night licence extensions, allowing them to serve drinks into the early hours on Good Friday, the president of the Circuit Court, Mr Justice Raymond Groarke, has ruled.

A six-year-old boy who developed an allergic reaction to his mother’s lipstick has been awarded €12,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

A man took part in a 67km triathlon five weeks after allegedly suffering “incapacitating injuries” in a bicycle incident involving a hit and run driver, Dublin Circuit Civil Court has heard.

A keen soccer player, who broke his ankle while playing in frosty conditions on an astro-turf pitch, has lost a €60,000 personal injuries claim against a Dublin school and a company that organised fun, seven-a-side matches.

A 15-year-old girl, who suffered an electric shock while exiting from a jacuzzi in her swimwear, was, unknown to her parents, used in a training video shown to staff at a gym where the incident happened, it has been alleged.

An 83-year-old woman, who was kicked twice in the legs and several times pushed forcefully back into her chair while being fed by a health carer at Beaumont Hospital, has been awarded €25,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

A Ryanair passenger had about €2,000 worth of jewellery stolen from a carry-on cabin bag that was taken from her and put in the hold of an aircraft.

A two-year-old child suffered terror on almost a daily basis for five months while in the care of a creche exposed by RTÉ on its A Breach of Trust documentary in 2013, a judge heard yesterday.

A champion bodybuilder and fitness coach who claimed he has had difficulty pulling on his socks and lacing his shoes since a car accident last year, and who sued a motorist for €60,000 personal injury damages, dramatically withdrew his claim following video evidence.

A childcare worker, who suffered first and second degree burns to her legs and inner thighs following a laser bikini treatment that went wrong, has been awarded damages against Havana Therapy Limited.

The effect of a mild scar on the growth pattern of hair on a four-year-old girl’s eyebrow later in life has led to a judge questioning the adequacy of a €10,000 settlement offer by dual defendants.

A five-year-old girl, who developed post-traumatic stress disorder after she was bitten on the face by a dog in a pet shop, has been awarded €20,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

An Irish-based Latvian national has withdrawn personal injury claims for €120,000 against insurance companies and two of their customers after having been secretly photographed lugging suitcases onto a coach he drove while claiming he was unfit for work.

A 54-year-old catering assistant, who claimed she has ongoing back pain since she slipped and fell on spilt gravy two years ago, has been awarded over €25,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court against Dunnes Stores.

A judge in the Circuit Civil Court has refused to approve a €10,000 settlement offer to a five-year-old boy, who claimed he developed significant respiratory difficulties because of dampness and the unhealthy state of a previous accommodation.

A 37-year-old housewife, who claimed her enjoyment of her daughter’s First Holy Communion was ruined after a salon hair colour treatment burned her scalp, has been awarded €12,500 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

Two brothers, who attended a creche identified in an RTÉ exposé about the mistreatment of children, have been awarded a total of €48,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

A boy kicked a live electric wire out of his 10-year-old friend’s hand when he saw he was being electrocuted, a court was told yesterday.

An “obviously very strong man”, who knocked down two bouncers and threatened to knock down two others, has lost a €60,000 personal injuries claim against a pub and a security firm.

A judge has excoriated the State, local authorities, and dog wardens for their blind indifference to dangerous dogs being allowed to roam around off-lead and unmuzzled in public.

A 29-year-old former international amateur boxer and champion bare-fist fighter faces a €20,000 legal costs bill after withdrawing a Circuit Civil Court claim for personal injuries allegedly suffered in a road traffic accident.

Three golfers who were injured when the taxi they shared somersaulted into a ravine while they were holidaying in Spain, are to share more than €50,000 damages for personal injuries.

A “drunk, aggressive, argumentative, angry, and belligerent” insurance broker, who claimed he had been assaulted by bouncers at a Dublin nightclub, has lost a €60,000 damages claim against the Russell Court Hotel and now faces a hefty legal costs bill.

A cleaner who hurt her back after falling in a “smelly and cluttered” room at a Salvation Army centre, despite having been told not to enter it, has seen a damages award reduced by two thirds in the Circuit Civil Court.

An Irish golfer holidaying in Spain had the shaft of a golf club embedded in the back of his head when a Spanish taxi went out of control and somersaulted into a ravine, the Circuit Civil Court was told yesterday.

A 25-year-old bar assistant who slipped on pigeon faeces at the open-air restaurant in which she worked at Dublin’s Heuston Rail Station has been awarded almost €25,000 damages against CIÉ.

Two brothers have lost €38,000 damages claims they each made in the Circuit Civil Court for personal injuries they allegedly suffered in a road traffic accident, and are now facing hefty legal bills.

The president of the Circuit Court, Mr Justice Raymond Groarke, said yesterday that if the Government was not prepared to give him judges he was “not going to obey their legislative strictures”.

A 12-year-old girl who suffered a laceration to her face while playing laser tag with friends at a Leisureplex has been awarded €35,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

A Kerry man has been awarded damages in the Circuit Civil Court against well-known artist Kevin Sharkey over “highly defamatory” comments he wrote on his Twitter account.

A Dublin Airport ambulance worker, who alleged she suffered psychological injuries when her ambulance almost collided with a Ryanair plane, has settled a €60,000 damages claim in the Circuit Civil Court against the Irish Aviation Authority.

A nine -year-old girl, who cut her forehead when she fell in a Dublin creche, has been awarded €40,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.