Allianz has secured a High Court injunction against an Irish-based financial services company that is the subject of a warning from the Central Bank.

The State is to to pay the costs of a case in which the High Court blocked an inquiry into patient health and welfare at the National Maternity Hospital in Dublin.

A 31-year-old painter and decorator, who cut his left hand on a piece of glass in a Dublin sports bar after watching the 2011 All Ireland football final, has been awarded €20,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.