Michael O’Leary’s casual open-neck shirt style might be a good look for Ryanair, but it is a fashion faux-pas in the more formal setting of Limerick Circuit Court.

A four-year-old girl, who allegedly suffered psychological injuries while attending a creche mentioned in an RTÉ expose on the mistreatment of children, has been offered a settlement of €15,000, a court has heard.

A 32-year-old Dublin mother who was pepper-sprayed by gardaí when they seized her car and arrested her, has been awarded damages in the Circuit Civil Court for defamation and assault.

A mother and daughter were yesterday awarded €45,000 in defamation damages after they were falsely accused of shoplifting from a Dunnes Stores outlet in Limerick.

Walking into Semple Stadium you are reminded you are now entering the ‘Home of Hurling’ but after the underage football success of Tipperary in recent years and a first outing of the year for the defending All-Ireland Champions, yesterday’s crowd was more akin to a Munster hurling clash than football and required the old stand to be opened and the throw-in delayed 15 minutes.

A Polish chef who worked for leading publican Charlie Chawke claimed that she was offered €1,150 to drop a compensation claim after she slipped when working in Mr Chawke’s old family pub in Adare, a court heard.

A €50 note, offered to a Limerick City Bus Éireann driver to pay a €1.80 fare, sparked a row which traumatised a student travelling to a counselling session, a court heard.

A father who was stressed due to financial pressure seriously assaulted his infant son by shaking him and yesterday he got a five-year suspended jail sentence.