The HSE yesterday expressed its sincere regret and apology to the parents and family of a five-day-old baby girl who died in Cork University Maternity Hospital.

A pony, purchased for €67,000 by parents for their teenage daughter to take part in showjumping competitions, refused to jump and was not safe, it was claimed in the High Court.

A woman who as a child was repeatedly sexually abused by a neighbour over a six-year period has been awarded €350,000 by the High Court.

A man on crutches who slipped and fell on a wet supermarket floor has been awarded €70,000 by the High Court.

The widow of a man who drowned as a result of a defective lifejacket was awarded over €500,000 in damages yesterday as the High Court judge criticised the manufacturers.

A YOUNG nursing student was left with a severe brain injury after his car was struck head-on by another car driven on the wrong side of the road by a young man who was racing in convoy and playing a game of “catch up” with another vehicle, the High Court heard yesterday.

The closing stages have been reached in the trial at the Central Criminal Court of a Lithuanian man who denies that he raped a Russian woman in Waterford last year.

A Lithuanian man has denied in evidence that he raped a Russian woman in Waterford and said that after they had consensual sex he rescued her from a sexual assault by another man.