A fashion lecturer who claimed she lost her cherished career after she tripped on a broken concrete surface injuring her elbow has settled her High Court action for damages.

A leading figure in Irish fashion design who has lost her cherished career after she tripped on a broken concrete surface injuring her elbow yesterday launched a High Court action for damages.

ADVENTURER Gerard McDonnell, who died on his descent from K2 last August, has been nominated posthumously for the Limerick Person of the Year Award.