A married teaching assistant has been cleared of grooming and having sex with a pupil more than 40 years her junior.

A settlement of €690,000 has been approved by the High Court to a young girl who had sued both the HSE and a Dublin hospital for alleged medical negligence arising out of the care she received before and during the months following her birth.

The High Court has approved a settlement of €690,000 to a young girl who had sued the HSE and a Dublin hospital for alleged medical negligence arising out of the care she received prior to and during the months following her birth.

THERE is no question that books will eventually be bought almost exclusively online or that we are living through the end of an era for the printed book.

WHEN the organisers contacted me and asked if I’d be interested in doing workshops at this year’s Listowel Writers’ Week, I thought about telling them I would consider it, but I was afraid they’d go off me and get someone else, so I said yes with such speed, it came close to tearing their arm off at the shoulder for the chance.

IF YOU can draw inspiration from wizards and fairies then you could land a €5,000 publishing deal.

A crime writer who wrote a book called The Art Of Armed Robbery, was a member of a gang which stole thousands of pounds during attacks on security guards delivering cash to hole-in-the-wall machines, a court heard yesterday.

THE hard work has reaped rewards for Patricia Lynch, who sat the Leaving Cert at the same time as her son Liam.