Kerry mother Emma Mhic Mhathúna and her five children who sued over CervicalCheck smears have settled their legal action for €7.5m.

Kerry mother Emma Mhic Mhathúna and her five children are to seek exemplary and aggravated damages when their case over alleged delays relating to CervicalCheck smears goes ahead in the High Court in a few weeks time.

Emma Mhic Mhathúna and her five children have launched a High Court action over alleged delays relating to CervicalCheck smears.

Two more legal actions involving women suing over alleged delays relating to CervicalCheck smears have come before the High Court.

Increasingly Irish males are investing in cosmetic procedures, with Botox, nose jobs, eye lifts and breast tissue reduction topping the list, says Áilin Quinlan.

The prosecution has finished giving evidence in the case of three men accused of murdering a 64-year-old at his home.

Organisations working for religious freedom in State-funded schools have questioned Education Minister Richard Bruton’s preference for a model of primary school that keeps religion lessons in the classroom.

Revenue’s clampdown on medical consultants’ tax affairs has so far yielded €46.5m in settlements.

Independent TD Michael Lowry will have to foot the legal bill for the four days of a High Court hearing in which he failed to stop his trial on mainly tax-related charges.

Independent TD Michael Lowry has been subjected to “unprecedented” State scrutiny for 20 years and his prosecution on tax charges contrasts with failure to charge even one Ansbacher account holder, the High Court has heard.

A Carlow man who regularly raped his niece and grandniece has been given a 10-year sentence with the final three years suspended.

Doctor to Michael Jackson is just one chapter in the story of Dr Patrick Treacy, says Richard Fitzpatrick.

Preparations for the trial of Independent TD Michael Lowry on tax charges should not be suspended because of his impending legal bid to stop the tax case going ahead, the President of the High Court said yesterday.

Independent TD Michael Lowry was yesterday granted permission by the High Court to bring a challenge aimed at preventing his trial before Dublin Circuit Court on alleged tax offences from going ahead.

Court told manner in which letter was revealed is prejudicial

High Court challenge sought over claims of incorrect tax returns

The circuit court will resume consideration next month of an application by former Fine Gael minister Michael Lowry to have four summonses relating to the alleged filing of incorrect tax returns struck out.

Anxious to keep their jobs, men aged 35 to 50 are using Botox to banish their wrinkles, brow lines and so-called crows’ feet. Others are resorting to surgery to look toned, youthful and less stressed, says Áilín Quinlan.

Limerick children Millie and Gavin Murray, still recovering from horrific burns after a family car was petrol-bombed, have joined in a unique tribute to pop icon Michael Jackson.

IN a culture where beauty and youth are worshipped, women are putting themselves under increasing pressure to hold back the years.

THE pressure to look younger has never been greater. But several leading Irish plastic consultants are worried that Irish women and men are being used as “guinea pigs’’ by opting for cheap, quick-fix anti-ageing procedures.

The imposition of short sentences serve no purpose given most of them are not actually being served, a top legal expert has said.

WHAT is the ‘year zero’ face?

TRIBUTES were paid at Nenagh Circuit Court to well known Co Tipperary legal figure, Jim Kelly who died recently.

MORE women than ever are having breast enlargements but are opting for smaller implants, new research shows.