Meanwhile, two of the largest hospitals in the country have warned people to stay away due to high levels of influenza patients.

The State in the High Court has expressed “ greatest sympathy” for a 26-year-old woman who is suing claiming she developed narcolepsy after she got the swine flu Pandemrix vaccination.

Rowena Walsh talks to Tipperary fire officer Dave Carroll who discovered he had a serious heart condition following two strokes

The Oireachtas spent more than €426,000 on barristers' fees in defending the cases taken by Angela Kerins.

The Court of Appeal has halted, for reasons of delay, a profoundly disabled man's case over alleged negligence in the circumstances of his birth at a Co Donegal hospital more than 30 years ago.

A conditional judgment for €445m is part of the settlement of the long and bitter litigation between the Quinn family and State-owned Irish Bank Resolution Corporation.

Settlement talks are underway in the marathon case by Sean Quinn’s five adult children denying liability for some €410m under guarantees of loans advanced by Anglo Irish Bank to Quinn companies.

A new group set up to represent retailers in Cork city and county says it wants a seat at the table of decision-making on retail.

Former mining company executive Donal Kinsella will have to repay €250,000 of a €500,000 payment he received so that a record €10m libel award to him against the company could be appealed, the Court of Appeal has ruled.

Retailers in Cork City who led opposition to the St Patrick’s Street car ban are ready to move beyond the controversy and embrace change, according to one of the organisers of a meeting tonight on the future of retail.

Karen Brown, the 31-year-old partner of Katie Taylor’s father, Pete, yesterday settled a €60,000 damages claim against a motorist who, it was claimed, rear-ended them two years ago.

The Supreme Court will rule on a later date on Facebook's appeal over the referral to the Court of Justice of the EU (CJEU) of key issues concerning the validity of European Commission decisions approving EU-US data transfer channels.

Competing bids by University College Cork was a factor in Cork Institute of Technology paying €300,000 over the asking price for a city centre property.

Independent News & Media has a “very high standard” of corporate governance procedures and would have told the State’s corporate watchdog so, had he made it aware he had concerns in that regard, the High Court has been told.

The fallout continues over attorney general Seamus Woulfe’s ‘dog’s dinner’ remarks regarding Shane Ross’ judges bill, writes Political Editor Daniel McConnell.

Preston remain right in the thick of a battle for a play-off place in the Championship.

The High Court has appointed a provisional administrator to the Irish arm of troubled New Zealand specialist insurer CBL Insurance Ltd.

Provisional liquidators have been appointed by the High Court to a North Cork credit union due to its distressed financial position.

The US government has said it is "critically important" its views are taken into account when the High Court finalises questions to be decided by the Court of Justice of the EU concerning the validity of EU-US data transfer channels.

Parties in a row between Deutsche Bank and a group of seven Galway firms, involving business debts just short of €700m, have appealed and cross-appealed High Court orders on the future of the companies.

The Central Bank has rejected as “nonsense” claims by former Irish Nationwide Building Society chief executive Michael Fingleton he cannot lawfully be subject to an inquiry into alleged regulatory breaches at the Society.

A 29-year-old man is due before Meath District Court this morning, charged in connection with the murder of Paul Gallagher.

A man has been arrested by Gardaí investigating the murder of Paul Gallagher.

A High Court judge has raised issues with lawyers for the US government about the effect of findings of non-compliance by US intelligence agencies with restrictions on surveillance, writes Ann O'Loughlin.

The US government has asked the High Court to take account of a “significant” decision last month stopping the collection of a certain category of personal data by the US National Security Agency.

Ayoze Perez struck twice as Rafael Benitez succeeded in his mission to guide Newcastle back to the Premier League at the first attempt with a resounding victory over 10-man Preston.

A 54-year-old catering assistant, who claimed she has ongoing back pain since she slipped and fell on spilt gravy two years ago, has been awarded over €25,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court against Dunnes Stores.

Tourism representatives have called for an immediate €12m injection from the Government to help minimise the negative impact of Brexit on the sector.

Ireland has become one of the “main beneficiaries” of terrorist attacks across Europe because tourists see it as a safe place to visit, a major tourism group has claimed.

An Irish-registered firm was allegedly at the centre of conspiracy to defraud the world’s largest producer of ammonia of a $2bn (€1.85bn) shareholding, the Commercial Court has heard.

Criminal prosecutions may be brought arising out of investigations into a north Dublin credit union to which the High Court has appointed provisional liquidators, a judge was told.

A seven-judge Supreme Court is hearing the Motor Insurers’ Bureau of Ireland’s appeal against decisions that it is potentially liable for claims brought against collapsed insurer Setanta.

The Irish Congress of Trade Unions has claimed the “major flaw” in the budget was the decision to forgo €620m in taxes through the continued 9% Vat subsidy to the tourism and hospitality sector.

At this stage of his career, John Galvin could be forgiven for taking it easy. Instead, the 36-year-old legendary Limerick midfielder, who played inter-county football for 15 years, is preparing for his second Clare county final. 

The Dáil Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was entitled to ask about salaries paid by the Rehab Group, including to its former CEO Angela Kerins, because various group companies receive €80m annually in public funds, the High Court has heard.

Counsel for members of the 2014 Public Accounts Committee has told the High Court it has no jurisdiction to grant the reliefs sought by Angela Kerins.

Gardaí may have to move out of their central Dublin headquarters building if agreement cannot be reached over lease arrangements with a private company which bought the property, the Commercial Court has heard.

A High Court judge will hear the action by the Data Protection Commissioner over the legality of existing data transfer channels between the EU and US next year.

The Dáil Public Accounts Committee (PAC) was entitled to know if the public was getting value for “huge” sums of public money paid to the Rehab Group, the High Court has been told.

Former Rehab Group chief executive Angela Kerins is seeking to extend the courts’ control over parliamentary proceedings in a “very significant and wholly unprecedented” way, lawyers for the Dáil public accounts committee have told the High Court.