A 43-year-old Dublin Airport ambulance driver, who thought her ambulance was going to be struck by a Ryanair plane as it was taking off, is suing the Irish Aviation Authority for psychological injuries she allegedly suffered as a direct result of what could have been a catastrophe at Dublin Airport.

A 59-year-old hill walker who has climbed in the Himalayas and to base camp on Mount Everest has sued the Irish National Parks and Wildlife Service for €60,000 damages following a fall on the Wicklow Way.