Three golfers who were injured when the taxi they shared somersaulted into a ravine while they were holidaying in Spain, are to share more than €50,000 damages for personal injuries.

An Irish golfer holidaying in Spain had the shaft of a golf club embedded in the back of his head when a Spanish taxi went out of control and somersaulted into a ravine, the Circuit Civil Court was told yesterday.

A Dunnes Stores sales assistant who was injured when a heavy tray of bread loaves fell on her at work, has been awarded €15,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

A Dublin Airport ambulance worker, who alleged she suffered psychological injuries when her ambulance almost collided with a Ryanair plane, has settled a €60,000 damages claim in the Circuit Civil Court against the Irish Aviation Authority.

A 52-year-old security manager, who claimed he was falsely accused of stealing a mop, has lost a €75,000 damages claim for defamation in the Circuit Civil Court.

A 57-year-old fire officer is facing a €20,000 bill for legal costs after a judge threw out his damages claim against Dunnes Stores.

The Sunday World has been given one month to pay €75,000 for contempt of court after it called serial killer Mark Nash a “psycho” and “Pulp Fiction-style killer” before he had gone on trial for a second double-murder charge.

A judge yesterday told a Dublin student there was no merit in his €75,000 claim alleging he was defamed by a Malahide pharmacy and ordered him to pay the legal costs of his unsuccessful action.

Expectant mum Lisa Ralph wanted “the Rolls Royce of buggies” for her first baby and went for the ultimate status symbol in baby carriers, a court heard yesterday.

A woman who claimed a pharmacy allowed her husband watch CCTV footage of her buying a pregnancy test kit has settled a €38,000 damages claim against the pharmacy for an undisclosed sum in the Circuit Civil Court.

A 74-year-old widow, who spent most of a sun holiday in her hotel bedroom after having been injured when a sun lounger collapsed underneath her, has been awarded €38,000 damages against the hotel.

A prison officer at Mountjoy Prison has told the Circuit Civil Court he had a relationship with the wife of a prisoner who was in the Dublin jail at the time.

A prison officer at Mountjoy Prison has told the Circuit Civil Court he had a relationship with the wife of a prisoner who was behind bars in the Dublin jail at the time.

Independent Star Ltd., publishers of the Star Sunday newspaper which was found to have defamed a convicted child porn user, has been fined €40,000 for contempt of court.

The Star Sunday newspaper deliberately repeated false and defamatory statements about a self-confessed and convicted child porn user, a judge said yesterday.

A convicted porn user who had openly admitted his guilt and had sought psychiatric help is still capable of having his “residual” character defamed, a judge decided today.

The following is the Leinster Under-21 team to meet Munster in Rosbrien, Old Crescent on Friday (KO: 5.45pm):