A woman who was injured when she was a secondary school student travelling as a passenger in a car has been awarded €92,000 by the High Court against the driver.

A man who set up a sophisticated cannabis growing operation in his bedroom worth almost €10,000 after sourcing the seeds online and ordering the equipment from Amazon was trying to treat his back pain, a Court has heard.

A teenager has been sentenced to nine months detention for possession and supply of drugs after a Garda raid to his home recovered almost €1,000 worth of cannabis herb and resin.