A 38-year-old computer consultant, who was jolted forward when a ball joint collapsed in a taxi taking him to work, has been awarded €38,220 damages against the cab owner.

A beautician who injured her buttocks and tailbone when she was torpedoed from a go-kart during a fun race has lost a €60,000 personal injuries claim against Kylemore Karting.

A bizarre mix-up during the empanelling of a jury in Co Donegal certainly had legal staff smelling the coffee.

A bizarre mix-up during the empanelling of a jury in Co Donegal certainly had legal staff smelling the coffee.

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 girl who broke her two upper front teeth during a ride on the bumpers has been awarded more than €36,000.

A woman who has Crohn’s disease, has received a fully suspended sentence after more than €80,000 worth of cannabis was found at a house she shared.

A man who took part in the assault of a bouncer at Copper Face Jacks nightclub has been jailed for two years.

David Drumm will face two trials, one in 2017 and one in 2018, over alleged offences committed during his time as CEO of Anglo Irish Bank.

A farm family had no choice but to defend proceedings against a 123-year-old rowing club, some of whose members had “aggressively pursued” a claim for a right of way through the lands, a judge said yesterday.

A rowing club has effectively been shut down after its members lost a claim for a right-of-way across farmland.

Kerry footballer and former teacher Paul Galvin and the board of management at St Brendan’s College, Killarney, have paid €8,000 to a pupil who sued them jointly after being allegedly struck by a blackboard duster in a classroom three years ago.

A brother of model and TV presenter Glenda Gilson has launched an appeal of his conviction in connection with a dangerous drug driving incident.

A CIRCUIT court judge has expressed his frustration with delays in completing a planning process arising from the operation of an unauthorised waste recycling centre in north Kerry.

VINCENT DOYLE believed he had found a foolproof way of getting rid of his household rubbish without paying local authority waste charges, a judge has been told.

A 16-year-old Mayo youth who mugged a young woman while armed with a blade has been told he could spend a substantial part of his life in prison if he doesn’t deal with his alcohol problem.