Families members of two of the five young people who died in one of the worst car accidents in the history of the State have today settled their High Court action for more than €400,000.

A child who suffered "devastating injuries" at birth due to "incompetence" of the medical staff who handled her delivery has secured €4.5m in damages at the High Court.

The High Court has heard that a hospital denied liability for the "devastating injuries" sustained by a child at birth almost three years after its own internal investigation into the matter identified mistakes it had made.

THE family of a six-year-old girl who died in a house fire allegedly caused by an electrical fault settled their action against Sligo Borough Council in the High Court yesterday for a total of €115,000. The award was secured without admission of liability.

A Dublin Hospital has admitted liability in action brought by the family of 76-year-old patient who bled to death that he was not properly monitored after he developed a post operative complicatio

A SIX-YEAR-OLD child allegedly born dead and who only recovered a heart beat after seven minutes of life has secured e5.250m in an approved settlement in the High Court.

A WAITRESS who suffered severe burns to her leg after her clothing caught fire while working in a restaurant has secured more than €65,000 in damages at the High Court.

THE wife and family of a man given some aspirin and diagnosed as having “atypical chest pain” in hospital, but who died six months later of heart disease, secured €302,500 in a settlement approved in the High Court.

A SCHOOLTEACHER almost died and spent weeks in intensive care after she contracted a flesh-eating disease while having a routine surgical procedure, the High Court heard yesterday.

The High Court has approved a settlement of €5m to a 28-year-old woman who sustained serious injuries after the car in which she was a back-seat passenger was struck by an uninsured drunk driver who broke a red light.

A FOUR-YEAR-OLD boy who should have been born healthy but is permanently brain-damaged, blind and quadriplegic because of negligence in his birth at Our Lady of Lourdes Hospital in Drogheda has secured €4.35 million in settlement of his High Court action.

A COUPLE whose semi-detached home had to be demolished following a gas explosion in an adjoining house have begun an action for damages in the High Court.

A FORMER AIB staff officer agreed under cross- examination in the High Court yesterday that the first time she told the bank she had a health problem was in May 2000 when she ceased working for it.

TWO sisters who were raped and sexually assaulted by a neighbour after they babysat his children were given more than €1 million in damages in the High Court yesterday.

A FORMER Allied Irish Bank (AIB) staff official told the High Court yesterday she became a “vegetable” and had a “breakdown” because of pressure at work where absenteeism had reached chronic levels.

A 48-YEAR-OLD woman has begun an action for damages against Allied Irish Bank plc for alleged bullying and psychological abuse while employed at the bank.

A WOMAN hit by a Dublin Bus vehicle in which five people died when it mounted the footpath at Wellington Quay has begun a High Court action for damages. Three women and two men were killed in the accident.

A €3.5 MILLION settlement was approved by the High Court yesterday for a 24-year-old woman who suffered severe brain damage and cerebral palsy as a result of alleged negligence in the circumstances of her birth at Limerick Regional Maternity Hospital.

A man who became severely ill after undergoing what he was informed would be a simple one day medical procedure has been awarded €285,000 in damages by the High Court.

Three members of the University of Limerick Hurling club have decided not to appeal to the Supreme Court the decision to remove an injunction that prevented the GAA from holding a disciplinary hearing over the alleged illegal participation of a player in a third level hurling game.

IRISH Shell is facing a multi-million-euro bill after the High Court yesterday ordered it to take immediate steps to clean up the site of Meath County Council’s proposed new civic offices at Trim.

A convicted rapist who attacked a woman in the street just 36 hours after his release from a 15-year prison sentence has been jailed for a further five years by Dublin Circuit Criminal Court.

AN AER RIANTA telephonist, who claimed she suffered post-traumatic stress disorder after taking a bomb call which later turned out to be a hoax at Dublin Airport, yesterday settled her action for damages in the High Court.

The widow of a solicitor who died after an operation to prevent blushing yesterday settled a High Court action for damages for €5m.

SPRAWLING growth in Dublin is expected to result in an increase in the number of TDs for the outer suburbs of the capital city and adjoining commuter counties.

THE Government hopes to complete a review of the nation's European and Dáil constituencies within six months, Environment Minister Martin Cullen announced yesterday.

Lawyers in Cork lashed out at the authorities today saying that they were duped with the promise of a courthouse but all they got was a warehouse.