A young man who fractured his skull when he was hit by a quad bike on a farm when he was only 12 years old has settled his High Court action for €125,000.

A 12-year-old schoolboy, who will be scarred for life after falling while attending a creche nine years ago, has been awarded €45,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

An Irish vet who runs a stud farm in Japan has sued the University of Limerick (UL) alleging defamation and reputational damage as a result of how it reacted to allegations by two female students about his behaviour towards them while on placement at the farm.

An industrial flooring firm and one of its former directors have been sent forward for trial to the Central Criminal Court accused of breaking competition laws by engaging in price-fixing to win contracts.

You can’t put a price on being able to hug your family standing upright.

THE greatest week in the history of Irish ladies’ golf has arrived with the 12th Solheim Cup clash of the United States and Europe set for the Jack Nicklaus-designed Killeen Castle near Dunshaughlin, Co Meath, on Friday.

A COMMUNITY is in mourning following the deaths of two men in their 20s. They died when their car hit a tree.

SIOBHÁN O’BRIEN who has an acquired brain injury following a road accident wants other road users to know that it only took a split second for her life to be turned upside down.

A man is still in Garda custody this morning after being arrested following the discovery of three cannabis growing operations in Co. Meath.

GARDAÍ are warning elderly people to avoid letting strangers into their home after a safe containing €20,000 in cash was stolen by two men posing as workers.

Two men have gone on trial accused of conspiracy to possess three quarters of a ton of cannabis resin in west Dublin.

ONE of the country’s biggest estate agencies has been drawn into a row between anti- and pro-hunt campaigners.

ENVIRONMENT Minister John Gormley’s imminent ban on stag hunting is the first shot in a wider war on “rural traditions”, hunting enthusiasts have warned.

A 51-year-old Co Meath man has appeared in court in the North charged with murdering an RUC reservist in Co Tyrone 26 years ago.