A mother of four who claimed she slipped on a chip on the floor of a shopping centre food court has sued in the High Court, writes Ann O'Loughlin.

Good afternoon. Here’s all the news you need to know this lunchtime.

A woman was conned into buying a stolen car for €4,300 cash after she saw it advertised on DoneDeal.ie, a court has heard.

This week our resident financial guru Grainne McGuinness looks at mortgage offers and gives her few cents on what she thinks is a sensible deal.

A gravely ill woman was kept sitting in a chair for three days in an emergency department and died six days after eventually getting a bed, the Circuit Civil Court was told yesterday

Sarah Ennis was "in shock" yesterday after achieving the biggest win of her career at Chatsworth Horse Trials in England.

DUBLIN GAA footballer Paul Flynn is flying high. Seven months ago, he joined Aer Lingus in employee engagement, working across all the different functions, with managers and employees.

Two men have been arrested after a garda car was rammed and a garda injured in Swords, Co Dublin in the early hours of this morning.

A bid to secure the sale of a nursing home at the centre of a legal row could ultimately result in a €1.9m judgment order obtained last year against the minister for health and several others being discharged.

Girls accounted for two thirds of under-18s admitted to psychiatric units and hospitals with depression last year, it has emerged.

Opponents of the €100 million annual subsidy to fee-paying schools claim that it subsidies a privileged education for an exclusive elite.

Matt the Threshers, of Birdhill, Co Limerick, was one of the beneficiaries of the Credit Review Office’s judgments allowing the pub to expand into Dublin.

A court has heard how the courage of gardaí, at risk of serious injury to themselves, blocked a getaway car from driving the wrong way along the M1 motorway and endangering the lives of unsuspecting motorists.

A man who flew to Spain to avoid giving evidence during the trial of two men accused of taking part in a “tiger kidnapping” has been jailed for two weeks for “contempt of court”.

A juror in the trial of two men accused of a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" robbery have said they have reached a “stalemate” in their deliberations.

The trial of two men accused of taking part in a €2.28m tiger raid six years ago has been adjourned.

The trial of two men accused of taking part in a €2.28m tiger raid six years ago has continued in legal argument.

A father-of-one accused of taking part in a €2.28m "tiger kidnapping" robbery was told his life was in danger after the incident, a trial has heard.

A CASH-IN-TRANSIT driver whose family were held hostage during a tiger kidnapping six years ago has told a trial that he could not drive his van during the incident because he was crying so much.

Two men have gone on trial accused of robbing €2.28m in a tiger kidnapping six years ago in which the family of a cash-in-transit van driver was held hostage by armed men.

IF eleven young people had died of drug overdoses in the past seven months, there would be a public outcry.

The elderly and disabled are among new members flexing their muscles at a gym which takes the strain out of getting fit.

Local authority workers are to mount pickets in Swords, Co Dublin, as part of a nationwide campaign against the pension levy for public-sector employees.

The lessons of Leas Cross have still not been learnt by nursing homes, says Juno McEnroe

Gardaí were today investigating the first attempted 'tiger' kidnapping of the new year after an armed gang held hostages captive in a botched robbery bid.

FORMER Dublin GAA captain and All-Star winner, John O’Leary, is to run as a Fianna Fáil candidate in Dublin North in next year’s General Election.

FORMER political lobbyist Frank Dunlop has told the Mahon Tribunal he gave a total of £18,000 (€22,855) in bribes to the late Fianna Fáil councillor, Cyril Gallagher, during the early 1990s.

THE report into the death of the man who died of septicaemia 12 days after being admitted to the controversial Leas Cross nursing home in Swords, Co Dublin, will be made public within weeks.

A PSYCHOLOGIST claims he became the victim of a campaign of bullying and intimidation by his employers after he raised concerns about the transfer of a patient to the controversial Leas Cross nursing home in Dublin.

A WOMAN who devoted her life to raising seven adopted children has been named Mum of the Year.

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Fine Gael is calling for an independent national inspectorate to examine conditions in Irish nursing homes following a documentary broadcast last night.

Dangerous drugs stolen from a doctors surgery in Swords, Co Dublin, on Tuesday have been recovered.

KERRY-BASED financial services group Fexco could be in line for a major expansion in Britain after buying a majority stake in The Gift Voucher Shop, the company that sells gift vouchers for over 500 shops through the Irish post office network.

Former Justice Minister Ray Burke appeared in a Dublin court today charged with lodging a false tax claim.

TWO former live-in lovers yesterday gave each other undertakings not to interfere with a 7,000-strong collection of antiques stored at their home at Boroimhe Poplars, Forest Road, Swords, Co Dublin, until ownership is decided by the High Court.

Three people have died in overnight road accidents, bringing the total death toll over the May Bank Holiday weekend to nine.

A US multinational has announced plans to create 200 jobs in Swords, Co Dublin.

Ireland was closed for business this afternoon as the nation watched its football team keep their World Cup dreams alive with a dramatic draw against Germany.