Father of four and grandfather of ten, James Egan, it was claimed, was administered a penicillin-related medication on a number of occasions as he recovered from a heart bypass operation.

The family of an 88-year old man who died thirteen days after he was admitted to Sligo General Hospital has settled a High Court over his death.

A Limerick man who was released on a day pass from a psychiatric unit and suffered life changing injuries when he fell from a multi-storey car park has settled his High Court action against the HSE for €7.25m.

A European research team, including researchers from University College Cork (UCC), has found evidence of a lost prehistoric settlement in the North Sea.

A €3m settlement, made without admission of liability, has been approved by the High Court for a permanently disabled young girl with cerebral palsy who alleged negligence in the circumstances of her delivery at the National Maternity Hospital.

Saibhe O’Connor is to get an annual payout of €610,000 for her lifetime in the first case to come before the courts which has been finalised with life long payments.

The husband and son of a woman who died at the National Maternity Hospital hours after undergoing an emergency Caesarean section to deliver her baby have settled for €650,000 their High Court action for nervous shock.

A 24-year-old man who sued the Eye and Ear Hospital in Dublin over the circumstances of care when he presented with the sudden onset of blurred vision has settled his High Court action.

A 7-year old boy with cerebral palsy who sued over the circumstances of his birth at Cavan General Hospital has settled his High Court action for €9.1Million.

Unarmed police in blue sweatshirts and black baseball caps made their way up the hill at Amona at about midday on Wednesday. .

The HSE has made a settlement offer of €105,000 to a young woman whose baby boy died in hospital hours after he was born.

A US federal judge has approved a 15 billion dollar (£12 bn) court settlement of most claims against Volkswagen over its emissions-cheating scandal.

Israel has approved plans for hundreds of new housing units for Jewish settlers in the West Bank, according to reports, prompting a swift condemnation from the White House.

A $15bn (€13.6bn) settlement over carmaker Volkswagen’s emissions cheating scandal has cleared a key hurdle, with a federal judge giving preliminary approval to a deal that includes an option for owners to have the firm buy back their vehicles.

Israel is pushing forward with the construction of dozens of homes in a Jewish West Bank settlement.

Chelsea and Jose Mourinho reached a settlement with ex-team doctor Eva Carneiro before she was due to give testimony that was expected to be highly damaging to the Premier League club.

Revenue’s clampdown on medical consultants’ tax affairs has so far yielded €46.5m in settlements.

Honolulu has agreed to pay $80,000 to a gay couple who said a police officer wrongfully arrested them after seeing the pair kissing in a grocery store.

Robin Williams's widow and his three children from previous marriages have reached a settlement over his estate.

The city of Baltimore says it has reached a 6.4 million US dollar wrongful death settlement with the family of Freddie Gray.