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Brain-damaged, partially blind teenager wins €3m settlement
03.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
A YOUNG brain-damaged man who is partially blind as a result of alleged delays and negligence in performing urgent surgery on him when he was aged nine at Our Lady’s Hospital for Sick Children in Crumlin is to receive €3 million in settlement of his High Court action for damages.
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Woman claims over 'pub crawl' injury
03.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
A YOUNG woman who fell and suffered head and other injuries taking part with about 50 others in a tour company organised “pub crawl” during a holiday in Kos, Greece, eight years ago has taken a High Court action for damages against the company involved.
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Man found with Kalashnikov in sports bag jailed for four years
03.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
A DUBLIN man who was spotted by gardaí carrying a Kalashnikov assault rifle in a sports bag in a city centre street was jailed for four years by the Special Criminal Court yesterday.
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Man on trial for death by dangerous driving
03.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
A MAN has gone on trial charged with dangerous driving causing the death of a Limerick teenager nearly two years ago.
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Conspiracy accused was picked in identity parade
03.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
A MAN ON trial for conspiring with an Ennis woman to murder her partner and his two sons was picked out at an identity parade, a court heard yesterday.
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Unfair dismissal appeal case settled
03.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
THE FORMER partner of a solicitor has settled a Circuit Civil Court challenge against the rejection by the Employment Appeals Tribunal of her unfair dismissal claim.
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Inquest hears baby died of 'undetermined' trauma
03.06.2008 23:36
ireland.com
A THREE-MONTH-OLD baby, who was discovered lying unresponsive in bed by his mother's partner, died of a brain injury due to a trauma of an undetermined nature, an inquest has heard.
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Brown holds talks ahead of election of NI First Minister
03.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
THE BRITISH prime minister Gordon Brown held separate talks with Sinn Féin president Gerry Adams and with DUP Finance Minister Peter Robinson yesterday as efforts continued last night to try to ensure that Sinn Féin accommodates the election tomorrow of Mr Robinson as First Minister.
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Warning over sectarianising of education in the North
03.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
NEW GOVERNANCE proposals for State-controlled schools in Northern Ireland were “in danger of sectarianising education in a way we have not seen before”, the Clerk of the Presbyterian General Assembly said in Belfast yesterday.
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Brinksmanship seems out of kilter with mood
03.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
Are the DUP and Sinn Féin headed for a serious confrontation, asks Gerry Moriarty
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Cowen highlights economic benefits of using the euro
03.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
ECONOMY: IRELAND'S ADOPTION of the euro has helped Ireland economically, and will continue to do so in the uncertain times ahead, Taoiseach Brian Cowen has said.
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No side's belief that workers could get better deal 'naive'
03.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
WORKERS RIGHTS: Labour MEP Prionnsias De Rossa has said it is "entirely politically naive" to argue that a better deal could be secured for working people in any renegotiation of the Lisbon Treaty.
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IFA president Padraig Walshe says assurances over WTO deal were sufficient Commitment to use veto decisive, say farmers
03.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
IFA DEAL: AN 11TH hour commitment by Brian Cowen that he would veto a world trade deal under current conditions yesterday persuaded the Irish Farmers' Association to back the Yes campaign ahead of the Lisbon Treaty.
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Current WTO proposals unacceptable, says Taoiseach
03.06.2008 23:35
ireland.com
REACTION: THE GOVERNMENT will not hesitate to use its veto to block a world trade talks deal if Irish agriculture is threatened, Taoiseach Brian Cowen assured the Irish Farmers' Association yesterday.
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