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A 59-YEAR-OLD Co Dublin woman has been awarded €55,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court after she slipped and fell on yoghurt in a Tesco store four years ago.  The woman suffers ongoing shoulder pain and can no longer lift her grandchildren as a result of the incident.

A woman who was injured when a wing mirror on a van hit her as she was out jogging near her home has been awarded €134,000 damages by the High Court.

A Monaghan man who posted an allegedly defamatory item on Facebook about the national director of the country's game shooting body was ordered to pay €75,000 in damages, in a civil case at Monaghan Circuit Criminal Court.

A 5 year old girl, who will be scarred for life after she struck her head against a wall in a creche, was today awarded €55,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

An Irish family has been ordered to pay a Spanish au pair who worked for them €9,229.00.

A 7 year old schoolboy who suffered multiple cuts to his body after a glass shower door shattered on him, has been awarded €20,000 in damages by the Circuit Civil Court in a case against a fitness club.

A hotel waitress who injured her hand after a glass jug which she was filling shattered has been awarded €500,000 damages by the High Court.

A 27-year-old woman who claimed she suffered whiplash injuries during a ‘heavy’ landing of a Ryanair plane has been awarded more than €19,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

Am 11-year-old girl with cerebral palsy has secured a total €11.6m under a final settlement of her action against a consultant over her care around the time of her birth.

The Central Bank has again robustly defended its restrictive mortgage lending rules, saying they are “permanent”.