# Damages

All time

Fifa makes massive damages claim against officials involved in bribery scandals

Football’s governing body has accepted that World Cup votes were sold but wants compensation from those involved for ‘tarnishing its brand’.

2.6k

Mar 16th 2016, 11:57 AM

# High Court

Garda who was stabbed under eye on Halloween awarded €35k damages

The wound left a permanent indented scar on his face.

21.1k

Mar 14th 2016, 6:45 PM

# Settled

Praveen Halappanavar settles medical negligence case over death of his wife Savita

31-year-old Savita Halappanavar died in Galway hospital in 2012.

26.0k

Mar 10th 2016, 2:11 PM

# Dublin

Former restaurant manager awarded €18,000 in damages after cutting foot on broken flower pot plate

Angela Gamble told the Circuit Civil Court that she saw blood coming out of her shoe after walking over the broken ceramic plate.

29.8k

Mar 4th 2016, 2:31 PM

# Damages

Teenager awarded €19k after electronic frame fell on her in Eason shop

The Circuit Court heard that she suffered a concussion injury and soft-tissue damage.

19.9k

Feb 10th 2016, 12:13 PM

# Damages

'He was screaming and there was blood everywhere' - garda awarded €200,000 after pit bull attack

Garda John Leahy had to receive over 100 stitches and was out of work for a year after the attack.

36.5k

Feb 8th 2016, 6:12 PM

# parallel parking

Woman awarded €16k in damages after suffering whiplash when driver 'tipped' her car

The woman said she suffered injuries to her neck and left shoulder.

54.2k

Feb 5th 2016, 6:10 AM

# central remedial clinic

Special needs assistant loses damages claim after accusing principal of bullying

The woman had claimed she suffered anxiety and distress as a result of her treatment by the principal.

21.9k

Jan 28th 2016, 6:01 AM

# Courts

Mountjoy prisoner, who claimed he was assaulted by a riot squad, loses €38,000 damages claim

Jonathan Grimes claimed he was beaten repeatedly with batons in October 2010.

16.7k

Jan 19th 2016, 7:08 PM

# Rogues

Polish mother and son told if they're still in Ireland after tomorrow they will be arrested

A judge said there are “enough rogues and gangsters in this country without importing some”.

49.6k

Dec 10th 2015, 3:46 PM

# public green

Settlement of €3k rejected after schoolboy cuts leg on broken glass

The injury has been described as being worth ten times that amount.

27.1k

Dec 4th 2015, 6:00 AM

# Damages

Woman awarded €30,000 after being told “just do the f**king job”

The woman claimed she had been asked to do “illegal tasks”.

52.8k

Nov 26th 2015, 7:42 PM

# Damages

Dunnes worker awarded €15k after slipping on wet floor while carrying box of doughnuts

Alison Leavey’s wrist was injured after it was caught in a door.

16.9k

Nov 24th 2015, 1:50 PM

# Portlaoise

Further €9 million awarded to girl who suffered brain injury at birth

Roisin Conroy has cerebral palsy as a result of her birth at the hospital in Portlaoise in 2001.

8.8k

Nov 24th 2015, 1:42 PM

# compensation

'Like my worst nightmare' - garda who faced down military-trained gunman tells of ordeal

The unarmed garda faced down and disarmed a robber who had been trained by the Lithuanian military.

23.7k

Nov 16th 2015, 4:49 PM

# Courts

Girl (9) awarded €40k after finger severed between Dublin pharmacy doors

The young girl had to give up her piano lessons following the incident at Doc Morris Pharmacy in Lucan.

21.1k

Oct 27th 2015, 2:31 PM

# regrettable

Mother of 7-year-old girl with cerebral palsy says apology from hospital 'too little too late'

Katie Manton was awarded €6.7 million in damages today.

10.1k

Oct 15th 2015, 8:17 PM

# Gazza

Paul Gascoigne has won €264,000 in damages for having his phone hacked

The troubled former footballer, along with numerous other celebrities, has received a settlement from Mirror Group Newspapers.

16.6k

May 21st 2015, 1:26 PM

# Damages

'No chance': Germany won't pay €162 billion 'owed' to Greece since WWII

The country’s central bank was forced to loan a massive sum to the Third Reich.

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Feb 9th 2015, 9:14 PM

# Damages

Woman sues Google after Street View image shows her exposed breast

The photo showed the woman sitting outside her house and her face was blurred out.

89.1k

Oct 31st 2014, 11:02 PM

# slippery slope

Man who sued MCD after breaking his ankle in Oxegen mud loses case

The judge ruled that his injury was not the fault of the promoters.

32.8k

Oct 16th 2014, 3:55 PM

# Settlement

LinkedIn agrees to pay employees €4.4 million over wage violations

The professional social network said it paid more than $3.3 million in overtime back wages and $2.5 million in damages to workers in California, Illinois, Nebraska and New York.

10.4k

Aug 5th 2014, 10:47 AM

# Damages

Adele's baby son wins damages over paparazzi photos

The one-year-old got a five-figure payout for the pictures of his ‘milestone moments’.

3.0k

Jul 23rd 2014, 2:30 PM

# Sue me

Aer Lingus is suing SIPTU

The airline has issued proceedings against SIPTU for damages caused by the strike action that was threatened for today.

14.9k

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Mar 14th 2014, 1:18 PM

# pat mustard

Father Ted festival organisers distance themselves from runaway milk float

Speed 3, in real life.

37.6k

Feb 25th 2014, 6:30 PM

Voices

Column: Panti Bliss controversy raises major questions about RTE's role in public discourse

Some privately-owned news media can be described as having a particular editorial slant – but the state broadcaster has a duty to be balanced and challenge opinions that promote inequality, writes Catherine Murphy TD.

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Jan 30th 2014, 7:00 AM

# Privacy

French actress sues Closer magazine over reported affair with Hollande

Julie Gayet is seeking €50,000 in damages for the report. If she wins, Closer will have to publish the legal verdict on its cover page.

13.5k

Jan 16th 2014, 5:22 PM

# Madeleine McCann

Kate McCann in Portuguese court for libel case against police chief

The former detective published a book alleging that Madeleine McCann’s parents were involved in her disappearance from a vacation home in 2007.

14.3k

Sep 12th 2013, 3:26 PM

# tellywatch

9 series on Netflix which might have passed you by

From legal thrillers, to reality trash, we’ve got you covered.

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Aug 14th 2013, 9:30 PM

# lawyer up

Harper Lee sues agent's son-in-law over copyright of To Kill a Mockingbird

The 87-year-old author alleges her agent’s son-in-law took advantage of her declining health to get her to assign the book’s copyright to him.

11.0k

May 4th 2013, 12:21 PM

# Data Protection

Insurer ordered to pay costs in data breach case

A High Court judgement is being hailed as a landmark ruling which makes businesses legally liable for data protection breaches.

13.7k

Mar 18th 2013, 7:30 AM

# Damages

Judge slashes €1 billion Samsung-Apple penalty in half

Apple had accused its rival of massive and willful copying of its designs and technology for smartphones and tablets.

6.7k

Mar 4th 2013, 2:39 PM

# Sweden

Swedish transsexuals seek damages for forced sterilisations

A court ruled last December that the practice – dating back to 1972 – is unconstitutional and violates human rights.

8.3k

Feb 28th 2013, 7:15 AM

# High Court

Woman who gave birth after sterilisation awarded €100,000 in damages

Karen Hurley gave birth to a baby boy with a fatal illness following her failed steriliation procedure.

15.6k

Feb 1st 2013, 3:50 PM

Good Morning

The 9 at 9 Good morning! Every day TheJournal.ie brings you the nine things you need to know as you kick off your day.

10.0k

Dec 15th 2012, 8:52 AM

# Discrimination

Ex 'Price is Right' model gets $8.5 million in damages

The woman claimed the producers of the show discriminated against her after her pregnancy.

31.8k

Nov 26th 2012, 6:59 PM

# Michaela McAreavey

Michaela's family to sue Mauritian paper for publishing dead body images

The 27-year-old was on honeymoon at the Legends (now Lux) Hotel in January 2011 when she was murdered.

9.7k

Nov 23rd 2012, 1:40 PM

# Environment

Engineer challenges legality of renewable energy plan in High Court

Pat Swords claims the public have been denied their legal right to participate in planning and funding decisions for green energy projects.

8.1k

Nov 23rd 2012, 7:15 AM

# Google

Australian wins $200k from Google for 'mobster' defamation

Milorad Trkulja accused Google of defaming him with material which he said implied he was a major crime figure in Melbourne.

5.4k

Nov 12th 2012, 11:54 AM

# High Court

Widow receives landmark damages over death of husband

Margaret Madden today received over €720,000 in damages in relation to the shooting dead of her husband Terence in 1999.

10.2k

Oct 9th 2012, 1:20 PM