Thirty people are issuing legal proceedings against BMW after a design fault was discovered with one of its engines. A Dublin solicitor says he expects more will follow, as over 100 BMW owners across Ireland have made enquiries about “catastrophic” engine failures.
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The State could be facing a landslide of legal actions from motorists who have incurred losses due to the penalty points blunder, according to a north Dublin solicitor. It was revealed this week that 14,700 people were wrongly prosecuted without a fixed
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Aer Lingus has been fined €250,000 for breaches of health and safety law in connection with the death of a driver at Dublin Airport over two years ago. John Murray, 55, from Skerries, Co Dublin, fell from a loading bay platform at
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A Completed Medical Negligence Case by Dermot McNamara Medical Negligence Solicitors, Dublin, Ireland. A hospital consultant has apologised to the family of a 53-year-old man who died from lung cancer in 2011 after a failure to carry out procedures and tests which
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via @Irish Examiner A Completed Medical Negligence Case by Dermot McNamara Medical Negligence Solicitors, Dublin, Ireland. A Medical Negligence case in which a woman who died from sepsis after developing an “extremely rare” infection “had everything to live for” after losing eight
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BMW has admitted that hundreds of its vehicles may need to be checked for a potentially “catastrophic” design fault. The German car-maker is facing legal threats over its refusal to carry out the repairs for free, estimated at around €6,000 per vehicle.
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Posting pornographic images of an individual online without their consent is a growing form of abuse for which there is no criminal sanction in Ireland. Joyce Fegan from the Irish Examiner talks to victims and experts. APPROXIMATELY 70% of people living in Ireland own a smartphone
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Revenge porn nightmare: ‘I felt I was completely violated’ No Irish law can protect a woman whose ex posted private photos of her on a porn site. One night last February, out of the blue, Jane* got a call from one of
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Widow awarded €60k in action against hospital consultant A hospital consultant has apologised to the family of a 53-year-old man who died from lung cancer in 2011 after a failure to carry out procedures and tests which would have led to an
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Talc powder and ovarian cancer: What you need to know Women in the United States are suing the manufacturers of talcum powder, Johnson & Johnson (J&J), claiming the company is responsible for giving women ovarian cancer. Over many decades, women applied talc-based
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