Independent.ie – Ray Managh – 11 March 2013 A YOUNG Co Galway boxer’s dreams of fighting for Ireland were floored when he was injured in a rear-ending traffic accident, the Circuit Civil Court was told. And when Judge Matthew Deery today awarded him €11,150 damages against the offending motorist’s insurance company, Martin Mongan took another […]
Independent.ie – John Fallon – 11 March 2013 PEOPLE may soon have to start including their Facebook and other social media accounts in their wills if they want family to have photos and other items after they die. A legal symposium at NUI Galway at the weekend heard that the days of families inheriting shoeboxes […]
Independent.ie – Michael Brennan Deputy Political Editor – 08 March 2013 WORKING mothers have complained that they will have less time to spend with their babies due to the decision to tax maternity benefit for the first time. There were a flood of calls to the National Women’s Council of Ireland (NWCI) after the Irish […]
Irish Independent – Charlie Weston Personal Finance Editor – 05 March 2013 THOUSANDS more people will apply for debts to be written off under new personal insolvency rules than expected, new research has found. As many as 25,000 people will apply for personal insolvency debt deals. This prompted experts to conclude that the Government and […]
A trainee solicitor who claims a leading City law firm rejected her for a job because she was pregnant was criticised for leaving early when she went home at 6.30am after working all night, an employment tribunal heard on Friday. Katie Tantum, 33, the daughter of a former MI6 director, told senior lawyers at Travers […]
THE threat of a new bout of ‘blue flu’ is looming as talks on garda pay cuts reach breaking point. The garda unions are facing increasing demands from their members to consider the work-to-rule which could leave the State without police officers. While the representative associations might not sanction such a move it could be […]
HOMEOWNERS face the controversial prospect of paying for their water based on the size of their home, rather than their estimated usage. People with bigger houses face paying a higher temporary water charge than those with smaller homes from next year. The Irish Independent has now learnt an “assessed charge” – which will have to […]
The Court of Criminal Appeal has set aside a six-year sentence imposed on a Dublin businessman for failing to pay €1.6m in garlic import duty. However, Paul Begley from Rathcoole in Dublin remains in custody until next month, pending further submissions on an alternative sentence. The appeal court ruled the sentence imposed last March was not […]
THE importance of providing information to older people to ensure they are claiming and in receipt of their entitlements cannot be over-emphasised. That is according to Paul Woulfe, manager with the countywide Citizens’ Information Service, at the launch of a new information booklet for older people. “This publication, which has been updated to take into […]
A FORMER businessman’s “warring family” were exposed as he gave evidence against his brother and lifelong friend alleging that the three of them forged a bachelor’s will. Charlie O’Leary spent two-and-a-half days in the witness box at Wexford Circuit Court while his brother, William O’Leary, and once close friend, Noel Hayes, looked on. Noel Hayes, […]