CRACKS caused by the mineral pyrite have appeared on the walls of every room in Niamh Byrne and Richard Feely’s home. The married couple were first-time buyers when they took the plunge in 2003 and bought their home in Thornchase in Rush, north Dublin. Two years later, the first cracks appeared in the hall, and […]
Ulster Bank is likely to have to shell out in excess of €60m to compensate customers for the mess surrounding the collapse of its IT systems. Some 600,000 people have been hit by the computer crash. The bank is planning to refund all fees and charges imposed as a result of the IT breakdown as […]
A FISHERMAN who landed almost 600 items of clothing from a Florida store has been taken to court here by an American clothing giant — after he set up a replica shop. Max Kulczynski has agreed to return the branded clothing — thought to be worth at least €10,000 — to the American brand Abercrombie […]
T will be next week before Ulster Bank manages to fix its collapsed computer systems, resulting in further chaos for tens of thousands of customers. The unprecedented information technology breakdown — which has resulted in payments to thousands of people failing — has now entered its third day. Ulster Bank has now admitted that the […]
A MAN who fell three metres while helping to fix tiles on his brother’s roof has settled his High Court action for damages for €750,000. Patrick Rayner, Kiltankin, Kilbehenny, Mitchelstown, Co Cork, suffered serious head injuries when he slipped in stormy weather during the accident in December 2008. Approving the settlement, Ms Justice Mary Irvine […]
NAMA has failed in an effort to block a payment of “costs” to a Limerick law firm whose owners owe the toxic bank €323m. The law firm is owned by Paul O’Brien who owes NAMA a massive €288m, according to documents filed at the High Court; his legal and business partner Denis McMahon owes NAMA […]
One-third of pregnant workers have experienced discrimination in the workplace, writes Anita Guidera Elizabeth had spent 10 years building up a career in financial services when she became pregnant. “It was something we both really wanted but my one reservation was the effect it might have on my career.” Her worst fears materialised when the […]
A CLAMPDOWN has been ordered on state-funded home-help companies which take top-up fees from elderly and disabled people, the Irish Independent has learnt. In some cases, home help companies have been raking in fees of up to €170,000 a year from their clients, who are generally elderly. This is on top of the payment these […]
MEDIATION SHOULD be mandatory in cases of disputed wills where there are concerns about the vulnerability of the person who made the will, according to the president of the Law Society.
Two children, aged seven and eight, removed to Ireland from New York by their mother without their father’s consent, may remain in Ireland with their mother, where the children strongly expressed this wish, as the case involved exceptional circumstances.