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Many personal injury payouts to sharply fall under new guidelines Amounts awarded to be more in line with Northern Ireland, England and Wales
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The guidelines were circulated earlier this week to judges before being considered at a meeting of the Judicial Council on Friday, chaired by the Chief Justice Mr Justice Frank Clarke. Photograph: Nick Bradshaw
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Proposed new guidelines for assessing damages for personal injuries are aimed at substantially reducing awards for lesser injuries, while catastrophic injuries will incur a small increase, according to a report seen by The Irish Times.
Josepha Madigan has had a mixed year. In February, she held her seat in Dublin Rathdown where Fine Gael bucked the election trend and secured a second Dáil seat. But four months later she was dropped from Cabinet, a victim of Leo Varadkar s enforced cull as a result of the three-party coalition.