A woman who was injured when the car she was driving was hit by an uninsured driver and spun around, has been awarded more than â¬56,000 damages by the High Court.
Patricia Dunne (63), of Drumcoura Lake Resort, Ballinamore, Co Leitrim, sued Joseph Creggy and Aine Feeley, of Hall Road, Moate, Co Westmeath over the incident at Rathowen, Co Westmeath, on January 26th, 2018.
Ms Feeley was the owner and Mr Creggy the driver of the vehicle which hit Ms Dunneâs car. As Mr Creggy was not insured, the action was also against the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland (MIBI) which compensates victims of accidents involving uninsured drivers.
Girl traumatised by pursued car crashing into her home, court hears Stolen vehicle was being chased by gardaí when it hit house in Swords, Co Dublin
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Judge Sinéad Ní Chúlacháin was told the case was an unusual one in that the stolen car was being chased by gardaí at the time it had gone out of control.
An 11-year-old schoolgirl suffered anxiety as a result of a car being chased by gardai having crashed into her home in September 2015, the Circuit Civil Court has been told.
Tom Clarke, counsel for Nicola Kowalska , said she was five years old when the stolen car crashed through the garden of the Kowalska home at Main Street, Applewood Village, Swords, Co Dublin, striking the front of the house.
The family of a young man who died in hospital some seven months after suffering severe injuries in a hit and run incident has secured a â¬375,000 settlement of their High Court action.
The vast bulk of the settlement, some â¬288,000, will go towards paying Dublinâs Beaumont Hospital for caring for 27-year-old Callum Grimes from December 27th 2016 up to his death in July 2017, Mr Justice Garrett Simons was told. Mark Grimes, of Station Road, Lusk, had, on behalf of the family, sued Derek Keane and the Motor Insurers Bureau of Ireland arising from his sonâs death.
Keane , an electrician and part-time firefighter aged in his 40s, of The Cottage, Loughshinny, Skerries, was jailed for 5½ years at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court in 2019 after pleading guilty to dangerous driving causing Callumâs death.
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‘Unscrupulous fraudster’ resident in Kinlough has to come up with €15,000 or face 20 months in jail
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A Kinlough-based haulier that a judge described as “an unscrupulous fraudster” has been told to come up with €15,000 by this Thursday or face 20 months in jail.
Sligo District Court was told how Edward Jason Sutherland Taylor with addresses at Melvin Fields, Kinlough, Co Leitrim and Rathneeeny, Laghey, Co Donegal had sent his lorry drivers on the road with false insurance certificates for a period of almost four years, from 2015 to 2019. Those drivers were then prosecuted for driving with no insurance and there were some claims as a result of road traffic accidents.