Award of €60,000 to bus driver over alleged slip on ice overturned by appeal court (via Irish Times)

Shakur Ahmed (54) fractured his elbow when he fell down a flight of stairs in apartment block when leaving for work

The Court of Appeal (CoA) has overturned a €60,201 award to a bus driver who allegedly slipped on black ice at the top of staircase in a common area of his apartment block.

Shakur Ahmed (54), of Castlegrange Square, Clondalkin, Dublin, fractured his elbow when he fell down a flight of stairs as he was leaving for work at 5.15am on November 21st, 2016.

The court said a claim that the complex’s management company had an obligation to grit pedestrian common areas in anticipation of adverse weather would place “an unreasonably burdensome duty on occupiers” of premises.

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Garda who was pulled down steps of airplane by asylum seeker awarded almost €88,000 in damages (via Independent.ie)

A garda sergeant who was injured when he was pulled down the steps of an airplane at Dublin Airport by a man seeking asylum has been awarded almost €88,000 damages against the State.

Sergeant Michael Griffin (49) told a Garda Compensation hearing in the High Court that in April 2010, while head of an immigration unit, he had noticed a man who failed to join any of the immigration queues at the airport and when spoken to said his documentation was still on the aircraft.

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Number of accusers who have made Spiritan sex abuse claims rises to 300 (via Irish Times)

Beleaguered congregation has been contacted by more than 60 people in past week alone

The number of people who have made allegations in relation to claims of abuse at Spiritans schools has risen to almost 300.

Within the past week, the Spiritan congregation has been “contacted by more than 60 people”, it was revealed at a press conference at the RDS in Dublin yesterday. The congregation had previously disclosed that 233 men had made allegations of abuse.

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https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2022/11/17/number-of-accusers-on-spiritan-sex-abuse-claims-grows-to-300