Month: November 2022

Victim sued two drivers, GAA club and council over collision that also left him with serious facial injuries

A young man who suffered a brain injury when the car in which he was a passenger was in a collision has settled his High Court action for €2.7m.

Joshua Nevin was 17 when the accident happened six years ago as another car came out of a GAA grounds in Virginia, Co Cavan, and collided with the car in which he was a front-seat passenger.

To read the full story please visit:
https://www.independent.ie/irish-news/courts/man-who-suffered-brain-injury-in-car-crash-outside-gaa-grounds-as-teen-settles-case-for-27m-42155358.html

Limerick solicitor Gerard O’Neill sued over comments in press releases by ISME about a personal injuries action

A solicitor who sued over defamatory comments made by the Irish Small and Medium Enterprises (ISME) Association has received an apology in the High Court as well as €75,000 in damages.

Limerick solicitor Gerard O’Neill sued over the comments in press releases by ISME about a personal injuries action in which he represented two people involved in a traffic accident. In a High Court judgment in 2019, a judge dismissed one of those claims as probably fraudulent and dismissed the other because the evidence was misleading and exaggerated. Arising out of that judgment, ISME issued three statements in 2019 – on September 23rd, December 11th and December 16th – which wrongly suggested Mr O’Neill had been guilty of professional misconduct. A complaint by ISME to the Law Society about him was rejected.

To read the full story please visit:
https://www.irishtimes.com/business/2022/11/15/isme-issues-apology-to-solicitor-in-defamation-action/

Congregation encourages anyone abused by Fr Joseph Marmion or any Jesuit to contact them and/or relevant authorities.

The Jesuit congregation in Ireland has, to date, received 149 allegations of abuse against 43 of its priests, while just one case has led to criminal proceedings. Settlements have been agreed with 78 people alleging abuse, at a cost to the congregation of €7.4 million, which includes legal, counselling and medical costs.

To read the full story please visit:
https://www.irishtimes.com/ireland/2022/11/11/jesuits-have-paid-74m-in-settlement-costs-to-abuse-survivors/