The Irish Medicines Board has issued a safety warning concerning the Quickie Neon Swing-Away Wheel Chair. Post-market surveillance has shown that a small number of upper frame tubes that support the back rest have failed on this wheelchair. There is the potential for frames to fail and users could potentially fall backwards resulting in serious […]

American Honda Motors are recalling 126,000 touring motorcycles because of a braking problem that could potentially lead to a crash or a fire. This is according to a report filed by the manufacturer with the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration. The model affected is the Honda GL1800 and the recall covered the 2001-2010 and 2012 […]

Bus Eireann have lost a Supreme Court appeal from a decision made by the High Court on the 16th of May 2006 in which damages of €40,000 was awarded to a lady who was injured on one of their buses in Limerick in 2004. The facts of the case were that on the 13th of […]

The EU Directive on temporary agency work was transposed into Irish law on the 5th of December 2011. This means that with effect from the 5th of December 2011 about 35,000 temporary agency workers are entitled to equal treatment in terms of basic working and employment conditions as if they had been directly recruited by […]

Anybody who has used Ticketmaster’s website between October 21st 1999 and 19th October 2011 is to receive a refund of $1.50 per ticket. Ticketmaster is being forced to credit $1.50 per ticket order (up to 17 orders) to customers due to the fact that they profited from “processing fees” without declaring same. A class action […]

Colleran Butchers Ltd. of Galway is recalling whole bales of the implicated hams, of approximately 6kg size due to the presence of Listeria monocytogenes. The affected hams were sold to caterers and to retailers for slicing at deli counters within Co. Galway. Retailers are being provided with point of sale recall notices. The Food Safety […]

Rodney Forde, a 39 year old Tallaght man, who sustained an injury to his back when he was fitting a clamp to a car at Fishamble Street on the 26th of August 2003 has lost his claim for damages. Mr. Forde claimed that his injury was sustained by reason of the negligence on the part […]

Kerrill Lindsay who sustained injuries to his knee and chest in a road traffic accident at Gurteen, Ballinasloe, Co. Galway in August 2006 has been awarded damages of €132,000 by the High Court. Mr. Lindsay was a seat belted front seat passenger in a car being driven by David Finnerty. The Plaintiff gave evidence as […]

Every year many people are injured due to medication errors. With the growth in the number of large pharmacy chains operating in Ireland in the past number of years patients depend on these pharmacies getting their prescriptions right. When something goes wrong and the pharmacy improperly fill the prescription many people are left with no […]