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The FSA of Ireland has warned holiday makers visiting the West and South-West Coast of Ireland of the dangers of gathering and consuming wild shell fish growing on the sea shore. The warning follows reports to the FSAI in the past number of weeks where over 10 people in Galway, Sligo and Mayo have become […]

Liam Moloney, a Naas based Solicitor recently addressed an International Medical Negligence conference whichtook place in Dublin on the 17th May. The conference-“ Medical Negligence Litigation in Ireland-The Current State of Play’’ was organised by the patient safety charity – Action against Medical Accidents (AvMA) and covered many major issues currently affecting medical negligence litigation […]

A study by the Road Safety Authority has shown a dramatic drop in injuries and fatalities among children involved in road traffic accidents. The study compared with results from two time frames, 1996-2000 and 2004-2008. The study also assessed RTA injuries in children under 15 years old. There was a 36% drop in the number […]

Robin Quinn a professional horseman who fell from a horse on Monday 21st November 2005 has been awarded a sum of €126,410.00 in damages by The High Court. Mr Quinn suffered his injuries when a horse he was riding jumped a metal gate. The horse then fell on top of him and badly smashed his […]

Pfizer must pay at least pay at least $4,000,000.00 in damages to a woman who developed breast cancer after taking the companies Prempro menopause drug. A Jury in the USA concluded that Pfizers Wyeth unit was liable for causing Margaret Fraser’s cancer and that Prempro is an unreasonably dangerous product. The Jury also found that […]

The Food Safety Authority of Ireland has voiced its concerns at the high levels of E-coli infection in Ireland, with provisional figures of 285 cases of human infection recorded in 2011 by the Health Protection Surveillance Centre. Most E-coli bacteria are harmless, but some types are extremely harmful and can cause severe stomach pains and […]