Personal Injuries Law

Report from Tusla’s Early Years Inspectorate for 2017 provides stark reading for parents in Ireland who place their trust in such facilities to keep their children safe from harm on a daily basis: "131 Children seriously injured at Pre-school or Creche"

Tusla Early Years Report: 131 Children seriously injured at Pre-school or Creche - Personal Injuries Law Almost 4,500 early years services were registered nationally at the end of 2017. The law in Ireland provides for the regulation and inspection of pre-school childcare services under the Child Care 1991 as amended by the Child and Family Agency Act 2013. Tusla, the Child and Family Agency is charged....

This is the 12th year that World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims has been commemorated in Ireland

18th November, 2018 World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims. - Personal Injuries Law The World Day of Remembrance for Road Traffic Victims was first marked in the UK in 1993 by Road Peace the UK charity for road traffic victims. Since then the event has been observed and promoted worldwide by several non-government organisations, including Road Peace, the Association for Safe Intern...

Teagasc Survey highlights the alarming rise in farm accidents - our blog post summarises the highlights from the report

Agricultural Accidents – Teagasc Survey highlights the alarming rise in farm accidents. - Personal Injuries Law Statistics make tedious reading but statistics are a harsh reminder that in 2017 out of a total of 47 workplace deaths in Ireland, 24 farmers died in work related accidents. The National Farm Survey (NFS) published on behalf of Teagasc (The Agriculture and Food Development Authority) earlier this ye...

The Whiplash debate rolls on - how does Ireland compare?

The Whiplash debate continues - Personal Injuries Law Figures from the Personal Injuries Assessment Board (PIAB) published earlier this month revealed that the average award for a whiplash injury was just short of €20,000, around five times the average pay out for whiplash in England and Wales. The figures concurred with similar data contained in the...

A blog post by one of the experienced solicitors in our team, Patricia Hynes - Why are Victims of accidents referred to as claimants?

Claimant or Victim? - Personal Injuries Law Do definitions and the terms we use to describe things really matter? We say that it absolutely does in relation to a person who has had an accident. The dictionary definition informs us that a “Claimant” is: 1) a person who makes a claim and 2) a person who brings a civil action in a Court of l...