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This year has seen a massive increase in the number of fraud incidents reported to gardaí, a trend driven largely by bank scams and unauthorised card transactions. Fraud was up by 72 per cent in the 12 months to September 2021, compared with the previous 12-month period. Quarter three of 2021 set a record for […]
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The High Court has refused an application by a hospital worker to quash a decision that prevented her from working from home. The applicant claimed that she was at high risk from Covid-19 due to her health history and that the hospital failed to comply with HSE requirements in making the decision. Delivering judgment in
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A man who allegedly presented a fake arm for a Covid-19 vaccination in a bid to get a vaccine passport is facing possible criminal charges. Anti-vaxxer Guido Russo, a 57-year-old dentist in the northern Italian city of Biella, had previously been suspended from work for failing to get vaccinated. Regional authorities said he initially tried
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Regulations banning smoking in private vehicles when children are present and preventing the sale of nicotine inhaling products such as e-cigarettes to under-18s have been approved by the Northern Ireland Assembly. The regulation concerning private vehicles where children are present builds on existing legislation which bans smoking in certain premises, places and vehicles including on
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he High Court has awarded €33,000 to a plaintiff for psychiatric damage arising out of witnessing a murder at work. The plaintiff argued that her employer had failed to provide her with a mobile panic alarm pursuant to their policy and that this aggravated the plaintiff’s nervous shock reaction. Delivering judgment in the case, Ms
An Egyptian fisherman who worked over 17 hours a day while at sea has been awarded more than €20,000 compensation. In a new decision, Workplace Relations Commission adjudication officer Eugene Hanly said it was “essential” that fishermen are protected against working excessive hours due to safety risks. He found that Ali Rezk’s rights under working
Many colleagues use social media as a marketing tool, or to build their own personal networks. Some of our most active colleagues on social media have reported seeing fraudulent accounts impersonating them online. Whatever the impersonator’s intent, there are obvious risks posed when an unauthorised person (or even a potentially malicious stranger) assumes your identity
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Homeowners in Ireland living in houses built with defective blocks that “crumble like Weetabix” say a compensation scheme unveiled by the government will still leave them with devastating bills of up to €80,000 (£60,000). A long-awaited redress scheme for the estimated 6,000 people living in homes that have to be demolished and rebuilt was unveiled
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Husband of woman who died from cervical cancer tells court she was asked by CervicalCheck not to go public with her case. A man whose wife died from cervical cancer more than five years ago has told the High Court that, when she was in hospital, CervicalCheck visited her and asked her not to go
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A WOMAN who got lost for three hours in Ikea’s Ballymun warehouse, after she had been struck on the head by a falling flat-pack, has been awarded €60,000 damages. Judge Cormac Quinn said in the Circuit Civil Court that she had suffered both physical and psychiatric injuries for which she was entitled to compensation of