Ruth Morrissey awarded €2.1m in High Court smear test case

A terminally ill Limerick woman who was awarded €2.1m in the High Court over the misreading of her smear test results has said she never wanted to go to court.

Speaking after the hearing in Dublin on Friday morning, Ruth Morrissey said the Taoiseach promised her and other women with cervical cancer they would not face a legal battle for justice.

Ms Morrissey and her husband Paul were awarded damages after suing the Health Service Executive (HSE) and two labs - Quest Diagnostics and MedLab Pathology Limited.

ODCE starts legal proceedings against the FAI

The Office of the Director of Corporate Enforcement (ODCE) has started legal proceedings against the Football Association of Ireland (FAI).

It has filed a High Court affidavit in connection with the Companies Act.

The move follows controversy surrounding a €100,000 loan that former CEO John Delaney gave the association in April 2017.

New study finds HIV treatment eliminates transmission risk

People who are HIV positive and taking medication do not spread the virus when they have sex, a new study has claimed.

It means an end to the HIV pandemic could be in sight.

The eight-year study of nearly 1,000 gay couples in Europe was carried out by University College London (UCL) and the University of Copenhagen.

Fresh claim bodies were left on mortuary floor at Waterford hospital

Decomposing bodies were left on the floor of a mortuary at University Hospital Waterford according to fresh claims from doctors at the hospital.

The new claims were made in a second letter from four pathologists at the hospital which was sent to the South West Hospital Group in March.

It comes after the Taoiseach claimed there was no evidence to back up the original allegations that bodies were being left on trolleys in the hospital because there was a lack of capacity in the mortuary.

Plans unveiled to redevelop O'Connell Street and Moore Street in Dublin city

Proposals have been unveiled to redevelop the north end of O'Connell Street and Moore Street in Dublin city centre.

The focus will be on a mixed-use development for both residential and business premises.

There are plans to create two new civic squares, shops, offices, apartments and a hotel.

Main image: Ruth Morrissey with her husband Paul addressing the media outside the High Court in Dublin | Image: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie