Settlement
# settlement - Wednesday 8 May, 2013
The Evening Fix… now with added awkward text messages
Here are the things we learned, loved and shared today.
# settlement - Monday 4 March, 2013
Domestic violence survivor wins High Court immigration case
The woman had been married to an EU national, but left him after being subjected to serious abuse. She has now won her right to stay in the country.
# settlement - Thursday 21 February, 2013
Column: “It’s not uncommon to find four families living in a single tent”
Listening to the stories of people displaced by the conflict in Syria, you become accustomed to horror stories – but never immune to them, writes David Adams.
# settlement - Friday 1 February, 2013
Google and French news websites reach agreement over the news
Google will set up a €60 million fund to help French newspapers develop online projects – but won’t stop indexing content from French news sites.
# settlement - Saturday 29 December, 2012
Berlusconi must pay wife €3 million a month alimony
The former prime minister of Italy will have to pay his ex-wife €100,000 a day as part of a legal separation settlement.
# settlement - Tuesday 18 December, 2012
State receives €45m in settlement from MDU
Health Minister James Reilly said action had to be taken to ensure cover for patients and consultants.
# settlement - Monday 10 December, 2012
Strauss-Kahn settles with maid over sexual assault allegation
A court in New York has heard that the former head of the IMF has reached an undisclosed financial settlement with the hotel maid who accused him of sexual assault last year.
# settlement - Friday 7 December, 2012
Tesco to pay €150,000 to Aldi in settlement
Aldi was suing Tesco over inaccurate price comparisons.
# settlement - Thursday 22 November, 2012
The 9 at 9: Thursday
Good morning. Here’s the nine stories you need to know as you start your day.
# settlement - Wednesday 27 June, 2012
Committee to seek further answers from Wallace over tax affairs
The independent TD is being investigated by the Members Interests Committee after revelations about his company’s under-declaration of VAT.
# settlement - Thursday 7 June, 2012
Wallace: ‘Unlikely’ €2.1 million Revenue settlement will be paid
The TD’s company settled with the Revenue over undeclared VAT. This morning, he acknowledged what he did was wrong and said he was “far from proud” about the situation.
# settlement - Thursday 31 May, 2012
C&AG report questions decisions made by DDDA in bid for Glass Bottle site
Report highlights Dublin Dockland Development Authority’s involvement in record bid for property now valued at €45m.
# settlement - Wednesday 16 May, 2012
Skechers to pay $40m in US settlement over advertising claims
Federal Trade Commission says the company made deceptive claims about its products helping to tone and strengthen muscle.
# settlement - Monday 7 May, 2012
David Drumm’s wife reaches settlement with US court – report
Former Anglo Irish Bank CEO David Drumm filed for bankruptcy in the US in 2010.
# settlement - Sunday 6 May, 2012
How the Vita Cortex workers held on for 139 days (and why Twitter mattered)
The 32 Vita Cortex employees took turns working 8 hour shifts at their former employer until a negotiation was reached. Kevin Curran finds out how they did it.
# settlement - Monday 12 March, 2012
Regulator fines Aviva €490,000
The insurance firm had breached the Consumer Protection Code on a number of occasions between 2007 and 2011.
# settlement - Thursday 19 January, 2012
# settlement - Thursday 29 December, 2011
$225,000 settlement for Phoebe Prince’s parents
The parents of the Irish schoolgirl, who died by suicide after being bullied in school, settled the lawsuit with her school district in Massachusetts in November – but the amount has only just been revealed.
# settlement - Tuesday 13 December, 2011
Jockey and travel agents among those who settled with Revenue
Nearly €93 million was recovered by the Revenue Commissioners between July and September of this year.
# settlement - Tuesday 22 November, 2011
Government announces inquiry into RTE programme on Kevin Reynolds
Pat Rabbitte announced that the independent inquiry will determine the ‘true facts and circumstances’ which led to the Prime Time programme on Fr Reynolds being broadcast earlier this year.
RTÉ says it cannot disclose Fr Reynolds settlement details
Fianna Fáil has called on the broadcaster to release details of the settlement but RTÉ says it is bound by a confidentiality agreement requested by the priest’s lawyers.
# settlement - Tuesday 27 September, 2011
Charlie Sheen settles $100m lawsuit
The actor recently apologised to his former Two and a Half Men colleagues after being fired from the show in March.
# settlement - Friday 1 July, 2011
Woman receives multi-million euro settlement after car crash
Valerie Bourke needs 24-hour care after her car was hit by an articulated truck in 2006.
The 9 at 9: Friday
In today’s 9 at 9: Some good news as VAT is lowered; a twist in the Strauss-Kahn case; new developments in the Race for the Áras; and who is a “snotty Miss Fancy Pants”?
# settlement - Friday 6 May, 2011
Settlement of €3.5m in case of boy who suffered brain injuries at birth
Fourteen year old Cian Mangan took a case for negligence against the HSE through his mother, Michelle Mangan.











































