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The Medical Council recently published its Annual Report for 2014. Aisling Malone of Hayes solicitors summarises the trends in the general profile of the profession and also in the Medical Council’s complaints process.

Many working parents look to use statutory parental leave to take time off during the school summer holidays to mind their children, particularly when the kids are of national school going age. Indeed working parents often have little option but to seek this leave given the high cost of childcare in Ireland and the lack of any real affordable short-term childcare options.

Laura Fannin and Matthew Austin of Hayes solicitors recently spoke to representatives from a variety of businesses involved in the Irish motor industry

On 1 May 2015, Judgment was given by Justice Cross of the High Court in a case where a woman, who asked to remain anonymous, brought a claim in relation to a symphysiotomy she underwent at a Dublin hospital in 1963. The woman claimed she suffered life-long pain following the procedure and could not bond with her baby daughter after the birth because she was in such pain.

Hayes partners David Phelan and Kevin Dunne travelled to Birmingham in May to join in the celebrations to toast 150 years of the Veterinary Defence Society

Breda O'Malley outlines best practice for employers in relation to the provision of references to employees.