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This case involves a clinical negligence claim by the plaintiff in respect of treatment provided at the second named defendant hospital while under the care of the first defendant.

In a recent written judgment of Dublin Circuit Court (Kaminski v BallyMaguire Foods Ltd [2023] IECC 5,  a plaintiff was awarded €2,000 in compensation for “non-material damage” – in other words, non-financial loss such as anxiety or distress – in a data breach claim. 

Representative Actions for the Protection of the Collective Interests of Consumers Act 2023 signed into law by the President.

From mid-Autumn 2023, Minister Roderic O’Gorman has announced that employees experiencing domestic violence will be entitled to take domestic violence leave pursuant to the Work Life Balance and Miscellaneous Provisions Act 2023 (the “Act”), which passed earlier this year.