A round-up of today's other stories in brief
Man on dissident charges gets bail
One of two men charged at the weekend in connection with the activities of dissident republicans was freed on bail by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin yesterday.
Peter Butterly (33), of Cortown, Togher, Dunleer, Co Louth was charged with membership of an unlawful organisation styling itself the Irish Republican Army, otherwise Oglaigh na hÉireann, otherwise the IRA, on October 8th.
The court remanded Butterly on bail until December 17th.
Woman brain damaged after car crash secures €5m settlement
One of two men charged at the weekend in connection with the activities of dissident republicans was freed on bail by the Special Criminal Court in Dublin yesterday.
A young woman who suffered severe brain damage and other injuries after an uninsured car in which she was travelling as a passenger crashed into a tree has secured more than €5 million in settlement of her High Court action.
Caroline Bogue, Coragh, Belturbet, Co Cavan, had sued her cousins Declan and Ciaran Bogue, respectively the driver and owner of the car, and the Motor Insurance Bureau of Ireland over the incident on May 1st, 2003, which occurred when she was 17.
The €5 million settlement in favour of Ms Bogue, now aged 24, was made yesterday without admission of liability.
The MIBI and Ciaran Bogue had defended the case on grounds including that Ms Bogue was aware the car had allegedly been taken by Declan Bogue without the consent of the owner and was not insured.
Declan Doyle SC, for Ms Bogue, said she would require care for the rest of her life as a result of the accident.
Sisters plead guilty to welfare fraud
A Romanian woman, Loredana Plesca, who fraudulently claimed social welfare, has been given 200 hours community service.
Loredana (24) and sister Estera (28) of Pace Avenue, Clonee, pleaded guilty to claiming supplementary allowance between September 2004 and November 2007, while working under false names at Keily’s of Donnybrook.
Estera got an 18-month suspended sentence, as she cares for her sick child and ailing father.