Alex Butler is tetraplegic. Her physical disability means her body can be like jelly and her limbs are stiff. She gets around in a wheelchair.

A men’s sauna club owner has been awarded €25,000 after he was unfairly dismissed from his job at a Co Cork hotel.

A civil defence unit discriminated against two volunteers, aged in their 70s, by making them retire from the service, the Equality Tribunal has determined.

A garda who was pushed, punched, and kicked by a man in custody has been awarded €24,000 compensation in the High Court.

Following a review by the Department of Jobs Enterprise and Innovation of the Employment Permits system and the current skills needs in the labour market, Employment Permits policies have been updated to ensure a balanced and renewed policy rationale for Employment Permits to facilitate access to skilled workers where there are skills shortages in the Irish and EEA labour market.

The Immigrant Council of Ireland has welcomed proposals to reform the current prohibition on non-Irish citizens from jury service.

An award-winning part-time opera singer, who was left severely disabled after a hospital and a GP failed to properly diagnose the cause of her headaches and who settled her action with an interim payment of €2.39m compensation for personal injuries, has now asked the High Court to determine the cost of her future care.