It was a dark August night. Mary was on her way back to the caravan. She had been out with her friends at a restaurant. She was walking back to the caravan park. The caravan park is at the end of a long, single-lane roadway. There is a footpath to the right-hand side. There was […]

Mantas works in a factory where plastic pipes are made. He is in charge of five machines. Each machine has a number. His job is to keep an eye on each machine and ensure that they do not run out of ingredients. Mantas must pour in the ingredient mix at the top of the hopper. […]

On a warm June evening, Mindaugas and his girlfriend U gne decided to go to a nightclub in Dun Laoighaire. There were lots of people drinking inside and outside the nightclub at the trestle tables. There was loud music inside. On the way out of the nightclub, Mindaugas stopped to wait for Ugne and spotted […]

Inesa was looking forward to shopping in Dundrum Shopping Centre. She took the Luas out from the city centre. She got off at Balally Luas station. This is a new Luas station which was built approximately 15 years ago. She started walking up the steps. Suddenly, she missed one of the steps, tripped and fell […]

Pat Ahearne, a 65-year-old carpenter was driving along Ormond Quay Lower in his van when the traffic backed up. He stopped the van. However, the driver of the Toyota Avensis behind him didn’t react in time and went into the back of Pat’s van. The damage to the rear bumper and the other side of […]

A 62-year-old Irish nurse was shopping in a large supermarket. Outside the fridge, she leaned over to pick up a three-litre carton of milk, when suddenly her legs went from underneath her and she ended up on her back in severe pain. She had slipped on milk, which had leaked from another carton onto the […]

Paul, an Irish National worked for a security transit company for 20 years. He was the Trade Union representative. Paul came to me about a road traffic accident. Paul sustained an injury to his neck and back due to an accident at the entrance to the transit company. Paul had finished a delivery and was […]

Rime has been working as a sales assistant at Applegreen Celbridge for 11 years. Other workers have come and gone but she always stayed. On a cold November morning, a customer asked for the code to use the car wash. The car wash would not work. Rime left the shop and typed in the new […]

Lisa, a 23-year-old marketing executive purchased a pot of wax for the removal of unwanted hair. The instructions said to place it in a 600-wat microwave for 3 minutes, then let the product cool for a minute and a half and apply with a spatula on the relevant areas. Lisa followed the instructions. She went […]

Gediminas, a Lithuanian national, came to work in Ireland in 2006. He was employed as a driver and delivery man by a glass wholesale company. His job involved moving sheets of glass from the factory floor into the van. He would then drive them to the customers and unload the glass. It was Friday, 27th […]