Real Life Stories

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...

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....

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...

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...

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...

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-watt microwave for 3 minutes, then let the product cool for a minute and a half and apply with a spatula on the relevant areas....

On a wet Sunday morning in November, Ugne decided to go shopping in the centre of Dublin. She went to Henry street as normal. She brought her 3 year old daughter Agne, together with her son, aged 5, and eldest daughter, aged 7 years. They went to various shops along...

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...