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'I trusted that I would be fitted with a safe implant. That's not what I got', posted: January 30, 2012

Up to 1,500 women in Ireland have breast implants made by the French firm PIP. Three of them tell PETER McGUIRE of the worry, frustration and emb...

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Breast implant scandal: PIP founder arrested, posted: January 26, 2012

The former senior executive of the French company at the centre of a breast implant scandal affecting tens of thousands of women worldwide has been ar...

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Breast Implants – More Effective EU-Wide Controls Needed Says Mairead McGuinness, posted: January 26, 2012

As French police today arrested Jean-Claude Mas, whose breast implant firm Poly Implant Prothese (PIP) sparked a health scare by using substandard sil...

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Women to sue private clinics over faulty breast implants, posted: January 16, 2012

More than 30 women who received breast implants that contained industrial silicone are to sue in the Irish courts. About 1,500 women received cosme...

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Legal Remedies for Recipients of Faulty PIP Breast Implants, posted: January 5, 2012

Lavelle Coleman’s Medical Negligence team have received instructions from women who received breast implants manufactured by the French company ...

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Medicines body moves to calm fears over breast implants, posted: December 22, 2011

The Irish Medicines Board has moved to reassure 1,500 Irish women that there is no need to have their breast implants removed, amid concerns over the ...

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Statement on behalf of investors in Custom House Capital, represented by Lavelle Coleman Solicitors, posted: November 3, 2011

"We have had the opportunity to examine the Central Bank’s final report by the Court Appointed Inspectors to the High Court, issued on 21st...

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Central Bank withdraws costs claim, posted: November 3, 2011

The Central Bank of Ireland has withdrawn an application to the High Court for costs in relation to the investigation into failed investment firm...

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DePuy imposes conditions on hip implant repair, posted: October 20, 2011

Lavelle Coleman’s Product Liability team continue to deal with queries from and meet with people who have received a DePuy ASR artificial hip im...

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The Montreal Convention, posted: September 20, 2011

Air Transportation and in particular the liability of air carriers to passengers, is governed by international conventions most notably, the Montreal ...

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