Sleepwalker Gets €10m award

Kristopherus · 17-11-2010 10:06PM

PanchoVilla wrote: »

" I swear your honor, I didn't mean to jump into that young girl's bed...I was sleepwalking."

I'll have to remember that one next time I'm staying in a hotel.

Young girl me ass. She was/is the Company Secretary & Financial Controller. I don't know any who are young. The woman is in her 40s.

TheUsual · 17-11-2010 10:06PM

I predict a lot of similar sleep-walking at the Christmas parties in hotels around Ireland this year.
What is the current trend for people taking painkillers and booze ?? Any painkillers I had to take said "do not take with alcohol" on the back of them. Maybe I am missing something.

baldbear · 17-11-2010 10:10PM

Is this the same Donal Kinsella? http://www.independent.ie/national-news/ff-developer-hits-a-9m-jackpot-as-land-rezoned-205216.html

Alwayson · 17-11-2010 10:11PM

"Naked, sleepwalking man under the influence gets €10m." I have often been under the influence and never walked naked into a female colleague's room whether awake or not. The explanation is completely unbelievable. The country's supposed to be broke so who's going to foot the €10m bill? Just what we need - another Paddy the Irishman joke for the international media.

Brendog · 17-11-2010 10:11PM

TD's are even disgusted by that!

Diabhal Beag · 17-11-2010 10:12PM

Ireland's desperate need for more pornography is at an all-time high

almostnever · 17-11-2010 10:13PM

Alwayson wrote: »

"Naked, sleepwalking man under the influence gets €10m." I have often been under the influence and never walked naked into a female colleague's room whether awake or not. The explanation is completely unbelievable. The country's supposed to be broke so who's going to foot the €10m bill? Just what we need - another Paddy the Irishman joke for the international media.

Damages are paid by the losing defendant, not the State.

My name is URL · 17-11-2010 10:13PM

almostnever wrote: »

Damages paid in these cases are determined by a jury, so they're famously excessive. You could be rendered blind and deaf and entirely limbless in an accident and not recoup near that amount.

Do the jury really decide on the amount of damages to be paid? I thought they only decide on whether or not the claim for damages is justified..

10 million is a mad amount anyway.. regardless of who decided it was warranted. I can't see the supreme court upholding it

ninjasurfer1 · 17-11-2010 10:14PM

TheUsual wrote: »

an investigation was carried out by a solicitor who found that Mr Kinsella was simply sleep walking.

How would a solicitor (or doctor) be able to prove that he was simply sleep walking...3 times on the same night!!!

He appeared naked three times at the bedroom door of Ms Corcoran during the night.

Did she not have her bedroom door closed? Did he knock on the door while asleep?

krudler · 17-11-2010 10:15PM

Nudey Donal Kinsella!

almostnever · 17-11-2010 10:16PM

My name is URL wrote: »

Do the jury really decide on the amount of damages to be paid? I thought they only decide on whether or not the claim for damages is justified..

10 million is a mad amount anyway.. regardless of who decided it was warranted. I can't see the supreme court upholding it

In the limited types of civil actions where there are juries, yep.

Damages are seen as a question of fact for determination by the jury, rather than a question of law for determination by the judge. But like I said, only really in defamation, not the other civil torts like negligence or whatever.

baldbear · 17-11-2010 10:17PM

He should of teabagged your woman too while he was it and played the sleepwalking card.

dxhound2005 · 17-11-2010 10:17PM

Senior Counsel Bill Shipsey said the award was 'off the Richter scale' and it was inconceivable that it would not be set aside by the Supreme Court.

Another bumper payout day for our Learned Friends as well.

Slogger Jogger · 17-11-2010 10:22PM

Totally bizarre award. No wonder Ireland is in the state its in.

x in the city · 17-11-2010 10:30PM

Slogger Jogger wrote: »

Totally bizarre award. No wonder Ireland is in the state its in.

Ireland is totally goosed

just

L O L

10million,

erm

LOL

PanchoVilla · 17-11-2010 10:30PM

baldbear wrote: »

Is this the same Donal Kinsella? http://www.independent.ie/national-news/ff-developer-hits-a-9m-jackpot-as-land-rezoned-205216.html

Yeah, it seems to be the same fella. FF up to their usual disgraceful antics again. I hope whoever forms the next government bans FF altogether, they're nothing but a bunch of crooks.

cc-offe · 17-11-2010 10:34PM

But I don't understand what they €10 million is actually for????

thankswhore · 17-11-2010 10:34PM

so i guess we should all take off our clothes and go prowling around the workplace naked, because that's what the guy in the op did and he got €10million euros!!! Who's with me guys??

Balfie · 17-11-2010 10:40PM

Kristopherus wrote: »

Sleepwalker Donal Kinsella gets €10award. www.rte.ie/news. What yous think?

€10? is that all? whats all this fuss about then???? :rolleyes:

Alwayson · 17-11-2010 10:43PM

Companies have indemnity insurance against these things, so ultimately the public pays in higher insurance premiums.

Alwayson · 17-11-2010 10:45PM

almostnever wrote: »

Damages are paid by the losing defendant, not the State.

Companies have indemnity insurance against these things, so ultimately the public pays in higher insurance premiums.

x in the city · 17-11-2010 10:57PM

PanchoVilla wrote: »

Yeah, it seems to be the same fella. FF up to their usual disgraceful antics again. I hope whoever forms the next government bans FF altogether, they're nothing but a bunch of crooks.

FF bas|ards should all be put into a chamber and gassed

then we can try and get our country back on track again from scratch

Guy:Incognito · 17-11-2010 11:00PM

x in the city wrote: »

FF bas|ards should all be put into a chamber and gassed

then we can try and get our country back on track again from scratch

The council rezoned the land. The council which is made up of councillors from various parties. I wouldnt be surprised if , as it is now, most of the councillors werent FF.

x in the city · 17-11-2010 11:02PM

Alwayson wrote: »

Companies have indemnity insurance against these things, so ultimately the public pays in higher insurance premiums.

sure, its a regular occurence for men to go naked sleep wallking with their c0cks sticking out in hotels

Alwayson · 17-11-2010 11:12PM

x in the city wrote: »

sure, its a regular occurence for men to go naked sleep wallking with their c0cks sticking out in hotels

Insurance against large awards being made against them for libel, defamation etc NOT insurance against people wandering naked around hotels. I am going to counter-sue for €10m for stressed caused by the thought of this old geezer in the nip.

Kidchameleon · 17-11-2010 11:16PM

cc-offe wrote: »

But I don't understand what they €10 million is actually for????

The mans marriage broke down and his daughters were uncomfortable around him, they thought he was some kind of sex offender. Source, Evening Herald.

17-11-2010 11:18PM

€10m :eek: :eek: :eek:

I must take up sleepwalking :rolleyes:, unreal amount of money to be awarded, it's ridiculous.

Kristopherus · 17-11-2010 11:20PM

Balfie wrote: »

€10? is that all? whats all this fuss about then???? :rolleyes:

FIXED:rolleyes::rolleyes::rolleyes:

Alwayson · 17-11-2010 11:22PM

Kidchameleon wrote: »

The mans marriage broke down and his daughters were uncomfortable around him, they thought he was some kind of sex offender. Source, Evening Herald.

So who was the woman on the news with him tonight? Looked like a long-suffering silent stand-by-your-man (in public at least) kind of wifey person. Meanwhile he had the demeanour of a lottery winner about him.

PanchoVilla · 17-11-2010 11:23PM

Stekelly wrote: »

The council rezoned the land. The council which is made up of councillors from various parties. I wouldnt be surprised if , as it is now, most of the councillors werent FF.

The rezoning was one of two major amendments made by the county councillors before they finally passed an area development plan for Dunleer.

Fianna Fail are the majority party on the council.

They control the chair of Louth County Council. Only one of the 13 Fianna Fail councillors at the meeting voted against the motion, proposed by council chairman Nicky McCabe. The vote was 18 to 1 in favour.

http://www.independent.ie/national-news/ff-developer-hits-a-9m-jackpot-as-land-rezoned-205216.html

Out of 19 councillors, 14 were FF and only 1 FF voted against.

Sleepwalker Gets €10m award

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