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People with oil-fuelled heating urged to check their tanks, after surge in claims for dangerous leaks that cost €40k to repair
People with oil-fuelled properties are being urged to check their tanks following a nearly 50 per cent increase in insurance claims for leaks.
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Our neighbour’s oil tank leaked into our garden. What can we do?
One of our site visitors recently said they were looking for some advice regarding their situation. Last July their neighbour had an oil leak from their boiler and
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Dalkey woman awarded €54,000 over heating oil spill as neighbour cleared of lying
A woman has been awarded €54,000 damages over a heating oil spill from her neighbour’s tank which, the High Court heard, damaged her home and meant she had to find alternative accommodation for more than two years.
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Northern Ireland building firm fined £15k over father-of-two’s death at excavation site
A Belfast building firm has been fined £15,000 over the death of a man at an excavation site in Rathfriland.
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Couple Turn to Us After £1m Dream Home Is Damaged By Oil Spill
the Irish Claims Board offered its support to a couple who claimed the value of their dream £1million home had been significantly slashed after a bungling delivery driver flooded their four-bedroom property with nearly 500 litres of toxic kerosene.
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Family to receive £5,500 compensation after having neighbours’ oil spill on their land
A family are to receive more than £5,000 compensation for the “unpleasantness” of having neighbours’ oil spill onto their land, a High Court judge has ruled.
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