Virgilio Almeida Cardoso Neto said he had no chance to stop or avoid crashing into the door of the car that had been stopped partly in the cycle lane and on Crumlin Road, Dublin.

Liability was admitted, and the case was before the court for assessment of damages only.

The judge told Solicitor Sean Coleman, who appeared for Dublin Bus, that she was dismissing O’Donnell’s claim and upholding a counter claim against him for just over €2,000 because of damage his manoeuvre had caused to the bus.

The long running proceedings, the High Court heard on Thursday, were struck out due to Mr Pringle's death earlier this year, and because none of his family wished to continue the actions.

Olga Dresmane, of Water Rill, Malahide, Co Dublin, had set out to deceive every medical expert with the sole intention of increasing her damages award, the judge said.

The judge was satisfied Jason McCarthy (36) did trip and fall over a protruding “lip” on the pavement outside his father-in-law’s home in Waterford City

Jake Finn, 43 of Sheelin Walk, Ballybrack, Co Dublin, claimed that he had slipped and fell because of pooling of water by the side of a swimming pool where he was conducting an aqua aerobics class at the Blue Pool, Monkstown, Co Dublin