A nurse who was injured when a Garda squad car crashed into her car on the Stillorgan dual carriageway in Dublin, has been awarded £23,040 damages against the State.
Ms Jolene Synnott, of Oaklawn View, Newcastle, Co Wicklow was originally awarded £30,720. Yesterday, the President of the Circuit Court, Mr Justice Spain, held that as Ms Synnott was partly responsible, the award should be reduced to £23,040.
Mr Michael Mulcahy, counsel for the State, was refused an application for a stay on the order pending consideration of an appeal to the High Court.