A former truck driver has failed in his bid at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court to get his driver's license restored after he was disqualified from the road when he swerved into a pedestrian causing him extensive brain injuries.

A garda accused of assaulting a protester at the 2002 ‘Reclaim the Streets’ march in Dublin has claimed in evidence that he was justified in striking the man three times in the "upper body" but denied he ever hit him in the head.