Victim ‘overjoyed’ at €750k costs ruling

ABUSE victim Louise O’Keeffe said she was “overjoyed” after the Supreme Court ruled she did not have to pay €750,000 in costs for her unsuccessful case against the state for the sexual abuse she suffered as a primary school pupil.

Victim ‘overjoyed’ at €750k costs ruling

Ms O’Keeffe, a secretary and mother of two children aged 13 and 11, said she was enormously relieved, having been prepared for the worst.

“It took a few minutes to read it out, and I started wondering first if I was hearing right. I still wouldn’t have any regrets about taking the case and going as far as I have done. It was the first case of its kind, we were going into new territory,” she said.

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