Car fire leads to €65k award

A WOMAN has been awarded €65,638 in High Court damages arising out of an incident in which her car went on fire days after it had been serviced.

Eileen Reilly, aged 67, Grange Park Rise, Raheny, Dublin, sued DG Motors Ltd, Navan Road, Dublin, the company which serviced her four-year-old Opel Astra Coupe on April 11, 2005.

She claimed DG was negligent because an oil filter housing was left loose, which led to oil coating the front of the exhaust pipe and causing the subsequent fire.