Council not liable for injuries at fair

THE High Court has dismissed a man’s claim that Dublin City Council should be liable for injuries he suffered when a horse hit him at Smithfield fair three years ago.

Retired engineer, Patrick Loughran, aged 64, claimed the council had a duty of care to him arising out of the accident on February 3, 2008, when a horse and a small carriage, called a sulky, collided with him. The owner was never identified.

He said he was standing on the pavement when two sulkies racing one another came towards him. One mounted the footpath and he was struck by the horse and thrown over a bollard leaving him with injuries to his left shoulder, neck and back.