Ex-prisoner gets €9k following hackney crash

THREE former prisoners travelling in a cab in the Blarney area all moaned “oh my back, my neck” when the vehicle was struck from behind by another car, a compensation case heard yesterday.

David Mackessy, who is in his mid-20s and from The Close, Rochestown, Cork, sued for compensation at Cork Circuit Court, where defence barrister James Duggan suggested that the three passengers were passing a phone between each other during the journey from Cork city to Tower, Blarney.

Mr Duggan asked Mr Mackessy if he was sure he did not know the driver of the car that collided violently with the back of the hackney cab.