Ahern agrees €38k settlement with woman in personal injury claim

Former taoiseach Bertie Ahern has settled — for an undisclosed sum — a €38,000 damages claim with a woman who fell in his constituency office.

Barrister Lisa Kelly, counsel for Mr Ahern, whose address was given as St Luke’s, Drumcondra, Dublin, told the Circuit Civil Court the case had been settled.

Marie Thérèse O’Loughlin, of Eagle Lodge Apartments, Leinster Rd West, Dublin 6, had sued Mr Ahern by name for injuries she suffered in a trip and fall in St Luke’s on Dec 19, 2007.