Man on bucking bronco was ‘acting the maggot’

A Donegal man who sued an entertainments company called Funky Monkey for alleged negligence over a bucking bronco was described as “acting the maggot” at Sligo High Court.

Brian McDonagh, aged 18, of Cedarwood Crescent, Long Lane, Letterkenny, sued Stephen Carberry, trading as Funky Monkey Entertainments, and Pauric Hilferty, trading as Funky Monkey Entertainments, through his mother Rose Ward after claiming he fell off a bucking bronco on June 26, 2010, when he was 13, at Letterkenny Town Park.

Mr Carberry told an earlier sitting of the High Court that the plaintiff had thrown himself on the ground and was “acting the maggot”.