Garda awarded €80k for injuries

A retired Garda who suffered excruciating pain after being repeatedly kicked in the testicles by a man he was trying to arrest has been awarded almost €80,000 compensation in the High Court.

Mr Justice Bernard Barton said Joseph Treacy, who lives in Co Tipperary, was seeking compensation in relation to three separate incidents.

Judge Barton said Mr Treacy had been the victim of three violent assaults between 2004 and 2007.