Electrician settles €38k claim against Irish Rail

A 38-year-old electrician, who claimed he had difficulty making a cup of tea following a shoulder injury at work, has settled a €38,000 damages claim in the Circuit Civil Court against former employer Iarnrod Éireann.

Padraic Reddin yesterday told the court that, in February 2012, he had been working for Iarnrod Éireann at its Fairview depot in Dublin and had been changing a front destination scroll on a Dart train when he felt a sharp pain in his upper body.

Reddin, of Whiteleaf Grove, Donaghmede, Dublin, told his barrister, Justin McQuade, that he had put the sign down, sat down for some time, and completed the job on that day.