Man racially abused by bus driver gets €5,000

The High Court has awarded €5,000 to a man assaulted by a bus driver during a road rage incident in which the man, who is black, was also racially abused.

Mr Justice Max Barrett was told the issue of legal costs in the case taken by Anthony Doran against Bus Éireann had also been agreed between the parties.

Last week, the judge found that in the totality of the bus driver’s actions, an assault, which also consists of a reasonable apprehension of battery, had occurred.