Councillor ordered to pay €100-a-week compensation

A county councillor who appeared in an RTÉ Prime Time Investigates programme has been ordered to pay a compensation order after a court heard how he dined in expensive Dublin restaurants and spent lavishly on clothing.

John O’Donnell, from Donegal, said his “good name” had been ruined as he defended a decision to stop paying money to a woman whose foot he drove over more than 16 years ago.

German woman Petra Kucklick, of Mill Cottage, Rooskey, Creeslough, sued Mr O’Donnell for an outstanding €33,000 debt from a personal injury claim.