Garda gets €36k for injuries sustained in car chase

A garda who was shot in New Orleans last year after withdrawing $200 dollars from an ATM, has been awarded more than €36,000 in compensation for injuries he suffered while chasing down criminals almost six years ago.

Garda Brian Hanrahan suffered injuries to his neck, shoulder and lower back in October 2010 when a garda car in which he was a front-seat passenger was rammed following a car chase on the Limerick- Mallow road.

In January last year Garda Hanrahan, of Newcastle West, Limerick, was on holiday in New Orleans when he was shot in the leg and back. He had just withdrawn 200 dollars from the ATM when approached by two men who have since been charged with attempted second degree murder.