€16k for clerk who hurt back

A former check-in clerk with Ryanair at Dublin Airport was yesterday awarded over €16,000 by the High Court for straining her back when she lifted a piece of baggage.

Agnieszka Spyra had gone to the High Court after a Circuit Court judge had dismissed her case.

Yesterday, Mr Justice Kevin Cross awarded Ms Spyra a total of €16,650, though he found she was 20% responsible for her accident as she checked in passengers to an early-morning Ryanair flight five years ago.