Barman who split shin open awarded €40k

A barman moving large gas bottles who had his shin ripped open on a steel-built stairway has been awarded €40,000 in compensation.

Judge David Riordan yesterday made the assessment of damages to plaintiff Raymond O’Callaghan from 30 Friars Road, Turners Cross, Cork.

He had been working at The Hanover in Cork when the accident happened on September 20, 2014.