Council sued over student’s bike fall

A Leaving Certificate student who claimed he sustained a brain injury when he was thrown from his bike after he allegedly hit a pothole has sued Galway County Council in the High Court.

Nathan King says he was cycling home from hurling training five years ago on the outskirts of the city when “he hit something” — the next thing he remembered was waking up in hospital.

“I felt the front of the bike hit something. I can’t remember anything after that,” he said.