Taxi driver sues gardaí after patrol car runs red light

A motorist hit by a Garda car at a traffic light junction had to fork out €330 for a fire brigade to attend the scene.

Taxi driver, Patrick Cooke of Mountshannon Road, Lisnagry, sued the Garda commissioner and the driver of a Garda car over injuries he sustained in the accident.

Mr Cooke, 57, was driving a couple who were heading out for an evening meal on March 13, 2013. As he proceeded through a green light at the junction of Athlunkard St and Island Rd, he was struck by a Garda car.