‘This court does not believe a word out of the plaintiff’

An All-Ireland winning professional road bowler got an award of zero plus costs against him yesterday arising out of a road accident where the judge said he did not believe one word of the bowler’s evidence about his injuries.

William Hogan, aged 35, of Kelleher’s Buildings, Dillon’s Cross, Cork, appeared at Cork Circuit Court yesterday claiming compensation for injuries he said he suffered while travelling as a back seat passenger in a car driven by his partner, Jennifer Cronin, of Brookville estate, Riverstown, Glanmire.

Ms Cronin and another passenger, Rebecca O’Regan of Annalee Grove, Mayfield, settled their actions on undisclosed terms when Judge Brian O’Callaghan found liability for the accident against Neil Lynch, an off-duty garda, from Sallybrook, Glanmire, who believed he had sufficient time to emerge from the Hazelwood junction in Glanmire on December 27, 2015, but accepted that he did not have as much time as he believed at the time.