Court awards €2.45m to student for head injuries

A student who was training to be an electrician suffered head injuries in a car crash that have left him with serious communication difficulties and today he was awarded €2.45m in compensation.

Conor Barry, 26, from Grange, Castlemartyr, Co Cork was a back seat passenger in a car that crashed at a bridge near Midleton on June 17, 1998.