Garda who disarmed church gunman awarded €30k damages

A garda’s courage in tackling and disarming a gunman, who had just shot two people in a church, left him with nightmare flashbacks, a court heard today.

Ms Justice Mary Irvine said Detective Garda Joseph Everard had acted with very significant bravery in chasing and arresting the gunman who had opened fire at a First Communion Mass for 60 children.