Curragh race-goers headbutted and kicking female garda, court told

Two race-goers viciously head butted and punched and then kicked a garda in the back as she lay on the ground at the entrance to The Curragh Racecourse, Co Kildare, a judge heard today.

Garda Sergeant Alma Molloy, formerly of Ramsgrange, New Ross, Co Wexford, and now stationed in Kilkenny City, was today awarded almost €90,000 damages by Ms Justice Mary Irvine in a High Court Garda Compensation hearing - almost 10 years after the incident.