Man with 20 criminal convictions awarded €20,000 for bike accident

A 47-year-old man with 20 previous criminal convictions who sued after he claimed he was knocked off his bicycle by a car which failed to stop has been awarded €20,000 by the High Court.

Mr Justice Michael Hanna said his impression of recovering drug addict Thomas O’Neill was he was not lying and he did suffer injuries when he was struck by the car and ended up in a ditch in North Dublin almost five years ago.