Garda awarded €50k after suffers serious leg injury in bonfire assault

A reserve garda, who suffered a serious leg injury as he ducked to avoid a punch from a man who had just driven a 4x4 jeep onto a Hallow’een bonfire, has been awarded just under €50,000 damages in the High Court against the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform.

The court heard that Garda Sean White, now a full member of the force but for some time restricted to desk duties because of his injury, had been shouted at by his assailant “take this pig” as he swung his fist in an assault on him.