Man awarded €231k for 'life-changing' brain injuries from pub assault

Ms Justice Bronagh O'Hanlon said Oliver Bennett had shown extraordinary "fortitude, resilience and dignity" in how he has dealt with the injuries. File picture: iStock

A man who suffered severe "life-changing injuries" following an unprovoked assault in a pub has been awarded €231,000 by the High Court.

Ms Justice Bronagh O'Hanlon said Oliver Bennett (aged 64) had shown extraordinary "fortitude, resilience and dignity" in how he has dealt with the injuries he sustained after he was assaulted by John Codd at the Tir Na nOg Public House at Wellington Bridge, Wexford, on April 15, 2009.