Garda who suffered PTSD after series of traumatic events awarded €150k

Former garda Gavin Ryan disarmed man with loaded shotgun, suffered a needle stick injury and had a bullet put through the letterbox of his home, court heard

The court held the health issues suffered by Garda Ryan stemmed from the traumatic events surrounding the armed robbery and exacerbated by the needle-stick injury in November 2008 and the bullet threat in 2011. File picture

A former garda who heroically disarmed a man pointing a loaded shotgun at him during an armed robbery but later had to quit a career in the force due to subsequent psychological injury arising from the incident, has been awarded damages of €150,000.

Garda Gavin Ryan, who is now aged 42, was stationed at Ballymun Garda Station in March 2008 when he was called to assist a colleague who was dealing with a hold-up at The Village Pub, Chapelizod, West Dublin.