Ambulance driver wrongly reported for drink-driving on job awarded €32k

Garda alert put out for paramedic Gary Fitzpatrick after senior nurse made 'criminal complaint', Ennis Circuit Court heard

Wed, 20 Oct, 2021 - 03:00

Gordon Deegan

A Garda alert for an ambulance driver suspected of drink-driving was based on “a criminal complaint” by a senior HSE nurse manager that “was wholly without foundation”.

That is according to Judge Brian O’Callaghan, who has ordered the HSE to pay €32,500 in damages to paramedic, Gary Fitzpatrick, 46, of Murroe, Co Limerick, after finding he was defamed by a senior HSE nurse manager four years ago.