Sports club fails to prevent 'associate' member from suing over fall

Tolka Rovers AFC had argued that the man should be prevented from suing the club because he was an associate member

Tolka Rovers said if the accident occurred in the manner alleged, it was caused or contributed to by the failure of Joseph Connolly to take reasonable care for his own safety and in particular, his failure to watch where he was walking. File photo via Google Maps

A sports club is not entitled to prevent a man, who claims he fell and injured himself at its premises, from suing the club because he was an associate member, the High Court ruled.

Joseph Connolly (72), Cloonlara Road, Finglas South, Dublin, is suing Tolka Rovers AFC and Sports Club, Glasnevin, Dublin, over injuries he says he sustained while walking in the clubhouse car park on February 5, 2018.