Court orders mart to pay €75k to farmer 'gored and knelt on' by bull

Mr Justice Ferriter stated that it is important to note that the case is one which predates the recently introduced Personal Injuries Guidelines

Recalling the bull attack in evidence, Mr Malone told the High Court that the young bull “hit me and drove me back into the corner”. File picture

The High Court has ordered an Edenderry mart operator to pay €75,000 in damages to a Co. Offaly cattle farmer after he was attacked and gored by a young bull at the mart.

In the ruling, Mr Justice Cian Ferriter found that from the August 5, 2017, incident at Edenderry mart, farmer Fergus Malone (53) “suffered nasty injuries at the time”.