€39,000 awarded against Fine Gael senator John McGahon over pub assault

The incident in 2018 started after Mr McGahon put his arm around farmer Breen White's wife

Senator John McGahon said he was intoxicated and admitted that around this time he had an "unhealthy relationship" with alcohol for which he then got counselling. Photo: Collins Courts

A High Court jury has awarded a man €39,000 against Fine Gael Senator John McGahon over a late night assault outside a pub.

Farmer Breen White, from Castleblaney, Co Monaghan, sued Mr McGahon for assault and battery outside the Rum House pub in Dundalk, Co Louth, on June 16, 2018.