Waterways Ireland to face trial after homeless man paralysed by digger clearing tents

Elias Adane came to Ireland as an unaccompanied minor and has experienced lengthy periods of homelessness

Workers remove items from the scene in January 2020 where Elias Adane was paralysed after his tent on the banks of the Grand Canal in Dublin was removed by a digger. File photo: Sam Boal/RollingNews.ie

Waterways Ireland has been sent forward for trial after a homeless Eritrean man was paralysed when a mechanical digger cleared his tent from the banks of the Grand Canal in Dublin.

Elias Adane, who is in his 30s, suffered life-changing injuries on January 14, 2020, along a portion of the canal where other homeless people had pitched tents and had been served with eviction notices.