Judge rules garda suing colleague for broken nose was almost equally at fault

Judge Walsh said it appeared the two men had consumed 'an extraordinary amount of alcohol'

Garda Denis Lordan (pictured) was awarded just over €13,000 which Judge Michael Walsh then cut to €8,000 on the basis Lordan had been 40% to blame for the incident. Picture: Collins Courts

A garda whose nose was broken by a colleague, who punched him in an after-hours booze-up in Ryan's Bar in Dublin’s Lower Camden Street nearly three years ago, was almost equally to blame for what happened, a judge decided on Wednesday.

Garda Denis Lordan, who had sued his Lucan Garda Station colleague, Garda Ronan O’Shaughnessy, for €60,000 damages for assault, was awarded just over €13,000 against O’Shaughnessy which Judge Michael Walsh then cut to €8,000 on the basis Lordan had been 40% to blame for the incident.