€850k damages for family of woman killed by truck owned by Danny Healy-Rae firm

Healy-Rae Plant Hire was founded by Danny Healy-Rae but he has since handed the firm over to his son, Johnny, according to company documents

The company established by Kerry TD Danny Healy-Rae owned the truck that hit and killed the mother of six in 2020. File Photo: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

The family of a mother of six who died after she was struck by a truck owned by a company established by Kerry TD Danny Healy-Rae has been awarded €850,000 in damages.

Joanne Davies, aged 50, a much-loved mother and grandmother, was struck by a truck owned by Healy-Rae Plant Hire while on a pedestrian crossing in Killarney on July 17, 2020. She subsequently died on July 19, 2020. One of her children was still a minor at the time.