Teacher who claimed garda broke her arm in station settles case

Judge struck out the case before jury was due to give a verdict and made an order directing the Garda commissioner to pay Denise Callinan’s legal costs

Denise Callinan declined to disclose details of the settlement agreement, but said she was 'extremely happy' with the compromise reached between the sides. File picture: Collins Courts

A teacher who claimed a male garda twisted and broke her arm in an early-morning altercation at a Galway Garda station has settled a High Court action moments before a jury was due to give a verdict in the case.

Denise Callinan, 28, from Manorhamilton, Co Leitrim, had sued over the injuries she allegedly sustained in the incident on October 19, 2019, at Mill Street Garda station in Galway, where she was brought following her earlier arrest under public order legislation.