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A garda, who was headbutted as he attempted to restrain a man, has been awarded more than â¬40,000 damages in the High Court for personal injuries.
Ms Justice Mary Rose Gearty was told in a Garda Compensation hearing that Cork-based Garda John Twomey and Garda Karen Ring were directed to a bar in Mahon in Cork in August 2014 because a fight had broken out.
Barrister Ellen Gleeson, counsel for Garda Twomey, told the court the fight had ended when gardaà arrived but the participants were still engaged in hostilities outside.
Ms Gleeson, who appeared with Ernest Cantillon Solicitors, Cork, said there five or six people were involved in the dispute and a number of arrests were made for offences under the Criminal Justice Public Order Act.