A garda’s courage in tackling and disarming a gunman, who had just shot two people in a church, left him with nightmare flashbacks, a court heard yesterday.
Ms Justice Mary Irvine said Det Garda Joseph Everard had acted with significant bravery in chasing and arresting the gunman who had opened fire at a First Communion Mass for 60 children.
Yesterday she awarded Garda Everard €30,000 damages at a High Court compensation hearing.
