A CO DONEGAL man with cancer who fell at a bus stop in Dublin Airport on his return from a visit to Fatima Shrine in Portugal, has been awarded €30,000 damages against a company that provided him with wheelchair assistance.
Breen, who appeared with Denis O’Mahony of Donegal town solicitors, Gallagher McCartney Barry, that a member of OSC staff had wheeled Dr McBride through the airport both to and from the aircraft. The court heard that Dr McBride had fallen at the steps of the bus and had “smashed his nose” against one of the steps. He had been treated in hospital but had been left with a displaced nasal bone and nasal congestion.