Garda suing colleague for €60k after punch broke his nose during late-night drinking session in Dublin bar, court hears

Lordan denied a suggestion by O’Shaughnessy’s barrister, John Nolan, that he had attempted to blackmail O’ShaughnessyThe court heard there had been a romantic break-up between two of them, Garda Ronan O’Shaughnessy and his girlfriend, Probation Garda Aisling Walsh, while the group was having drinks in Cassidy’s pub, in Camden Street.

Judge Michael Walsh heard disputed claims alleging Garda Denis Lordan had pulled Garda Walsh’s ponytail while the group was having drinks around tables in Cassidy’s, and that O’Shaughnessy and Garda Walsh, who are now living together and expecting a baby, had a lover’s tiff and break-up on the night.

The party had moved on to Ryan’s Bar in Dublin’s Lower Camden Street where, Lordan told the court, O’Shaughnessy had – completely unprovoked – punched him in the nose and broken it, leaving him covered in blood.

Lordan is suing O’Shaughnessy for €60,000 damages for assault arising from the incident.