Garda Denis Lordan was awarded just over €13,000 against Ronan O’Shaughnessy (above) which Judge Michael Walsh then cut to €8,000 on the basis Lordan had been 40 per cent to blame for the incident

The party had moved on to Ryan's where Lordan told the court, O’Shaughnessy had completely unprovoked, punched him in the nose and broke it leaving him covered in blood