Two men wrongly jailed for contempt reach settlement for damages
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Two men who were wrongly jailed for contempt of court have reached a settlement for damages, the Irish Examiner reports.
Joe Doocey and Wayne Nash spent 48 hours in jail in June 2016 after being found in contempt at Athlone District Court.
Judge Seamus Hughes had ordered them to spend seven days in jail because he overheard the pair insulting him outside the court.
They were released after just two days when the High Court found that they had been unlawfully detained.
The pair brought proceedings against the Minister for Public Expenditure and Reform for €75,000 in damages each before Judge Kathryn Hutton in Dublin Circuit Civil Court under the Irish Human Rights and Equality Commission Act 2014.
Counsel for the Minister later told the court that the proceedings had been settled for an undisclosed sum and legal costs.
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