Fianna Fáil TD Michael Cahill – convicted last week of dangerous driving – was previously found liable by a court for causing a crash that left a young girl with “difficulty learning to walk”.
He was ordered to pay £6,000 compensation to the girl, who was too young to walk at the time of the accident, as part of a total £12,000 to her family.
The O’Donoghue family, who were also awarded legal costs, from Tralee sued Cahill after their car was involved in a July 1990 collision with his vehicle.
After a June 1993 circuit court case then county councillor Cahill was ordered to pay the girl’s four family members £1,500 each for their physical and psychological injuries.
The Kerryman was banned from driving for two years last Friday after a court heard he was caught driving 190 kilometres per hour on a Cork motorway.
Cahill has been contacted for comment.
