GALWAY WOMAN APOLOGISES TO HIGH COURT FOR FALSE INFORMATION ABOUT COLLISION

Date Published: 30-Jul-2009

A Galway woman has apologised before the High Court for giving false information about a road collision which resulted in a payout of around 200 thousand euroAXA Insurance had brought proceedings against Gillian Weekes of Poulatagle, Gort, Co Galway for her involvement in personal injury proceedings brought over an accident on January 29th 2001The single vehicle crash occured at Richmond, Clonberne in Ballinasloe The car allegedly hit a wall on the way to a disco and AXA had paid 200 thousand euro as a resultSenior Counsel for the Insurance Company said Ms. Weekes and two other passengers, Terence and his sister Mary Lou Barrett from Ballina, Co Mayo, had indicated the driver of the car was the insured Gillian WeekesIn 2003 however, Ms. Weekes confessed the driver was actually Mary Lou BarrettAccording to today's Irish Times, the case was settled on terms including apologies from each of the three defendants and an agreement to compensate the Insurance Company