Josephine Higgins (68) had sought an award of €1.75 million to compensate for an alleged loss of earnings arising from the injuries sustained in the incident on Main Street, Carrigtwohill, Co Cork on February 13, 2020.

Judge James O’Donohoe decided that the injured cyclist was mainly responsible for the accident

Terry and Janet Byrne forfeited their €75,000 deposit and were then pursued by the vendors for the financial difference between their offer of €2.1 million