Couple who reversed into off-duty garda and made false claim avoid jail

A husband and wife from Watermint Court, Royal Canal Park, Ashtown, have received fully suspended sentences at Dublin Circuit Criminal Court after pleading guilty to making false personal injury claims. The offences occurred between August 2019 and January 2020 following a motor collision on Griffith Avenue in May 2019. Rene Cifra reversed his vehicle into a Mercedes van driven by an off-duty garda and subsequently…