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Thu 01 Jan 2007€70,000 for family in ruling against GardaHigh Court judge has awarded €70,000 damages to a family after upholding their claim that gardaí had wrongfully disclosed to the media information that a relative of theirs, a convicted rapist, was living with them for a time.This caused them distress and injury and ultimately led to their leaving their home in Co Kerry.