Toddler sues after falling from hotel balcony

A Limerick toddler who “miraculously” survived a fall from a sixth-floor hotel balcony is suing the hotel for damages.

Neil Shanahan, 3, from Farranshone, in the city, fell from the top floor — some 20m or 65ft — of the Strand Hotel, on O’Callaghan Strand, in July 2016.

The High Court civil proceedings have been issued against Limerick Strand Hotel Ltd and Strand Leisure Investments Ltd, both represented by Holmes O’Malley Sexton solicitors, in Limerick.