A 9-year-old girl grimly held on to her seat to save herself after watching a friend’s mum fall 40ft from a funfair seat, the Circuit Civil Court has heard.

A WOMAN and a young girl thrown at high speed from an amusement ride were recovering yesterday after the accident at a Dublin fair.

A woman was in serious condition in hospital today after she and a teenage girl were thrown from a high-speed funfair ride.