A FIVE-YEAR-OLD boy who suffered catastrophic brain damage after almost drowning in a pond after being allowed out of his buggy while on a creche outing has secured €650,000 in a High Court settlement against the creche and the Health Service Executive (HSE).

The High Court has approved an award of €650,000 to a five-year-old Dublin boy who fell into a pond on an outing with his creche over three years ago.

Three separate inquiries are underway into how a toddler almost drowned in a Dublin park while in the care of a HSE-funded nursery.

THREE separate investigations are under way into how a 20-month-old toddler fell into a pond while he was under the care of a Dublin children’s home.