Hanafin lashes playground injury litigation

EDUCATION Minister Mary Hanafin has criticised parents who sue schools because their children fall while running in the playground.

“Children will play, children will run, children will fall, children will hurt themselves,” she said. “The idea that parents should then consider that somebody else is to blame for that, and should sue, is absolutely outrageous.”

Ms Hanafin was speaking on RTÉ’s The Week in Politics programme. Many schools are opting to ban children from running in playgrounds for fear of costly litigation.