€25k for model over inch-long scar on her foot

A 15-year-old student, who is already registered with a national modelling agency, has been awarded €25,000 damages for a “mildly disfiguring” scar on her foot.

Barrister Elizabeth Enright told a judge yesterday that broken tiles under the water line in a swimming pool had acted like a potato peeler when Shonagh Molloy kicked off from the wall while making a turn.

Ms Enright said the incident had lacerated the heel of Shonagh’s right foot down to the tendons and she had to be rushed to Temple Street Children’s Hospital. Sutures had been applied under local anaesthetic and were taken out after a week.