Girl, 9, held on after friend fell from funfair ride

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.

Eileen McAuley, counsel for Nicole Moore, now aged 15, of Tyrone Place, Inchicore, Dublin, told Judge Matthew Deery that Nicole had been on a Superbowl ride at the funfair in Millennium Park, Blanchardstown, Dublin, when the accident happened in Sept 2007.

She said staff at the funfair had omitted to properly attach a safety bar across the seat before starting the ride.