€13k for girl who broke wrist on slide

A judge has ordered a bouncy castle operator to pay a teenage girl €13,130 in damages after she broke her wrist when she came off an inflatable slide.

At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Tom O’Donnell ordered former Sinn Féin councillor in Shannon Mike McKee, of HT Promotions, Shannon, Co Clare, to pay Kyiah Moloney, now aged 15, of 110 Clancy Park, Ennis, €12,500 in general damages and an additional €630 in special damages.

Judge O’Donnell also ordered Mr McKee, who denied liability, to pay the costs of the case.