Pensioner awarded €40k after airport escalator fall

A pensioner who fell on an escalator at Dublin Airport has been awarded €40,000 by a High Court judge.

Mr Justice Michael Hanna said he was satisfied that if Elizabeth Lavin, aged 69, had taken the lift, no such accident would have taken place to “this unfortunate neophyte in the ways of escalators”.

The judge said he was satisfied that Ms Lavin probably would have availed of the lift had sufficient signs been available at the time of the accident four years ago.