Stair collapse costs €900k in payouts

Payouts to visitors who were injured when a staircase collapsed in the so-called Dead Zoo are set to cost the taxpayer more than €905,000.

To date, the National Museum of Ireland has paid out €505,402 to people injured in the 2007 incident at the Natural History Museum.

Now, in its latest published accounts, the loss-making National Museum has said a further €402,563 is committed to settle future claims from the incident.