Girl scarred for life from creche fall awarded €55k

A five-year-old girl, who will be scarred for life after she struck her head against a wall in a creche, was awarded €55,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.
Girl scarred for life from creche fall awarded €55k

Counsel Robert Crowley told the court that Ruth Reilly had been left unattended at Giraffe Childcare Creche, Athlumney Wood, Johnstown, Navan, Co Meath, in October 2013 when she fell and struck her head.

Circuit Court president Mr Justice Raymond Groarke heard that Ruth, who was two years old at the time, suffered a deep laceration and had been bleeding heavily.

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