Boy settles for €270k after fall from climbing frame in Dublin

A student, who fell on his head and fractured his skull while playing on a climbing frame at the Malahide Castle play ground, has settled his High Court action for €270,000.

Mr Justice Kevin Cross was told Peter O’Doherty lost the hearing in his right ear after the accident when he was seven and visiting Malahide, Dublin, with his family.

The boy was climbing on a climbing frame when he fell, landing on his head and fractured his skull.