Boy gets €45k for fall in creche

A 12-year-old schoolboy, who will be scarred for life after falling while attending a creche nine years ago, has been awarded €45,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

Barrister Conor Kearney told the court that in July 2007, Calum Lawless was at the Happy Days Creche, Hansfield, Clonee, Dublin, when he fell on an uneven floor.

Mr Kearney said Calum hit his head in the fall, lacerating his face close to his right eye. Calum, who was three at the time, had been shocked and shaken.