Boy who hit his head while at creche awarded €35,000

An eight-year-old schoolboy, who hit his head on concrete while attending a creche seven years ago, has been awarded €35,000 damages in the Circuit Civil Court.

Barrister Conor Kearney told the court Nathan Doyle was 17 months old in October 2009 when he allegedly crawled out of the back door at Happy Ways Creche, Shanliss Walk, Santry, and hit his head in the garden.

Mr Kearney said Nathan developed two black eyes and his balance was unsteady. He was taken by his mother, Emma Doyle, to the Children’s University Hospital, Temple Street, Dublin, were X-rays showed no fracture.