Girl, 9, settles over jail fall

A girl who has been left with a scar after she tripped over a mat at the Cloverhill Prison visitor centre when she was four years of age has settled her High action for over €25,000.

Chardonnay Ward it was claimed fell over a kink on a mat and hit her head.

Chardonnay Ward, now aged 9, of Ashdale, Coosan, Athlone, Co Westmeath, had sued through her mother Margaret Roche the governor of Cloverhill Prison, Dublin, as a result of the fall on February 16, 2012.