Boy, 6, receives €30k after cutting finger on gas fire

A six-year-old boy who seriously lacerated his finger on a gas fire in his home was yesterday awarded €30,000 damages against B&Q Ireland Limited and Focal Point Fires plc.

Barrister Tracy Ennis Faherty told Judge James O’Donohoe in the Circuit Civil Court that Tadhg Sinammon Hanafin injured himself on the wall-mounted fire while playing in the living room.

Ms Ennis Faherty, who appeared for Tadhg with Andrea Sullivan of Hussey Fraser Solicitors, said that, in November 2011, when Tadhg was only 16 months old, he cut a finger on a sharp edge on the fire.