Judge rejects €10k offer to 5-year-old

A judge in the Circuit Civil Court has refused to approve a €10,000 settlement offer to a five-year-old boy, who claimed he developed significant respiratory difficulties because of dampness and the unhealthy state of a previous accommodation.

Circuit Court president Mr Justice Raymond Groarke said he feared €10,000 would not be enough to compensate Dawid Szafirowski who now needs to use inhalers.

Barrister Lydia Bunni told the court Dawid was only 16 months old when he suffered severe chest infections and respiratory problems after his family moved to Cherrywood Grove, Clondalkin, Dublin.