Toddler, 2, who pleaded ‘no creche, no creche’ awarded €23k

A two-year-old child suffered terror on almost a daily basis for five months while in the care of a creche exposed by RTÉ on its A Breach of Trust documentary in 2013, a judge heard yesterday.

Barrister Michael Connellan told Circuit Court president, Mr Justice Raymond Groarke, in the Circuit Civil Court that when being taken to the Giraffe Childcare creche by her parents, Emilie Kiely used to plead with them: “No creche, no creche.”

Mr Connellan, who appeared with Carley and Connellan Solicitors for Emilie and her parents, John and Caroline Kiely, said Girraffe Childcare — which was responsible for the running of Belarmine Childcare in Stepaside, Enniskerry Road, Co Dublin — had offered Emilie a damages settlement of €23,000.