€7,500 over knee injury in yard

A 10-year-old boy fractured his knee during a Gaelic football match on his school’s tarmac yard, and yesterday he brought a case through his father against the school.

Judge Brian O’Callaghan heard all of the evidence in the case yesterday afternoon and had adjourned briefly before delivering his decision on the civil action.

However, as soon as he returned to the courtroom at Cork Circuit Court, the plaintiff’s barrister, James Duggan, said there had been an offer from the school, settling the case for €7,500 plus costs.