Man who sustained injury during five-a-side soccer game settles action

The school board of management, and the association which ran the five-a-side game, MFTB O'Connell's Secondary School Indoor Football, denied negligence and breach of duty.

A man who claimed he broke his ankle in a five-a-side football game because a metal fence was too close to the pitch has settled an action for damages.

Hichem Kerfah (36), formerly of Marrowbone Lane, Dublin, now living in Marseille, France, sued over the accident on the astroturf pitch at O'Connell's Secondary School, North Richmond Street, Dublin, on January 15, 2013.