Boy, 9, awarded €32,000 after being struck by car while crossing street

A nine-year-old boy who was struck by a car as he crossed Aungier Street,Dublin, at a pedestrian crossing has been awarded damages of €32,000 in the Circuit Civil Court.

Circuit Court President, Mr Justice Raymond Groarke, heard that on 26 September 2015, Evan Byrne of Mercer House, Dublin 2 had been crossing the road around the area of Whitefriar Street Church when he had been hit by a passing car.