Girl, 8, gets €26k after her finger is crushed by a school fire door

Seven months after the accident, the girl's fingernail was removed under general anaesthetic. Picture: iStock

A judge has approved a €26,000 personal injuries settlement for an eight-year-old schoolgirl whose left ring finger was crushed when a fire escape door was accidentally closed on it.

Fran Rooney, counsel for Zarabelle O’Neill McAllorum, told the Circuit Civil Court that the girl was only six when the accident occurred at her school, Gaelscoil Inse Choir, Islandbridge, Dublin, just over two years ago.