Man sues Irish Water after 'coming to grief' in same garden hole as his uncle

The Ennis man injured his knee after slipping into the hole 10 weeks after his uncle allegedly broke his leg after slipping into the same hole.

The water hydrant outside 106 Dun na hInse, Ennis, Co Clare. The hydrant has since been re-installed and the hole is no longer there.

An Ennis man and his uncle "came to grief" in the same one-foot-wide garden hole in an Ennis housing estate 10 weeks apart, a court has heard.

At Ennis Circuit Court, Judge Brian O’Callaghan has ordered Irish Water to pay Jim McDonagh (aged 20) damages of €6,000 for the left knee injury he sustained when his left foot slipped into the seven-inch (175mm) deep hole on a November night in 2016.