Appeal Court upholds €65k award for girl injured at Cork firm's skating rink

The girl, who was 10 at the time, had suffered fairly significant cuts to the back of her hands after someone skated over them

(Left to right) Aoibhe Naghten with her mother Teresa Crowley arriving at the Four Courts today. Photo: Collins Courts

A €65,000 award to a 10-year-old girl injured when she fell at a skating rink and another patron skated over the back of her hand has been upheld by the Court of Appeal.

Aoibhe Naghten (now 15) of Summerfield Rise, Blanchardstown, Dublin, through her mother Teresa Crowley, sued Cool Running Events Ltd, with offices at Glanmire, Co Cork, operators of the pop-up ice rink at Blanchardstown Shopping Centre on December 30, 2015.