€750,000 for boy who fell 15ft through gap in handrail 

Brian Dunne (now 16), of Clonmore, Edenderry, Co Offaly, suffered extensive skull fracturing as a result of the accident at his doctor's surgery in Dublin on January 15,2007

It was alleged the boy, who was nearly two-and-a-half at the time, approached the stairs handrail/balustrade and fell through a six-inch opening. 

A boy who, as a toddler, fell 15ft through a gap in a handrail onto a tiled floor in a doctor's surgery has settled his High Court action for €750,000.

Brian Dunne (now 16), of Clonmore, Edenderry, Co Offaly, suffered extensive skull fracturing as a result of the accident in the Lowell House, Herbert Avenue, Dublin, on January 15, 2007.