Judge dismisses €60k claim for Limerick toddler who was stung by wasps at Dublin Zoo

The court heard there had been no evidence of a wasps' nest having fallen or that her injury had in any way been caused through fault of the zoo

Members of staff at Dublin Zoo told the court there had been 7,000 visitors to the zoo on the day of the incident and there had been no other reports of stings. File photo: Nick Bradshaw

A €60,000 damages claim on behalf of a 17-month-old toddler, who was stung by wasps while on a visit to Dublin Zoo, has been dismissed by Judge Catherine Staines in the Circuit Civil Court.

Judge Staines told barrister John Martin, counsel for the zoo, that witnesses for Aimee Tobin, now aged seven, had failed to convince the court there had been negligence on the part of the wildlife park despite claims that a nest had fallen from a tree and she had been stung by a swarm of angry insects.