Boy, 12, died after fall while sliding down bannisters in school

Schoolboy suffered 'severe and irreversible brain injury' during  fall between the first and second floor of a school building in February 2020, inquest heard

Teacher Anne Collins and SNA teacher Geraldine Healy of St Brigid's NS, Castleknock, leaving Dublin Coroner's Court after giving evidence to the inquest into the death of 12-year-old Blaise Cunningham. Picture: Colin Keegan/ Collins Dublin

The father of a young boy who died after falling off a banister in a Dublin school two years ago has expressed disbelief that such an accident could occur in modern school buildings.

An inquest into the death of Blaise Cunningham, 12, at Dublin District Coroner’s Court heard the 6th class student incurred fatal injuries as a result of a sliding incident on a stairway at St Brigid’s National School in Castleknock on February 5, 2020.