Woman awarded €27k for roller-skating injury at Christmas outing 13 years ago

The incident happened when she was an 11-year-old schoolgirl during a Christmas day out with members of the Cool Kids youth club

For her injuries and pain to date and into the future the judge awarded Rebecca O’Neill €27,500 damages against Liam Sutcliffe together with Circuit Court costs. File photo: iStock

An 11-year-old schoolgirl, who slipped and injured her ankle while roller-skating at a Christmas outing, was awarded damages of €27,500 today — 13 years after the accident.

Judge James McCourt said in the Circuit Civil Court that Rebecca O’Neill had a long wait to have her case dealt with and had been significantly discommoded during her very formative years.