Boy settles for €60k over injuries suffered when goalpost fell on him at party

It was found the six-year-old boy had a posterior chest wall injury and was later diagnosed with a collapsed upper lobe of his left side lung

It was claimed there was an alleged failure to tie down or strap down a set of goalposts either sufficiently or at all. File photo: INPHO/James Crombie

A young boy, who it was claimed was struck by a falling goalpost at an indoor football pitch, has settled a High Court action for €60,000.

James Hannon was six years of age and attending a birthday party when the accident happened in a Dublin complex six years ago.