High Court dismisses damages claim by Limerick boy injured after fall from climbing frame

'Even in a safe controlled environment such as a playground, accidents can and will happen,' the judge said

The court heard Daire Sean Hickey fell from the climbing frame at a playground in Limerick in 2014. File photo: Andrew Downes

A damages claim brought over injuries a boy sustained when he fell from a monkey bars in a Limerick playground has been dismissed by the High Court.

Ms Justice Marguerite Bolger said Daire Sean Hickey, of Corbally, Co Limerick, was nine when he fell from the climbing frame at a playground in Limerick in 2014.