Tipperary boy who fractured skull after swing collapsed in grandmother's garden settles case

The boy had through his father initially sued his grandmother Eileen O’Shea, but the court heard she died last year and the case was now against the O’Shea estate

The boy, who is now 15 years old, will only see €50,000 of the €77,500 settlement as the remaining €27,500 is taken up by costs, the High Court heard. File picture

A boy who suffered a brain injury after a swing he was playing on in his grandmother’s garden collapsed and struck him on the head has settled a High Court action for €77,500.

Billy Norris was seven years old when he fell forward while playing on the swing in his grandmother’s garden in Carrick on Suir, Co Tipperary, and the swing fell hitting him on the back of the head.