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A schoolboy who grabbed his finger on a metal chair while he was attending a concert at RTE two years ago settled his appeal to the High Court for € 75,000.
Thomas Houlihan, 10 years old now, had to undergo partial amputation of the left index finger, the court said.
His lawyer, Jeremy Maher, told the court that he was missing part of the finger but that he was right handed and that he had recovered very well.
Thomas, of Glenshane Crecent, Brookfield, Tallaght, Dublin, through his mother Natasha Houlihan, sued RTE and the board of directors of St Aidan National School, Jobstown, Tallaght, as a result of the accident of December 9, 2016.
The boy had attended RTE in Donnybrook with his school at the time. It is claimed that his left index finger is stuck in a metal chair.
An ambulance was called and the boy was taken to a hospital but later transferred to another hospital where he was examined by a specialist.
It was alleged that the boy suffered greatly after the accident and that it would have been impossible to find a first aid box and that his finger should have been wrapped in a tissue paper.
It has also been claimed that the boy and his parents were traumatized afterwards. On their first visit to the hospital, they seemed understaffed and the parents claimed that they had to squeeze the boy's finger so that he would not bleed anymore.
It was alleged that the boy would not have been able to sit safely at the concert and that he would not have taken any reasonable measures or precautions to ensure his safety.
The requests were refused.
The lawyer told the court that Thomas had no functional difficulty with his finger.
Judge Kevin Cross approved the settlement.
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