Boy's €25m claim for 'fall from wall at halting site'

Boy's €25m claim for 'fall from wall at halting site'

A council is contesting a €25million claim that a boy suffered lifelong head injuries when falling from a 9ft-high wall at a halting site when he was five. Kildare County Council has made a counter-allegation that Patrick McInerney did not fall from a wall and was instead injured when he fell from or was kicked by a horse. The council also alleged the boy’s father had offered a witness €2,000 to come to court and that his parents exaggerated his…