St. Brendan's College Killarney have paid out €8,000 to a former pupil after he claimed that Kerry footballer and former teacher at the school, Paul Galvin, hit him with a blackboard duster.
From The Irish Times:
On January 25th 2010 Nathan Adams was lawfully present in the class room “when he was struck by a blackboard duster”, it claimed.
The teenager was “shocked and distressed” and taken to a GP. He sustained a laceration to his scalp and was bleeding . He was left with a scar to his head, and he suffered pain, upset and convenience [sic]. He also suffered distress, psychological upset and his social, domestic and recreational life was affected, according to the claim.
As Nathan Adams had just turned 18, a motion was listed for payment out on the Kerry County Registrar's list of civil motions.
