A schoolboy died from injuries sustained after being hit by a sliotar while playing hurling with his classmates during a lunch break at last year, an inquest has heard.
Post-mortem results showed the sliotar which struck Harry Byrne, 13, from Clover, Gowran, Co Kilkenny, caused a tear in an artery in his neck which resulted in fatal internal bleeding in the brain.
The county coroner for Kilkenny, Tim Kiely, said he did not believe wearing a helmet could have prevented the boy’s death given the nature of the injury.
