A woman left almost completely blind and paralysed down the right side of her body due to delay in diagnosing and treating an aneurysm has secured €5m under a settlement of her High Court action.

A 6-year-old boy who is severely brain damaged has settled for €5.5m his action against the National Maternity Hospital, Dublin, over his care when he was brought to the hospital at eight days old and later diagnosed with meningitis.

A doctor in the UK has performed the world’s first embryonic stem cell operation aimed at curing blindness in people with an age-related disease.

U2’s Bono wants to help prevent vision impairment and blindness in more than 5m people.