A 13-year-old boy who suffered damage during his birth at a Cork hospital and now has cerebral palsy has settled his High Court action against the HSE with a final payment of €15 million.

A legal firm that specialises in medical negligence cases has received €11.8m in fees over two years from the State Claims Agency (SCA).

MEAGRE returns on so-called “blue chip” investment products, including Irish bank shares, have decimated investments made on behalf of children catastrophically injured at birth, a legal expert has claimed.