A €3m settlement, made without admission of liability, has been approved by the High Court for a permanently disabled young girl with cerebral palsy who alleged negligence in the circumstances of her delivery at the National Maternity Hospital.

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A Co Galway man, whose wife allegedly sustained serious brain damage around the time of the delivery of her twin girls almost 25 years ago, has settled his legal action for damages against the Western Health Board.