The family of a five-year-old girl, who has been left with a permanent scar on her forehead after an elasticated type bandage was left on her head for 30 hours after her birth at Cork University Maternity Hospital, has settled her case for €240,000.

A five-year-old girl has been left with a permanent scar on her forehead after an elasticated-type bandage was left on her head for 30 hours after her birth at Cork University Maternity Hospital, the High Court heard yesterday.