A four-year-old boy who sued over the circumstances of his birth at Midwestern Regional Maternity Hospital, Limerick has settled his High Court action with a final lump sum payment of €15.5m.

A two-year-old boy who has sued over the circumstances of his birth at Midwestern Regional Maternity Hospital, Limerick, has settled his High Court action with an interim payout of €1.75m for the next two years.