A girl with severe cerebral palsy who has already secured €3.3m in settlement of her High Court action for negligence during her birth at the National Maternity Hospital is to get another €1m towards her care needs for the next three years.

The Supreme Court has been asked to decide how much the National Maternity Hospital must pay towards the €1.16m cost of a specially adapted new home in Sandymount, Dublin, for a girl who suffered catastrophic injuries due to admitted negligence during her birth at the hospital.

WATCHING the tides will be a new fixation for the buyer of this slice of Galway heaven: access to Omey Island off the Connemara coast is across the beach, twice a day at low tide.