An eight-year-old schoolgirl has beaten students more than twice her age to become the overall winner of this year’s Doodle 4 Google competition.

A €3.5 MILLION settlement was approved without admission of liability by the High Court in the case of a teenage boy who was brain damaged at birth.

A 14-year-old Cork boy who has cerebral palsy from birth has settled a High Court action against the HSE for €3.5m.