THE High Court has approved a settlement of €5 million to a 28-year-old woman who sustained serious injuries after the car she was a back-seat passenger in was struck by an uninsured drunk driver who broke a red light.

The High Court has approved a settlement of €5m to a 28-year-old woman who sustained serious injuries after the car in which she was a back-seat passenger was struck by an uninsured drunk driver who broke a red light.