€1.4m for ‘star of the show’ Alex

Alex Butler is tetraplegic. Her physical disability means her body can be like jelly and her limbs are stiff. She gets around in a wheelchair.

All as a result of the injuries she suffered at birth at Waterford Regional Hospital.

If she had been born 10 to 12 minutes earlier, she might never have seen the inside of High Court No 29 and her parents would not have had to embark on a tough legal battle.