Girl, 13, settles damages action for €5.2m

A 13-year-old girl who is severely brain damaged and cannot walk or talk has settled for €5.2m her High Court action for damages arising out of the injuries she allegedly sustained at her birth at Cavan General Hospital.

Mr Justice Michael Moriarty said in all the medical negligence cases he had dealt with that of Sarah Reilly is “the most catastrophic”.

The judge praised Sarah’s parents, Paul and Marie Reilly, and said their care and effort to enhance the quality of life for their daughter was “nothing less than heroic”.