€3m for driver struck by tree

A 23-year-old student who has been left brain damaged and blind in one eye after a tree fell on his car settled his High Court action for a total of €3.1m yesterday.

Julian Karra, the High Court heard, is also partially sighted in the other eye and has a brain injury after the accident .

Mr Justice Kevin Cross approved a settlement of €3.175m against a land owner and a further settlement of €600,000 against Wicklow County Council.