Apology ‘too little, too late’ for Katie

South Tipperary General Hospital has apologised to the family of a seven-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who has settled a legal action over the mismanagement of her birth for €6.7m.

Mr Justice Kevin Cross in the High Court was yesterday told by counsel for Katie Manton that the Manton family thought the apology was “ too little, too late”.

Michael McGrath, for Katie’s parents Aoife and Raymond Manton, from Cashel, Co Tipperary, said he had been instructed to tell the court the apology was “too little, too late in the circumstances”.