€5.5m and an apology as teenager settles case

A teenager with cerebral palsy has secured €5.56m and an apology from Mayo General Hospital under final settlement of her High Court action against the HSE over alleged negligence in the circumstances of her birth.

The settlement brings to over €7m the sum for Mary Malee, a 16-year-old transition-year student, who said in a statement afterwards: “Cerebral palsy won’t kill me but I have to learn to live with it. It’s for life. This shouldn’t have happened to me and others like me.

“Justice has been done and I’m bringing closure to this, we can move on with our lives.”