Girl gets €240k for scar on forehead

The family of a five-year-old girl, who has been left with a permanent scar on her forehead after an elasticated type bandage was left on her head for 30 hours after her birth at Cork University Maternity Hospital, has settled her case for €240,000.

Senior counsel Dr John O’Mahony previously told the High Court little Abigail Byrne from Whitechurch, Co Cork, will have the “cross on her forehead for the rest of her life”.

The scar, 10cm long and 1cm wide, “mutilates Abigail’s striking natural beauty,” senior counsel said.