€5m settlement approved for victim in drink-driving case

The High Court has approved a settlement of €5m to a 28-year-old woman who sustained serious injuries after the car in which she was a back-seat passenger was struck by an uninsured drunk driver who broke a red light.

Today the court heard that Yvonnie Mutuhle, a native of Zimbabwe, will require constant care for the rest of her life as she no longer has the capacity to look after herself as a result of the injuries she sustained in an accident that occurred six years ago.