Family awarded €4.5m for injuries suffered at birth

The family of a child that suffered "devastating injuries" at birth due to "incompetence" of the medical staff who handled her delivery has secured €4.5m at the High Court.

Ms Justice Mary Irvine said she had no hesitation in making the award to Keri Brett (aged 6), who has cerebral palsy, and sued the HSE through her mother Clodagh Brett (aged 34) Kilnockin Road, Fethard, Co Tipperary