Court approves lump sum of €2.5m plus annual payments in final settlement for girl, 13, with cerebral palsy

The High Court has approved a lump sum payment of €2.5m along with annual rest-of-life payments for a 13-year-old girl with cerebral palsy in final settlement of her action over the circumstances of her birth in Dublin's Coombe Hospital.

Rachel Cooney will receive annual payments of €205,499 until she is 18 and €329,355 per year after that under the settlement which was made following mediation and following last October's long-awaited legislation on periodic payments.