'I don't know how the Minister has let this go on' - Aoife Bennett shocked at 'adversarial' court case

Prior to the vaccine, she enjoyed a "very active life, a very active social life and school was no bother".

'I don't know how the Minister has let this go on' - Aoife Bennett shocked at 'adversarial' court case

“Adversarial” and “tough” is how the student teacher who settled a landmark swine flu vaccine case described her legal battle with the State.

Aoife Bennett, 26, developed the debilitating conditions of narcolepsy and catoplexy after receiving the GSK Pandermix Swine Flu vaccine in 2009, aged 16.

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