Family settle action over death of baby days after birth

Henry’s mother Sorcha McMahon, Kilmacud Road, Blackrock, Dublin, had sued the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin. File photo

The family of a new-born baby who died days after his delivery at the National Maternity Hospital has settled a High Court action.

Baby Henry John McMahon, the family’s counsel told the court, had been diagnosed with a serious heart condition and a plan had been put in place that he would have cardiac surgery at another hospital following his birth.