Boy wins €7m for birth injuries during neonatal stroke

When the baby boy was delivered, he required intensive resuscitation and he was later transferred to a Dublin hospital. Photo: File photo

A six-year-old boy who had sued over the circumstances of his birth at Mayo University Hospital has settled his High Court action for €7m.

The boy’s counsel, Denis McCullough SC, told the court it was the first action in Ireland where it was alleged that a baby suffered a neonatal stroke.