Judge approves extra €900,000 payment for brain-injured Kinsale boy who 'defied all odds'

Payment will fund 'very expensive' treatment which the five-year-old boy is currently undergoing in California

Jacinta Collins and Justin Hegarty, parents of Jack Hegarty, from Ardbrack, Kinsale, Co Cork. The family have relocated to California where Jack is receiving treatment. File picture: Collins Courts

The president of the High Court has approved an additional €900,000 payment under a settlement of an action by a boy said to have "defied all odds" despite suffering a brain injury after birth.

Jack Hegarty, aged 5, previously got an interim payment of €1.7m and Ms Justice Mary Irvine described the additional HSE offer of €900,000, to fund his care until 2022 when his case will return to court, as "excellent".