Judge approves further €2m settlement for severely disabled boy

The court heard today that nine-year-old Eoghan Dunne cannot sit, walk or stand unsupported and is peg fed.
Judge approves further €2m settlement for severely disabled boy

The court heard Eoghan Dunne was a healthy 11-month-old child when admitted to Portiuncula Hospital on August 3, 2012.

A severely disabled child who sued over failures in his care at Portiuncula Hospital in Co. Galway has secured a further interim payment of more than €2m at the High Court to meet his care needs.

The payment to nine-year-old Eoghan Dunne is intended to meet his care and other needs for the next five years and brings to more than €4.4m the sums paid to date under a settlement of his case.

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