Girl who suffered catastrophic head injury as a baby awarded €4.7m interim payout in settlement 

The child had sued her father and a car hire firm over head-on collision while she was unrestrained in car seat

Orla Vezignol McGuinnes and her husband Laurent Vezignol, of Donadea, Co Kildare, leaving the High Courton on Wednesday after the hearing. Picture: Collins Courts

A five-year old girl who suffered a catastrophic brain injury when, as a baby, she was a passenger in a car which crashed in a head-on collision has secured a €4.7 million interim payout in settlement of her High Court action.

Luna Vezignol McGuinness was only three-and-a-half months old when the accident happened in Lissycasey, Co Clare on February 27, 2016. Luna was on holiday with her mother and father at the time.