Girl with shoulder injury after birth settles case for €650k

Isabella McLaughlin, Garristown, Co Dublin, had through her mother Nittaya McLaughlin sued the HSE over the circumstances of her birth at the National Maternity Hospital, Holles Street, Dublin in 2011. File Photo

A nine-year-old girl who suffered an injury to her right shoulder at birth has settled her High Court action for €650,000.

Isabella McLaughlin is left with a permanent weakness in her right shoulder and has some difficulty with zip fasteners.