Judge praises parents' 'heroic levels of courage' as daughter settles €1m swine flu action

Her mother told the court: "We just feel the world was her oyster, but she is not going to achieve the potential she should be able to achieve."

The girl had, through her mother, sued the Minister for Health, the HSE, and Glaxosmithkline Biologicals SA (GSK)— the producer of Pandemrix. File photo

A High Court judge today praised the heroic levels of courage of parents dealing with children who have claimed to have developed a rare sleep disorder from the swine flu vaccine.

Mr Justice Paul Coffey said he was “in wonder at the heroic levels of courage of parents” dealing with these situations as he approved a €1million settlement for a teenager who claims she developed narcolepsy and cataplexy after receiving the jab when she was four years old.