'The future is a deep dark valley' for Cork mother who settles crash case for €14.75m

Her Counsel told the High Court: "In all my decades at the Bar I have not seen somebody so profoundly impaired."

(Left to right) Norma Redmond Power, mother of Olivia Redmond-O’Callaghan, with stepfather Liam Power leaving the Four Courts in Dublin today. They have stepped in and are regarded as parents by Olivia's three children. Photo: Gareth Chaney/ Collins

A young mother who was catastrophically injured and rendered totally incapacitated when the car driven by her husband collided with a tractor and trailer on a Cork road has settled her action for €14.75 million.

The settlement was announced in the High Court today. Olivia Redmond-O’Callaghan was only 28 years of age and left with massive brain damage and needing 24-hour care for the rest of her life after the accident on the old Glanmire to Cork Road in 2011.