Girl who claims swine flu jab gave her 'severe' level of sleep disorder settles for €1.3m

The court heard the girl has a very high IQ and had wanted to study medicine after school but she will now have to go in a different direction

This is one of a number of settlements announced before the High Court in the past two months of young people who claimed they developed narcolepsy and cataplexy which affects the muscles after receiving the Pandemrix vaccine. File photo: JEAN-PIERRE MULLER/AFP/Getty Images

A 14-year-old girl who claims she developed a rare sleep disorder after getting the swine flu jab has settled her High Court action for €1.325 million.

The teenager who cannot be named by order of the court got the swine flu jab twice, the High Court heard.