'Listen to parents,' says Corkman's family after €25m settlement for 'appalling' hospital treatment

Conor's mother told the court: "Conor was in so much pain and it was so devastating to watch him lose his sight, hearing and mobility"

Sandra McCormack, Conor's mother, outside the High Court today. “Prior to Conor’s admission we had a child who had eyesight and was able to walk." Photo: Collins Courts

A man who as a teenager ended up blind and unable to walk after he went to Cork University Hospital with a brain shunt problem has settled a High Court action for €25 million.

Conor McCormack’s counsel told the High Court in the hospital nothing was done for three weeks and the teenager, as a result, suffered a devastating brain injury which left him blind.