Girl, 5, with cerebral palsy settles action against National Maternity Hospital for €3m

Alex Donnelly Byrne cannot speak, communicates through eye gaze technology and will need care and assistance for the rest of her life

The National Maternity hospital did admit a breach of duty in respect of a 23-minute delay in the delivery of Baby Alex. File photo: Sasko Lazarov/RollingNews.ie

A five-year-old girl with cerebral palsy who sued over the circumstances of her birth at the National Maternity Hospital has settled her High Court action for €3 million.

Alex Donnelly Byrne has severe spastic quadriplegia and dyskinetic cerebral palsy. The High Court heard the young girl cannot speak and communicates through eye gaze technology.