Tipperary girl hit by train behind her home settles case for €400k

Mary Ryan later developed epilepsy and suffered seizures after the accident which happened when she was nine

Mary Ryan's family homes backs onto a railway line. File photo of a train on the Waterford-Limerick Junction line: Denis Minihane

A young girl who was hit by a train near her home in Tipperary has settled her High Court action for €400,000.

Mary Ryan was only nine years of age when she was hit by the train on the Waterford-Limerick Junction line at Tipperary town 10 years ago.