Payment system 'needs reform', says family as girl with cerebral palsy is paid a further €1.6m

Ruby Leanne McCandless suffered her injuries as a result of her mother not being referred to hospital with symptoms of pre-eclampsia, it was claimed

Ruby with her parents Alan and Christina outside the High Court in 2014. Through her mother, Ruby sued the HSE in relation to the care her mother received at the end of her pregnancy in 2006. File photo: Courtpix

A further €1.6 million interim payment has been approved by the High Court for a girl with cerebral palsy, bringing to some €4 million her settlement to date.

Approving the settlement, the president of the High Court, Ms Justice Mary Irvine, wished 16-year-old Ruby Leanne McCandless well for the next four years.