Boy left with learning difficulties due to injuries allegedly sustained at birth awarded €3.7m

The Rotunda Hospital apologised in High Court for 'shortcomings and failings in care' during boy's birth in 2008

Cian O’Connor, from Glasnevin, Dublin, has a learning disability and other motor co-ordination issues because of injuries allegedly sustained during his birth in 2008, the court heard. Picture: Leah Farrell / RollingNews.ie

The Rotunda Hospital, Dublin, has apologised in the High Court for the “shortcomings and failings” in care surrounding the birth of a boy more than a decade ago.

Cian O’Connor, from Glasnevin, Dublin, has a learning disability and other motor co-ordination issues because of injuries allegedly sustained during his birth in 2008, the court heard.