Apology for Tipperary boy, 4, as he gets interim €7.5m payment for shortcomings in care at birth

The case will come back before the High Court in 2029 when Jamie’s future care needs will be assessed.

Jamie Roche's parents, Gary and Sinead Roche, outside the High Court  today. Mr Justice Paul Coffey was told the boy—who has dyskinetic and spastic cerebral palsy—requires the highest level of care and the work of his parents to care for him could only be described as heroic. Picture: Collins Courts

University Maternity Hospital, Limerick and the HSE have apologised to a four-year-old boy for the shortcomings in care at the time of his birth.

The apology was read out in the High Court as Jamie Roche from Nenagh, Co. Tipperary, settled his High Court action with an interim payment of €7.5 million for the next six years.