Girl, 6, settles case over birth at Limerick hospital with €850k payment

In the proceedings against the HSE, it was claimed there was a failure to properly monitor the baby’s heart rate throughout the labour and delivery in 2017

The six-year-old girl was born in University Maternity Hospital Limerick, in 2017.

A six-year-old girl who sued over the circumstances of her birth at University Maternity Hospital Limerick has settled her High Court action with a €850,000 payment to cover the next five years.

The little girl, who cannot be named by order of the court, it was claimed, suffered a hypoxic brain injury prior to delivery.