Family 'would give €30m back in a heartbeat' if Oran's injuries could be erased

Oran Molloy's solicitor said that, three weeks before the trial date, liability was admitted in the case, and the HSE then sought to adjourn the case for four years

‘This is the highest award, but justifiably so, and is about €12m more than what is normally awarded,’ said Gillian O’Connor, solicitor for Deirdre and Adrian Molloy, when speaking to media outside the High Court in November after Oran Molloy settled his birth injury case for € 30m. Picture: Collins Courts

A 14-year old boy with cerebral palsy, who sued over the circumstances of his birth at a Galway hospital, has settled his High Court action for €30 million.

Oran Molloy from Birr, Co Offaly, has spastic diplegia which affects all four limbs.