€11m settlement: ‘This will make a huge difference to Keith’s life’

Consultant obstetrician admitted Mrs Phelan should have been hospitalised on November 30, 1998

Solicitor Kieran McCarthy speaking to the media in July 2021 alongside Keith Phelan and his sisters, Kelly and Lyndsey, and parents Tony and Margaret, after Keith settled his High Court action for €11m. Picture: Collins Courts

A 22-year old Cork man with cerebral palsy, who sued over the management of his birth, settled his High Court action for €11m last July.

Keith Phelan has spastic quadriplegic cerebral palsy and has to use a wheelchair.