The woman was born via emergency C-section in the 1990s at St Munchin’s Regional Maternity Hospital in Limerick, with the only signs of life being a slow heartbeat. The baby was then placed and kept under special supervision for ten days after being ventilated and intubated.

The HSÉ admitted that a breach of duty had occurred in managing the labour procedure, which the woman’s lawyers said the brain injuries came as a result of.

The HSÉ denied that all of the woman’s injuries were caused by that same breach of duty.

Counsel to the woman said she will never be capable of working and requires full-time care.

Mr. Justice Paul Coffey, who approved the settlement, commended the woman’s parents for their care, and was happy a settlement had been reached.