The Health Service Executive (HSE) has apologised for the brain injury suffered by a 12-year-old girl at birth at Portlaoise Regional Hospital.
Roisin Conroy from Dysart in Portlaoise is to receive an interim €2.6 million pay out as part of a High Court settlement with the HSE and consultant John P. Corristine.
Roisin has cerebral palsy and requires 24-hour care as a result of her injuries. She sued through her mother, Mary Conroy.
Reading from a statement outside court, her father Kevin described Roisin as a 'happy, bright, loving child who enjoys everything that any other 12-year-old girl likes - music, TV and getting pampered'.
'She gives us back so much it just tears at our hearts to think what might have been for her', he said.
The Conroy's solicitor Michael Boylan said the case is a classical illustration as to why there should be a legal duty of candour on medical professionals to own up when a mistake is made.
He is calling on the government to address the situation on grounds that it would prevent years of hardship and trauma for families like the Conroy's.
Mr. Boylan said in this case the lack of a legal duty of candour had deprived Roisin of a chance of rehabilitation that would have improved her condition.
Pictured above: Kevin & Mary Conroy leaving the High Court in Dublin
