High Court Approves €6.25 Million Settlement in Ireland’s Oldest Birth Injury Case
Case Study: June 2026. Paul Kelly of Cian O’Carroll Solicitors has successfully concluded what is believed to be the oldest birth injury medical negligence case ever brought before the Irish courts. Avril O’Brien, now aged 48, was diagnosed in infancy with cerebral palsy. She is wheelchair dependent and requires lifelong care and support. Through her […]
€10 Million Damages Approved by High Court: 44 Years After Birth Injury
Case Study: October 2025 The High Court has approved a €10 million settlement in a remarkable birth injury case handled by Paul Kelly of Cian O’Carroll Solicitors, one that arose from negligence dating back 44 years. Our client, Jonathan Hughes, through his father John Hughes, brought medical negligence proceedings in 2023 against the National Maternity Hospital. […]
Groundbreaking Birth Injury Case Settled After 13 Days in the High Court
Case Study: October 2025 In early October 2025, Cian O’Carroll Solicitors successfully resolved an unusually complex and hard-fought birth injury case after 13 days of hearing before the High Court. This resolution represents an important outcome in a case involving highly technical medical issues and contested expert opinion. The Background: A 20-Year Battle for Justice […]
Birth Injury €5 Million Interim Settlement
Case Study: October 2024 We represented a young girl who suffered catastrophic brain injury at birth at the Coombe Women & Infants University Hospital and who now requires full-time care. In October 2024, the High Court approved an interim settlement of €5 million to meet her needs for the next six years. The case was […]
Children’s Hospital Ireland apologises for repeated failings in care of 2 year old girl
Case Study: October 2024 We are pleased to share the successful resolution of a recent medical negligence case in which we had the privilege of representing a 2 year old girl named Kitty Mae Ronan Hayes. Kitty Mae sustained severe brain damage because of gross failings in the neonatal care she received at Children’s Health […]
Boy settles case against Coombe Hospital with €6m interim damages
Case Study: May 2023 In May 2017, Nicolina and Dermot Clavin’s son, Jack, was born at the Coombe Hospital. Following a ventouse-assisted delivery, Jack suffered a subgaleal haemorrhage and subdural haematoma that went undiagnosed and untreated. Jack, who also has haemophilia, subsequently suffered a stroke requiring emergency surgery at Temple Street Hospital. These failures led […]
X v HSE – Birth Brain Injury
Case Study: September 2019 In September 2019, Cian O’Carroll‘s medical negligence solicitors successfully concluded a complex birth brain injury case of X v HSE. This case quite unusually concerned the Plaintiff’s birth in 1984 – so it related to an adult now aged 35 years. The Plaintiff’s mother had attended hospital on the day of […]