Jacinta Flood, the High Court heard, was recovering from surgery for a benign brain tumour at the Dublin hospital six years ago when it is claimed she allegedly suffered injuries in the unwitnessed fall.

The woman settled a High Court action over her care when she had brain tumour surgery at Cork University Hospital when she was 8 years old

The boy was brought to a doctor with what his mother thought was an ear infection but the family later discovered he had an inoperable brain tumour.