Barretstown helps Byrne family reconnect after five-year-old Emily's liver transplant 

As an infant, there was no sign — apart from prolonged jaundice — that Emily had a rare disease of the liver and bile ducts

Pictured at the launch of Barretstown’s Big Picnic are influencer Pippa O’Connor, Dee Ahearn, CEO of Barretstown and Barretstown camper Emily Byrne from Co Waterford. Picture: Conor Healy / Picture It Photography

Emily Byrne loves hip hop. She adores Nathan Carter and George Ezra. She shouts at the TV when Waterford is playing in the hurling and she can’t wait to start big school in September.

“She’s absolutely flying it — the boss of the house,” says the five-year-old’s mum, Ann-Marie, who is expecting her third child any day now.