Galway four-year-old inspired to make amazing gesture to child with cancer

Meet little Róisín Smith from Galway and her remarkable friend Lucy O'Connor.

Galway four-year-old inspired to make amazing gesture to child with cancer
Fri, 06 Mar, 2015 - 00:00
Shaun Cronin

Lucy was diagnosed with lymphoma at just nine years old last September.

She has now lost all her hair as a result of the chemotherapy she's been receiving to treat her condition.

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