WATCH: Galway boy with cancer flies high over Shannon during air display

One young aircraft enthusiast from Galway was on cloud nine during the Shannon Air Display yesterday.

11-year-old schoolboy Stephen Reilly, who is bravely battling aggressive bone cancer, got an amazing experience over the weekend as he was lifted high into the skies overhead 40,000 people at the Shannon Air Display, during what he described as "the best day ever".

Stephen, from Eyrecourt, Co. Galway, was treated like a VIP throughout Saturday’s air show. He has bravely battled osteosarcoma since he was six and has had his right leg amputated.