Cork mother says daughter would 'scream with pain' before coeliac disease diagnosis

If a relation has coeliac disease, your odds of having the condition rise significantly, as Ashleigh O’Neill’s mother discovered. Helen O’Callaghan meets the family ahead of Coeliac Awareness Week.

When her 11-year-old daughter gets invited to a birthday party, Catherine O’Neill rings up the hosting mum and asks ‘what food are you having?’