Books out at Cork gaelscoil for this year's MS Readathon 

School secretary Emma Valentine, who has multiple sclerosis, is looking forward to sharing the MS Readathon with her daughter Rowan and all the pupils at Ballincollig's Gaelscoil an Chaisleáin

Emma Valentine with her daughter Rowan at Gaelscoil an Chaisleáin, Ballincollig, which is organising an MS Readathon. Included are Máire Uí Shé, principal, and Leonard Ó Conchúir,  teacher.

WHEN Emma Valentine was a young girl, she eagerly took part in the MS Readathon in her school. This year, she’ll be participating alongside her daughter Rowan. The charity is particularly close to Emma’s heart. She was aged 25 when she was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis or MS.

Emma had been experiencing several symptoms, including numbness in her hands and feet, and when she googled them, she says that MS kept coming up. “I got a fright, but I kind of put it out of my head,” she says. “I didn’t really tell anybody until it was definite. I was quite calm and I’m not sure why now in retrospect.”