Flying together: On board with families travelling for treatment

After her youngest son was treated successfully for cancer, Aer Lingus cabin crew member Niamh Hurley Forrester set up a volunteer airport assistance scheme to support other parents whose child has to travel abroad for medical care

Ailbhe Healy with mum and dad Elaine and Brian, Niamh Hurley Forrester and Nuala Byrne

WHEN Niamh Hurley Forrester’s son Josh had “come back to life again and was thriving”, after a malignant tumour, the Dublin mother of two just wanted to give back.

“I’d be talking with friends, questioning how he got through it: How we all did,” Niamh says. “And in my mind was, ‘How can I help; give thanks for all the help we got?’”