Cork girl Leah Forde, whose family fought to get her access to school, dies in parents' arms

The Cork child had been excluded from school for more than 100 days until funding for a nurse was secured

Leah Forde and her mother Michelle at home in Cork in April 2023. Picture: Denis Minihane

Leah Forde, the Cork girl whose family and school principal fought to get her rightful access to school, has died. 

The little girl had a rare chromosome disorder resulting in severe developmental delay. She passed away peacefully "in the arms of her Mom and Dad and in the wonderful care of the Puffin Ward staff, Cork University Hospital".