Well known Irish singers Rónán Ó'Snodaigh from Kíla and Paddy Casey are headlining a fundraising event for Ava Barry, a sufferer of a severe form of epilepsy called Dravet Syndrome.

Hundreds of supporters of the legalisation of medicinal cannabis will descend on Dáil Éireann this evening, writes Robert McNamara of The Evening Echo.

The mother of a six-year-old girl with a catastrophic form of epilepsy says she is overjoyed at a government report recommending that medicinal cannabis is made available to patients with specified medical conditions.