A BRAVE little Cork girl with a rare and life-threatening disease has begun specialist treatment in America buoyed by the news that her tumour has reduced by 75%.

A THREE-YEAR-OLD girl from Co Cork who was diagnosed with a rare tumour in October — just a week after her parents celebrated the birth of a new child — travelled to New York yesterday for vital cancer treatment.

IT should have been a time for celebration with the birth of a baby boy, instead John and Sheila Malone are struggling to come to terms with a dire diagnosis.