Whistleblowers Maurice McCabe and John Wilson have been honoured for their efforts to expose corruption in An Garda Síochána at an awards ceremony at the weekend.

Health insurance provider Aviva is in hot water after sending insensitive material to the parents of two deceased children.

A founder of a custom-built ambulance service set up specifically to provide transport for very sick children has described as "mindless" the theft of €800 worth of equipment from the vehicle while it was on display at the National Ploughing Championships.

A heartbroken mother yesterday spoke of the "absolute privilege’’ she and her husband had of being the parents of two children who died of the extremely rare Battens disease.

In the end, he died in his parents’ arms after a brave battle. Liam Heffernan, 5, won many hearts because of his valiant fight against a rare and terminal illness.

Retirement. Or, as Brian O’Driscoll described it earlier this month, the afterlife.

The Irish athletics community loved Robert Heffernan even before he struck gold yesterday. They feel he is one of them.

There is absolutely no doubt Rob Heffernan’s superb gold medal in the World Athletics Championships has propelled him to a whole new level in terms of public awareness and marketing appeal. This is, after all, our first gold medal since the great Sonia O’Sullivan’s victory in 1995.

Eoin Kelly’s nine points were not enough to save Mullinahone from a heavy drubbing (1-18 to 0-9) by Éire Óg, Nenagh in the second round of the Tipperary senior hurling championship at Boherlahan.

It is unlikely that Tony and Mary Heffernan’s son, Liam, will live long enough to see the opening of Ireland’s first rare disease respite centre, that his loving parents have named after him.

The condition of a young boy who has a rare and usually fatal disease is deteriorating.

HAVING lost a daughter, Tony and Mary Heffernan feared they would never see the day when their gravely-ill little boy could live a normal life, let alone that they would see a medical miracle unfold.

DOCTORS treating a two-year-old Kerry boy who underwent pioneering brain surgery in a New York hospital earlier this month have described his recovery as “awesome”.

THE parents of a two-year-old Kerry boy suffering from a rare disease were praying for the best possible 10th wedding anniversary present — his recovery following pioneering surgery.

A TWO-YEAR-OLD Kerry boy was undergoing brain surgery that may potentially save his life in a New York hospital last night.

A TWO-YEAR-OLD Kerry boy will become the youngest child in the world to undergo pioneering brain surgery to combat a fatal disease.

A FIVE-YEAR-OLD Kerry girl, who is battling the usually fatal Battens Disease, is being treated in Kerry General Hospital, Tralee after a number of difficult weeks in Temple Street Children’s Hospital, Dublin.

IN the fight for his family’s survival no mountain is too high to climb for the man who has organised the world’s highest boxing match on top of Carrantuohill in an effort to finance potentially life-saving treatment for his children.

A LITTLE girl with a rare and life-threatening neurological condition has been invited to take part in groundbreaking medical trials in New York.

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