JOSHUA Duffy-Huff, who recently celebrated his first birthday, was born with his legs twisted behind his back. When he was just a month old surgeons had to amputate his legs below the knee.

THE Irish child who has undergone pioneering surgery in the US to help him walk for the first time yesterday got his very first pair of shoes.

AN Irish child has become the youngest person in the world to undergo pioneering surgery, which may help him walk for the first time.