“It’s no more than the kids deserve,” said Joe Browne, founder of the charity that has single-handedly transformed cystic fibrosis facilities for both children and adults attending Cork University Hospital.

Crusading Evening Echo journalist Deirdre O’Reilly, who is recovering after a devastating stroke, is among several leading figures who will be honoured by Cork’s Lord Mayor tonight.

A mother who went into politics in a bid to improve the life of her young child got the news she desperately wanted yesterday — that a cystic fibrosis wonder drug will be available to patients in Ireland from next month.

HEALTH service managers will be asked to attend a public meeting next week and defend cutbacks that have forced a €5 million mothballed A&E to open part-time only.