TWO-YEAR-OLD Liam Heffernan, who underwent pioneering brain surgery to help him overcome the fatal Batten disease, arrived back in Ireland yesterday — a week earlier than expected.

THE family of a young Co Cork girl, undergoing treatment for a rare brain tumour in a New York hospital, have reportedly been asked by the US authorities for confirmation of what funds are available to them before their visas can be renewed.

THE treatment of a Cork toddler undergoing lifesaving chemotherapy for a rare brain tumour in New York could be jeopardised if her family’s living expenses are not met and they become a financial burden on the US.

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.