The public is giving nine times more than the State to a leading charity for seriously ill children — a development the group says reveals Government’s shoddy attitude to the service.

THE family of a four-year-old boy who suffers from quadriplegic cerebral palsy, is profoundly deaf, unable to speak and was born with a hole in his heart is set to lose €9,152 a year because of hidden budget family income supplement (FIS) cuts.

GENEROUS private citizens have donated hundreds of euro to the family of JJ Ryan and the Jack and Jill Foundation after the 4-year-old’s battle with the HSE was revealed yesterday by the Irish Examiner.

JAMES JOHN (JJ) RYAN was four in September.