Medicinal cannabis campaigner, Vera Twomey, who secured a licence for the medication for her ill daughter Ava Barry has said that the eight-year-old is now pharmaceutical free.

Vera Twomey whose eight-year-old daughter has drug resistance epilepsy has thrown her weight behind the fight for medical cannabis to be legalised in the UK.

Medicinal cannabis campaigner, Vera Twomey, who secured a licence for the medication for her ill daughter, has been invited to the speak in the House of Commons in London tomorrow so she can explain the benefits of the alternative medicine in treating conditions such as severe epilepsy.

Vera Twomey is terrified her daughter will revert to a life of “suffering and seizures” if the State continues to refuse to reimburse transformative cannabis oil treatments.

Vera Twomey is terrified her daughter will revert to a life of “suffering and seizures” if the State continues to refuse to reimburse transformative cannabis oil treatments.

Irish “medicinal cannabis refugee” Ava Barry, 8, arrived home from The Hague over the weekend with her parents and was reunited with her siblings for a family Christmas.

Crusading mum Vera Twomey hopes to bring her daughter, Ava, home from the Hague within days after the health minister granted a licence for medicinal cannabis.

Well-known medical cannabis campaigner Vera Twomey has said her daughter Ava has been granted a licence.

What happened to Gino Kenny’s bill on medicinal cannabis was another example of extremely poor parliamentary work, writes Fergus Finlay

Well known medicinal cannabis campaigner Vera Twomey has brought her daughter Ava abroad to access medicinal cannabis treatment.

A woman who failed in her bid to bring medicinal cannabis into the country for her sick daughter has raised over €21,000 to take her abroad for treatment.

Well known medicinal cannabis campaigner Vera Twomey has said she intends bringing her daughter Ava abroad to access medicinal cannabis treatment.

LATEST: Gardaí have removed Cork mother Vera from a sit-down protest outside the main gate of Leinster House this evening.

A Cork mother’s campaign to ensure her child is given access to cannabis-based medication to ease her daily suffering has forced her to camp outside the Dáil in a bid to force through the legal change.

A mother who had medicinal cannabis she purchased for her gravely ill daughter seized at Dublin Airport last Friday has hit out at claims that it was a publicity stunt.

Cork mother Vera Twomey has said that her fight for access to medicinal cannabis was not based on politics but on the love she has for her daughter, Ava.

Vera Twomey’s walk to the Dáil was a landmark moment for patients all over Ireland, and the latest moment in a wide history of people having to fight for access to medicinal cannabis.

Cork mother Vera Twomey is still waiting to be furnished with letters from Health Minister Simon Harris confirming the five options he gave her in a four-hour meeting at Leinster House last night.

Cork woman Vera Twomey says she is hopeful her daughter Ava will get access to medicinal cannabis treatment.

Cork woman Vera Twomey arrived at the Dáil yesterday with hundreds of supporters after walking from Cork to Dublin to demand access to medicinal cannabis for her daughter.

LATEST Cork woman Vera Twomey, who walked from her home to the Dáil, has had a four-hour meeting with the Health Minister Simon Harris.

The Joint Committee on Health has brought forward to today its meeting with the Health Products Regulatory Authority (HPRA) to discuss its scientific report on medicinal cannabis.

A desperate mother has pleaded with Health Minister Simon Harris to legalise medicinal cannabis and allow her daughter access to potentially life-changing treatment.

The mother of a six year old girl with catastrophic epilepsy has expressed her devastation after the HSE turned down her application for medicinal cannabis for her little Ava.

Cork mother Vera Twomey has decided to release footage of her daughter in the middle of a potentially life-threatening seizure.

The mother of a six-year-old girl with a catastrophic form of epilepsy says she is overjoyed at a government report recommending that medicinal cannabis is made available to patients with specified medical conditions.