A family’s battle with rare genetic disorder

Children with Prader-Willi Syndrome have an insatiable appetite and can wipe out the contents of a fridge in an hour. Claire O’Sullivan talks to one family whose children suffer from the disorder.

EVERY single day for the past month, Antoinette and Tony Hartnett have driven a 40-mile round trip to see their teenage son in hospital.

David is at an acute psychiatric hospital in Cork but he doesn’t have a psychiatric illness.