Munster fan, nine, hopes to walk for first time after pioneering surgery

A LIMERICK boy who was the Munster rugby mascot for the recent big Heineken Cup game at Thomond Park, returns home from Spain today after surgery which may help him walk for the first time in his life.

Darragh Ryan, nine, who was born with cerebral palsy, underwent pioneering surgery at a clinic in Barcelona last Wednesday.

His father Sean said: “Darragh was in a wheelchair when he went out onto Thomond Park with Paul O’Connell for the game against Bourgoin. His ambition is to be able to walk onto Thomond Park some day in the not too distant future.”