Liam, 2, undergoes pioneering brain surgery in New York

A TWO-YEAR-OLD Kerry boy was undergoing brain surgery that may potentially save his life in a New York hospital last night.

Family and friends of Liam Heffernan, who has Battens Disease, were praying for him yesterday. A special Mass was offered in Holy Cross Church, Kenmare, hometown of his mother Mary.

She and her husband, Tony Heffernan, are with him at the prestigious Weill Cornell University Hospital where the operation was expected to take up to eight hours.