Liam, 2, makes striking progress in US

DOCTORS treating a two-year-old Kerry boy who underwent pioneering brain surgery in a New York hospital earlier this month have described his recovery as “awesome”.

Liam Heffernan suffers from the rare neurological disorder Battens Disease and two weeks ago became the youngest ever child to undergo a gene transfer.

The surgery at Weill Cornell University Hospital on May 3 involved drilling six holes into the toddler’s skull.