Double the fun as little fighters join Twinfest

CORK twins Hassan and Hussein Benhaffaf will be among a crowd of “multiples” attending this year’s Twinfest in Sligo later this month.

The duo dubbed “Cork’s little fighters” were born conjoined and were later separated in a gruelling 14-hour operation at London’s Great Ormond Street Hospital in April 2010.

The brothers, who have one leg each, have weekly physiotherapy and occupational therapy but their long-term prognosis is the same as for other children their age.