Huge generosity for ‘bionic ear’ boy

As a deaf three-year-old boy prepares to fly to England tomorrow for pioneering “bionic ear” surgery his family have said they have been touched by the number of people who have donated money to a fund set up to help him.

Calum Geary, from Ballyhooly, Co Cork, will undergo the operation in Manchester University Hospital next Tuesday, but it will be eight weeks before the implant will be switched on.

His father, Andrew, said the family were “blown away” by the number of people who have organised fundraisers to help with the cost of his treatment.