Niamh’s work for autism to be honoured by star

Actor and ex-Boyzone star Keith Duffy is to travel to West Cork next month to unveil a memorial to a teenager who worked tirelessly for autistic children.

Niamh Cadogan, 17, lost her battle with leukaemia last month but school friends at Mercy Heights Secondary School in Skibbereen are planning to mark her short but productive life on May 15.

Before her death, Niamh helped lead a major fundraising drive for local autistic children through one of the school’s Transition Year companies.