Life without limbs won’t stop Joanne’s Far East trip

A courageous teen who was born without limbs says her physical limitations will not prevent her from making an epic trip to the Far East this year.

Joanne O’Riordan, 16, who is recovering from a spinal operation, said she is determined to travel to the Philippines in the coming months to give hope to another child who was born without arms and legs.

The Cork transition-year student’s filmmaker brother Steven, who will record Joanne’s trip as part of a documentary he is making, admitted he had been worried about the logistics of travelling to a remote part of the country which will involve hours of overland travel.