Bressie backs Glen’s operation fund

A worried mother has told how pop singer Bressie came to the rescue of her faltering campaign to raise funds to pay for life-changing surgery for her eight-year-old son.

Glen Wilkie, who has cerebral palsy and who cannot sit or walk unaided, has been accepted for an operation in the US in November.

But his parents Margaret and David, from Foynes, Co Limerick, have become increasingly concerned they won’t reach their €60,000 target.