Lily-Mae finally receives €27k donated to HMV

A brave girl battling life-threatening cancer has finally received thousands of euro in public donations that were at risk of disappearing into a legal black hole.

The family of five-year-old Lily-Mae Morrison, the girl made famous by the Tiny Dancer tribute song last year, have confirmed €27,000 in donations from HMV have been handed over.

The money, raised primarily through the sale of a charity single at HMV stores nationwide, was earlier this year in danger of never being provided.