Climb inspired by twins’ uphill battle for survival

The mother of identical Irish twin girls who weighed just over 1lb at birth has told how her baby daughters show the miracle of modern medicine.

Ivy Good and her sister Johanna faced an uphill battle to survive when they were born 13 weeks early last January, and now friends and relatives of the six- month-old sisters are climbing Carrauntoohil to raise funds for the medical professionals who helped them through the past year.

Linda Good and her husband Richard were told to stay constantly by little Jo’s bedside in the first days of her life, as doctors feared the worst.