Rose of Tralee contestant with rare condition to highlight plight of sufferers as festival kicks off
Cork Rose Edel Buckley said helping to improve the public’s understanding of myasthenia gravis, an auto-immune condition that causes severe muscle weakness, is top of her agenda as the week-long festival kicks off today.
Speaking to the Irish Examiner, the Donoughmore native, a sufferer of the illness, said not enough research was taking place into the impact of the condition on people.
