Lasting legacy of man who fought for disabled rights

Mourners have bid an emotional farewell to a young man who won a landmark legal battle which secured educational rights for the disabled.

Paul O’Donoghue, aged 30, who died unexpectedly in Cork University Hospital on Wednesday, was buried yesterday after a funeral Mass in the Holy Cross Church in Mahon.

Disability rights campaigner, Kathy Sinnot, who supported Paul’s mother, Marie, in her lengthy legal battle with the State, said Paul has left a lasting legacy.