Minister meets boy (8) with Down Syndrome who lost medical card

An eight-year-old boy with Down Syndrome who lost his medical card last year has pleaded directly to the health minister to give it back during a face to face encounter.

Ronan Woodhouse and his mother, Noreen Keane, waited outside Mallow General Hospital for two and a half hours on Monday evening with the hope of meeting the minister.

To their surprise, James Reilly met them as he left a public engagement and invited them into a private room for 20 minutes where he listened to their difficulties as a result of losing the card.