Bus accident robbed Kathleen Lynch of her childhood memories

Junior health minister Kathleen Lynch has revealed how an accident left her without memory of most of her childhood.

The Labour minister, originally from Farranree in Cork City, revealed how much of her teenage years were lost after she was run over by a double-decker bus at age 10. The accident left her in hospital for much of the following seven years.

Speaking to the Irish Mail on Sunday, Ms Lynch said that most of her memories from her youth have been pieced together by her family.