State to fund Culann’s life-changing operation that could help him walk

The State has stepped in to fund a potentially life-changing operation that could help a little boy with cerebral palsy walk and live pain-free.

The decision means that Culann Cashman’s parents can now use all the money raised by a major campaign to pay for an intensive two-year regime of vital post- operative physiotherapy.

An emotional Yvonne and Garry Cashman, from Midleton, Co Cork, said they were absolutely delighted that the Central Remedial Clinic (CRC) has sanctioned Culann’s surgery for funding under the HSE’s treatment abroad scheme.