Mum pleads for help to send her daughter for cannabis treatment

The chance of medicinal cannabis being introduced in Ireland anytime soon is about as likely as winning the Lotto, a distraught mother has claimed.

Teenager Tina McElligott from Co Kerry is the longest-living person in the world with a rare illness and is constantly at risk of death due to seizures.

Her mother, Mags, said time is running out in her daughter’s battle to stay alive as she suffers from Alpers disease, which causes dozens of violent seizures daily, along with chronic pain.