Vera Twomey sleeps outside Dáil in bid to change cannabis law

A Cork mother’s campaign to ensure her child is given access to cannabis-based medication to ease her daily suffering has forced her to camp outside the Dáil in a bid to force through the legal change.

Vera Twomey began her latest action as Solidarity-People before Profit TD Gino Kenny separately called on the Government to pass legislation allowing the medication to be provided.

Ms Twomey has been joined by two colleagues outside the gates of Leinster House to ensure her seven-year-old daughter Ava is given access to cannabidiol (CBD) oil, a form of medicinal marijuana.