'We are just so looking forward to Christmas' - Medicinal cannabis licence for Ava

Crusading mum Vera Twomey hopes to bring her daughter, Ava, home from the Hague within days after the health minister granted a licence for medicinal cannabis.

“There is still some paperwork to be done but we are on our way home to Cork,” a delighted Vera said.

Simon Harris confirmed in the Dáil yesterday that he has signed the special licence for Ava who has been undergoing medically supervised medicinal cannabis treatment in the Hague. It is the third such licence he has signed following the valid submission of relevant documents supported by a monitoring consultant.