Mother offers house as collateral to fund surgery for young daughter

A mother has offered her house as collateral in a desperate bid to raise €100,000 to sponsor her daughter’s life-saving operation in Spain

Zara Cronin, 10, is in a wheelchair. An accident left her with a neck injury that required a halo brace to keep her neck straight for months.

Her mother, Ann O’Gorman, is looking for 20 sponsors to provide €5,000 each, on the basis they will recoup €6,000 after three years.