'I couldn’t face myself if something happened to Ava and I felt I hadn’t done enough for her'

A desperate mother has pleaded with Health Minister Simon Harris to legalise medicinal cannabis and allow her daughter access to potentially life-changing treatment, writes Eoin English, Irish Examiner Reporter.

Mother-of-four Vera Twomey made her plea last night as she began a protest walk from Cork to Dublin, where she plants to mount a vigil at the Dáil to highlight her daughter Ava’s plight.