Mum whose two kids battled meningitis hopes for vaccine programme 'sooner rather than later'

A Meath mum who helplessly watched both her children battle deadly meningitis - seven years apart - says she hopes the government will extend the vaccination programme for the disease's B strain "sooner rather than later".

Mum whose two kids battled meningitis hopes for vaccine programme 'sooner rather than later'

A Meath mum who helplessly watched both her children battle deadly meningitis - seven years apart - says she hopes the government will extend the vaccination programme for the disease's B strain "sooner rather than later".

It's every parent's nightmare, but for Denise and James Brady, that nightmare came true not once, but twice when meningitis hit both their babies.

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