Boy, 11, whose service dog won award now fighting cancer

A young boy with autism who was delighted when his service Dog won the national Nose of Tralee award is now battling an aggressive cancer in hospital.

Daragh McNally, aged 11, from Dundalk, Co. Louth, is currently in Our Lady's Hospital, Crumlin fighting lymphoma, which was only diagnosed last week a short while after his family returned from holidays.