CF drug delay causing 'unnecessary and irreversible damage'

Sisters Fiadh (6) and Caoimhe Ní Luing (8) from Maynooth attended the protest over the life-changing drug for Cystic Fibrosis patients, Kaftrio, on Kildare Street in Dublin. Pictures: Gareth Chaney/Collins Photos

The mother of a 10-year-old girl denied access to a revolutionary drug for Cystic Fibrosis has called on the health minister to intervene in a dispute between the manufacturer and the HSE.

The drug, Kaftrio, can halt the effects of cystic fibrosis, and patients who have used it say it changed their lives.