Financial pressure 'became overwhelming' for family after child's cancer diagnosis 

Michelle Kelly, Martin Conway, and Sophia Conway (11), who availed of the Irish Cancer Society’s support services during Sophia’s brain cancer diagnosis. The family are urging the public to support the Daffodil Day on March 20. Picture: Taller Stories

A mother whose young daughter had brain cancer three times said unexpected financial pressures from childhood cancer can be “overwhelming” on top of the health fears.

Michelle Kelly’s daughter Sophia was first diagnosed with cancer in late 2017, aged just three. It came back after treatment in 2019 and 2020.