Call for timeline on protocol around administration of medicinal cannabis in hospitals

Vera Twomey with her daughter Ava Barry in 2016. Picture: Denis Minihane

A barrister representing the family of Cork girl Ava Barry has called for a timeline for the introduction of a protocol around the administration of medicinal cannabis which had been recommended at her inquest.

The 13-year-old from Aghabullogue was provided with access to medicinal cannabis for treatment for seizures arising from a form of epilepsy called Dravet syndrome, after a campaign by her mother Vera Twomey.