Student treated for bone cancer 'blown away' by her Leaving Cert results 

Mia Dorney is delighted to be heading off to college to study her dream course

Mia Dorney, at her home in Ballyvolane, was diagnosed just as she was beginning fifth year in school. Picture: Jim Coughlan.

A Cork student who spent most of her last two years in school undergoing intense treatment for a rare bone cancer is thrilled to have been offered her dream college course. 

Mia Dorney from Ballyvolane said she was “blown away” when she received her Leaving Cert results and then an offer to study on her first choice of college course.