Limerick boy, 3, facing six-month wait for decision on US cancer trial after €400,000 raised

An online fundraiser has so far raised more than €416,000 to send Theo and his mother Eleanor Murnane to New York

Theo Murnane has been in cancer treatment for most of his life.

More than €400,000 raised through public donations to pay for a Limerick boy to participate in a US drug trial, has been put on ice after his family was told he would have to wait another six months before he could be considered for the experimental therapy.

Three-year-old Theo Murnane, from Murroe, has been in cancer treatment for most of his young life after a tumour in his abdomen spread to his bones and scalp.