Cork's 'fiercely independent' Ali, 5, learning to walk unaided after pioneering surgery

Allegra Murphy from Crosshaven is now living pain-free and able to walk with the help of sticks after undergoing pioneering surgery, thanks in part to Examiner readers' response to a fundraising drive for the operation

Neville and Laura Murphy with their daughter Ali from Crosshaven, Cork who had major, pioneering surgery in the UK thanks in part to Examiner readers' response to a fundraising drive for the operation. Photo: Dan Linehan

A little girl from Cork is learning to walk unaided thanks to life-changing surgery in the UK.

Allegra Murphy, 5, from Crosshaven, is now living pain-free after undergoing pioneering surgery in April to relieve muscle tightness due to spastic diplegia, a form of cerebral palsy.