Tipperary schoolgirl to mount autism campaign from inside Leinster House

The campaign is similar to one adopted by climate activist Greta Thunberg, with 12-year-old Cara Darmody lobbying TDs every Wednesday.

Cara Darmody from Ardfinnan Co Tipperary with her father Mark leaving Leinster House after they addressed the Oireachtas committee on autism.

A sixth-class Tipperary schoolgirl is to mount an “unprecedented” lobbying campaign from inside Leinster House in a bid to get better services for autistic children and young adults.

Cara Darmody (12) will sit with her father Mark in areas where TDs congregate and ask them to support a petition she has submitted to the Oireachtas for better services.