'Ava is at peace now': Cork campaigner Vera Twomey pays tribute to daughter after death

13-year-old Ava suffered with a rare form of epilepsy, the symptoms of which were eased by the use of cannabis

Vera Twomey with her daughter Ava in February 2016. File picture: Denis Scannell

Ava Barry, daughter of Cork campaigner Vera Twomey, who fought a lengthy campaign to gain access to medicinal cannabis for her child, has died.

Ava, 13, who had Dravet syndrome, a rare form of epilepsy which caused her to have daily catastrophic seizures, passed away in hospital on Friday, surrounded by her family. She had been hospitalised following a recent illness.