'They have beaten all the odds': Cork's Benhaffaf twins graduate from primary school

'If it wasn’t for my mum I would not be standing on this stage,' says Hassan Benhaffaf

Hassan and Hussein Benhaffaf having fun at their primary school graduation. Their mother, Angie, was told there was a 70% chance she would lose them but, having been born conjoined, they were successfully separated and have been thriving ever since, despite their disability. Picture: Jim Coughlan

Formerly conjoined twins who were given a minimal chance of survival thanked their teachers and their mum “who never gave up” as they graduate primary school on Tuesday.

Angie Benhaffaf said that “in her wildest dreams” she barely imagined her miracle boys getting to this point.