Book about ‘warrior’ Cork four-year-old helps classmates understand skin condition

Bobby Clifford, four, at home in Bantry, Co Cork (Grace Clifford)

A bespoke booklet about a four-year-old boy who lives with a distressing skin disease is helping to raise awareness about the condition among his classmates.

Bobby Clifford, from Gurteenroe in Bantry, Co Cork, was diagnosed with epidermolysis bullosa (EB), also known as Butterfly Skin, just months after his birth.