Cork widow helps launch book about 'cruel' disease that claimed life of music fan

His widow has urged affected families to find support in a 'heart-warming' children’s book about the rare lung condition, pulmonary fibrosis

Author Clare Donohoe (second right), with Marian O'Sullivan (right), Ms O'Sullivan's son Cian (left), and her daughter Cara (second left) at the launch of the Peter Puffings brave adventure book at Douglas ICA. Picture: Eddie O'Hare

The widow of a Cork man who died from a rare lung disease has urged affected families to find support in a new “heart-warming” children’s book on this illness.

The book tells the story of a young puffin whose grandfather has pulmonary fibrosis, and helps children understand what is happening to their relative.