Cork mother vows to 'up her game' if Taoiseach fails to act on daughter’s surgery

Cork mother Antoinette Burke says her daughter Katie’s 15-year wait for surgery shows families are being failed by the health system

Antoinette Burke, right, confronts Micheál Martin at the Fianna Fáil’s parliamentary party think-in on Monday. Picture: Noel Sweeney

The mother of a young woman waiting 15 years for hip surgery has vowed to “up her game” if Micheál Martin doesn’t give her the answers she needs in relation to her daughter’s care.

Antoinette Burke confronted the Taoiseach in a heated confrontation at Monday’s Fianna Fáil think-in over her teenage daughter Katie’s situation.