Cork mother to walk in steps of medics who spotted rare conditions in her twins

Ciara Bowe was just 16 weeks into her pregnancy in 2023 when she was told the identical siblings were both at grave risk from twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS)

Twins Tadhg (left) and Cathal Fitzgibbon, from Cork, who battled twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS), a rare condition in which one baby receives more nutrients from the placenta than the other. Picture: Ciara Bowe/PA Wire

A grateful Cork mother is set to walk a “trek of thanks” in the footsteps of medics who caught a rare condition threatening the lives of her twin boys.

Ciara Bowe, 44, was just 16 weeks into her pregnancy in 2023 when she was told the identical siblings were both at grave risk from twin-to-twin transfusion syndrome (TTTS).