'I can’t lose him. He is all I have left': Cork father 'begging' for drug for disease affecting son

Craig Coady lost son Rory, 13, last September to Friedreich’s ataxia. His older son Paudie, 16, also has the condition, and is deteriorating

Craig Coady with his sons Paudie and Rory.

A Cork father is pleading with the Government to fund life-changing medicine for a rare disease that has already caused the death of one of his two sons.

Craig Coady, who lives in Buttevant lost his son Rory, 13, last September to Friedreich’s ataxia, a rare genetic disorder which causes progressive damage to the nervous system and can lead to heart complications.