Election 2024: 'If your child has cancer you don't need the extra stress of chasing a bed' 

My message to the next Dáil: Clare mother Agnes O’Shaughnessy says her son Alex, who has cancer, and a generation of sick children have been let down by the delays to complete the new children's hospital

Agnes O'Shaughnessy with her dog Skye in Shannon, Co Clare. Picture: Eamon Ward

A generation of sick children have been let down by the failure to build a new hospital, the mother of a Co Clare boy who faced “distressing” chemotherapy delays caused by overcrowding has said.

Agnes O’Shaughnessy’s son Alex was diagnosed with a sarcoma tumour in 2019.