Our children bear the scars of Simon Harris's broken promises on scoliosis surgery

As Darragh Cahill again waits for scoliosis surgery he needed months ago, his mother Claire says Simon Harris must step down after failing to deliver on his promise to cut waiting times to no more than four months

Simon Harris must 'face his own consequences',  says Claire Cahill. Picture: Sam Boal/Collins

It was 1pm when my six-year-old son Darragh looked at me and said: “I have a really long day ahead of me, Mammy.”

Most children that age say things like this when they are waiting for something exciting. For Darragh, it meant something else entirely. It was his way of telling me that the exhaustion and discomfort in his small body felt endless. This was during his first wait for scoliosis surgery.