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Medical cannabis campaigner Vera Twomey has revealed that her daughter Ava is to begin "life-saving" treatment in the Netherlands. Ms Twomey said in May that she was being "forced out of the country" to access treatment for her daughter, who suffers from a severe form of epilepsy called...

A woman who wants to use medicinal cannabis to treat her daughter's epilepsy has said she will camp outside the Dáil until she gets to meet Minister for Health Simon Harris. Vera Twomey from Cork was stopped at Dublin airport last month when customs officers seized the prescription drugs she...