INS IDE
Thursday, January 14, 2016
Serving Cork for 120 years
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After a decade The Corrs are back
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PLUS
Edition No: 36105
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IT WILL BE A ROASTING WEEKEND IN CORK: See Page 8
Home sweet home CORK boy Arron O’Leary received a warm welcome home at Cork Airport last night, five weeks after receiving the double lung transplant that saved his life.
Thumbs up from Arron O’Leary as he arrived back in Cork last night after his double lung transplant operation in Newcastle.
Eleven-year-old Arron, from Ballinhassig who has Cystic Fibrosis, had been on the transplant list for six months following a serious decline in his health. Since receiving the call to go to Newcastle in the UK before Christmas, Ar ron’s parents Paul and Caroline have been keeping a vigil at his bedside in the Freeman Hospital, and watching in awe as he made swift progress. When admitted for his surgery, Arron’s lung capacity was at 29%. It is now testing at 84% and increasing. “I don’t want to wake up from this dream,” said Paul. “People will be shocked when they see
Lung op boy Arron returns to hero’s welcome
Arron O’Leary, with his cousin, Jill Moore; friend, Seán Henderson; brother, Cian; cousin, Dylan Moore and friend, Holly Henderson at Cork airport last night. Picture: Jim Coughlan ■ Audrey Ellard Walsh him. He’s so healthy-looking.” Paul thanked friends and family who supported them, as
well as charities Build 4 Life and the Cork City Hospitals Children’s Club. “ O bv i o u s l y o u r b i g g e s t thanks have to go to the donor
and their family. “Hopefully some day we will get to send a letter to them to thank them.” ■ Continued on Page 2.
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