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Olivia Kelleher & Chiara Fiorillo

Daughter dies aged 13 from rare condition after mum's battle to get medical cannabis

A girl has died at the age of 13 after her mum fought for a long time in a bid to get medical cannabis for her.

Ava Barry passed away in a hospital in Cork, Ireland, on Friday after receiving treatment for a recent illness.

The teen suffered a rare form of epilepsy that caused her to have catastrophic seizures, and her mum, Vera Twomey, had been campaigning to get medical cannabis for her.

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