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Amy Donohoe

Dublin dad helps son with Down Syndrome become business owner

A Dublin dad has helped his son with Down Syndrome become a business owner so he can have a job like everybody else.

Tallaght man Finbar Barry told Dublin Live hos son Thomas has always played with socks,. He would put one sock into the other and swing them around his fingers for hours.

He never played much with toys in his early childhood but would go nowhere without his socks - so Finbar helped his 31-year-old son become a sock selling entrepreneur.

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