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Conor Coyle

Family plea to get ill Co Tyrone man home after receiving cancer treatment in US

A family have appealed for help to get a Co Tyrone man home from the United States where he was receiving cancer treatment.

Cormac McLaughlin, from Castlederg, had travelled to Texas where he was accepted on a to a clinical trial to help save his life. However, his family have now said their priority is to get Cormac home as the treatment has been unsuccessful

The family had raised almost €200,000 to get Cormac to the US in a last ditch effort to treat the aggressive form of cancer following the discovery of a brain tumour in 2020. The Castlederg native first complained to family of blurred vision and slurred speech last year, and after an MRI scan their worst fears were confirmed.

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