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Kim O'Leary

Family raffling signed Dublin GAA jersey to help get baby daughter abroad for physio treatment

A signed Dublin jersey is up for grabs to help fund life-changing treatment for a 'miracle-baby'.

Tina Joan ‘TJ’ Needham lives in Stoneybatter in Dublin, and she was born in October 2020 to parents Claire McDaid and her partner Jay Needham. They received devastating news at Claire's 30-week scan, when they were told that their daughter TJ would not ever be able to live a normal life.

They were told they should strongly consider going to England to terminate the pregnancy. But against the odds TJ, who has spina bifida, survived and is now two-years-old.

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