These remarkable photos show teenager Sophie Redmond at a Taekwondo grading class – just a year after major spinal surgery.
The brave 13-year-old hit the headlines as she campaigned outside the Dail for children like her in urgent need of treatment for scoliosis.
Sophie, from Loughlinstown in South Dublin, was “left crippled” on a lengthy waiting list and could not play with her friends for fear she would hurt herself.
