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James Martin McCarthy

Tributes paid as young boy diagnosed with rare condition dies hours after fun day

Tributes have been paid to an eight year old boy who died hours after a fun day was held for him.

Caoimhin Adams from North Belfast had been diagnosed with a rare condition called ROHHAD (rapid-onset obesity with hypothalamic dysregulation, hypoventilation, and autonomic dysregulation) back in January.

He was the only person on the island of Ireland to have this diagnosis and only the third in the world to have ROHHAD with encephalopathy.

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