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'To see a 12-year-old boy go through chemotherapy and have a tumour removed... it was the least we could do'

Shelbourne winger and primary school teacher Conan Byrne raised €5,660 for one of his students with a sponsored head shave.

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Jun 6th 2019, 6:00 PM

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'I said, 'Look, I'm not going to let my mother go through that pain again of losing another child''

After losing three siblings to an incurable lung disease, David Crosby was diagnosed himself when he turned 40. The inspirational double-lung transplant recipient and marathon runner shares his remarkable story.

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May 31st 2019, 1:00 PM