Twomey

April 7, 2018

Vera Twomey confirms government to reimburse her for daughter's medical treatment

… that Ava could receive the necessary medicinal cannabis treatment for her Dravet Syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy, the Cork mother…

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June 29, 2017

Delighted Irish mum Vera Twomey reveals daughter Ava to begin cannabis treatment

Delighted Irish cannabis campaigner Vera Twomey has said that her … "The most important thing is Ava has gained access to medical…

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Vera Twomey announces daughter is starting cannabis-based treatment in the Netherlands

Medical cannabis campaigner Vera Twomey has revealed that her daughter … Ava has been on a CBD-based treatment since last October, and…

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June 28, 2017

Vera Twomey announces Ava will start medical cannabis treatment tomorrow – in Holland

She has posted a video to Facebook as Ava is to begin receiving CBD and THC medication tomorrow. She outlines the treatment…

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June 20, 2017

'We're sad we've had to leave' – Campaigner Vera Twomey takes her daughter abroad for treatment

Vera explains how the CBD oil works: "There are receptors in all our bodies to receive CBD oil, and when the CBD…

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May 4, 2017

Vera Twomey sleeps outside Dáil in bid to change cannabis law

… joined by two colleagues outside the gates of Leinster House to ensure her seven-year-old daughter Ava is given access to cannabidiol…

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April 25, 2017

Vera Twomey Fights For Her Daughter's Life

In the following months, Twomey was granted access to the CBD oil she needed to lower the incredible number of seizures her…

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April 21, 2017

Vera Twomey blasts 'injustice' as vital cannabis-based medicine for daughter is confiscated in …

The six-year-old's condition can been treated and improved with the use of cannabis-based CBD oil. After being detained in Dublin Airport for…

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April 8, 2017

Ava Twomey with Mum Vera TwomeyPicture: John Delea.

That's according to Jesse Stanley, one of five brothers that farm and harvest a CBD-based cannabis oil called Charlotte's Web that contains…

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March 30, 2017

Council to ask Minister to legalise medicinal cannabis ahead of rally in solidarity with Vera Twomey

… in mid-Cork, is worried that her daughter may die due to one of her seizures and said the medication she is…

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March 25, 2017

Vera Twomey to march in Cork as Ava's ear infection brings on seizure

Ava Twomey is already being treated using cannabis-based CBD oil. The child was taken to her GP this week after an ear…

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March 21, 2017

'My daughter is seriously in need of this medication' – Vera Twomey is coming back to the Dáil

But since THC contains psychoactive elements, it falls under the Misuse of Drugs Act and is therefore, illegal. “It's just an extension…

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