Four-year-old Fiadh O’Connor, who had terminal cancer, will be laid to rest today after her family secured palliative care for her to die at home in Co Wexford. Her family requested donations to children’s cancer charity Aoibheann’s Pink Tie in her memory. The HSE apologised for the delay in providing a package of care for Fiadh. The south-east of the country has been without a paediatric palliative care service since 2017.

Four-year-old Fiadh O’Connor, who had terminal cancer, passed away peacefully at home in Co Wexford, Ireland, and her funeral is set to take place today. Her parents had gone public recently to secure palliative care so that she could die at home, and the family had expressed their disappointment over having to ask publicly for the service. Fiadh’s aunt Orlaigh Murphy had made an appeal, and the HSE responded, saying that they are “very sorry this took so long,” and providing a comprehensive package of care. The family has requested donations to children’s cancer charity Aoibheann’s Pink Tie in “Fiadh’s memory,” instead of flowers. Fiadh had been diagnosed with aggressive neuroblastoma in 2019 and had relapsed for a third time in March 2021. The south-east of the country had been without a pediatric palliative care service since 2017.