“Happy and healthy as we can be.” Irish mother and cannabis oil campaigner Vera Twomey has confirmed the news that her daughter Ava is now “pharma free”, and thriving from the use of just cannabis oil. Ava suffers from a severe form of epilepsy called Dravet’s Syndrome, a debilitating condition which causes seizures and the […]

8 years ago

The national broadcaster has been accused of censoring the campaigner’s emotive plea to the Irish Government. RTÉ has been blasted for editing medicinal cannabis campaigner Vera Twomey’s speech criticising Taoiseach Leo Varadkar and the Irish Government at this weekend’s People Of The Year awards. Sunday night saw tireless cannabis oil campaigner Vera Twomey – whose […]

8 years ago

The party’s new proposal has called for Dutch-style coffee shops, which would allow the sale and consumption of cannabis. The Green Party has called for cannabis to be decriminalised, arguing that current legislation has “made criminals out of decent people.” In its proposed policy, the party has requested that it no longer be classed as […]

8 years ago

“It’s done, and we can move forward now.” Vera Twomey has announced that the cost of her daughter, Ava’s medicinal cannabis will be finally reimbursed. After a prolonged campaign to ensure that Ava could receive the necessary medicinal cannabis treatment for her Dravet Syndrome, a severe form of epilepsy, the Cork mother took to Facebook to […]

8 years ago

While she may have been successful in obtaining a licence for her daughter Ava to treat her severe epilepsy with a cannabis-based medication, Vera Twomey’s struggles with the Irish government have not gone away. When Vera Twomey returned home from the Netherlands with her daughter Ava at the turn of the year, having finally been […]

8 years ago

She was removed on Thursday after camping overnight outside Leinster House. Vera Twomey had been holding a sit-down protest at the gates of the Dáil to get a meeting with Minister for Health, Simon Harris. Ms Twomey and three of her colleagues camped outside Leinster House last night and today in order to ensure her seven-year-old […]

9 years ago