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PODCAST: GoFundMe set up for brave Leitrim boy with rare birth condition

Jan 30, 2026 17:31
By Shannonside News
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PODCAST: GoFundMe set up for brave Leitrim boy with rare birth condition

A GoFundMe has been set up to support a young Leitrim boy who was diagnosed with a rare birth condition. Oscar's mum Clare Lawlor Lynch said that during a routine scan at 18 weeks it was discovered her unborn son had Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia. To give Oscar the best chance of survival, she flew to Belgium for fetal surgery. Oscar was born at 34 weeks at the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin before undergoing a major operation at just one week old. Clare says it was a difficult time for the family which includes husband Joe and Oscar's big brother Arthur:

 

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