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THE parents of a Cross teenager, who suffered a rare spinal stroke that occurs in an estimated one in three million, have revealed the strong bond he developed with Dublin Gaelic football All-Star, Dr Jack McCaffrey. In an extensive interview with the Clare Champion, Diane Roche admitted when they first met Jack McCaffrey in Temple Street Hospital, they didn’t recognise him with his face mask, but were quickly informed by a nurse who he was. Her son, Liam was paralysed at the time from his neck down before he received extensive physiotherapy and other treatment in Temple Street and the National Rehabilitation Hospital in Dublin placed him on a strong road to recovery. “Liam would be slagging Jack that Dublin senior footballers weren’t playing well and joked Jack would have to come out his retirement. When we saw Jack coming out of retirement, I said to Liam, you put that idea in his head. “I used to say to Liam …
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