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DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland comes from Mooncoin, County Kilkenny this Sunday
This Sunday, 'DIY SOS: The Big Build Ireland' comes from Mooncoin in County Kilkenny and will see host Baz Ashmawy visit the O'Hanlon family.
Prior to featuring on the show, the family were in desperate need of an adapted house for their little girl, Aoibhínn.
She is completely paralysed from her belly button down and has had to have a shunt inserted to drain fluid from her brain.
After many years struggling to secure the money to build a home to meet Aoibhínn’s growing needs – with a lot of knockbacks and refusals – parents John and Sharon eventually managed to secure an extremely modest mortgage and embarked on their self-build.
Progress was painfully slow – despite family and friends giving every spare moment to the project. To save money the family moved in with Aoibhínn’s grandparents.
As the show was filming it was noted by producers that 'conditions there became cramped as the house became jam-packed with assistive devices and mobility equipment, such as wheelchairs, a stander, commodes, high chairs and a changing unit'.
The production team have stated that John and Sharon might eventually achieve their goal of a home for Aoibhínn but not without budget driven compromises and not without further significant delay.
To see it all unfold, and to see how DIY SOS – The Big Build Ireland can make a huge difference to this young person’s life - tune into RTÉ One and RTÉ Player at 6.30pm this Sunday, October 12.