A FOUR-YEAR-OLD Irish girl has lost her fight against a rare malignant brain tumour.

Kasey Kelly was born on New Year’s Eve in 2010 and was diagnosed with Atypical Teratoid/Rhabdoid at 10 months.

The condition affects roughly 1 in every 1.1 million children.

Kasey passed away yesterday evening at 4.30pm surrounded by her mother and family.

In a note on the Kasey Kelly Trust Fund Facebook page, her family wrote that:

She is out of pain and running free with all her pals above, we are heartbroken but she is now at peace she waited for all the family to arrive and was surrounded by so much people that loved her, we love you darling you be the brightest star above.

Treatment

Kasey had been in the United States receiving treatment at the Dana-Farber Cancer Institute in Boston.

A neuro expert had been treating her to give her the best chance of survival.

Her mother, Michelle Kasey set up the Kare4Kasey website after she found out that her daughter would not be covered by the HSE Treatment Abroad Scheme.

Kasey had undergone a substantial operation in 2013 which had been paid for with €500,000 donated by the Irish public, according to an interview Michelle Kelly gave to The Irish Independent at the time.

It was also said that Kasey had spent more time in the United States receiving treatment during her life than in Ireland.

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