Article: Hol lot of courage; EXCLUSIVE: LIVER OP GIRL REBECCA SET FOR TRIP OF A LIFETIME.. SHOPPING WITH HER MOTHER.(News)

Byline: PAUL GALLAGHER

A DETERMINED teenager who spent most of her life in hospital had her dream come true yesterday as she went on her first ever holiday.

Rebecca Lawlor, 16, has suffered from liver problems since she was born and has already had three transplants.

But after writing to the Share A Dream foundation, the brave teen was ready and able to do what every other girl her age takes for granted - going a shopping trip with devoted mother Karen.

Rebecca, of Dun Laoghaire, Co Dublin, wrote in her letter: "I've had three liver transplants and spent most of ...

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