Being Emma

Emma Fogarty lives in Laois and is one of just 300 Irish sufferers of Epidermolysis Bullosa, a painful disease which makes her skin as fragile as a butterfly's wing. At 41, she is the oldest living Irish person with the condition. As an ambassador for DEBRA Ireland, she took part in the Dublin Marathon alongside her close friend Colin Farrell, raising almost 1 million for the organisation. This is her story.