Airline took my son's dignity and made him feel like an inconvenience

MUM CLAIMS RYANAIR LEFT BOY, 12, 'DEVASTATED' IN ROW OVER WHEELCHAIR ON FLIGHT TO SEE LIVERPOOL LIFT TITLE TROPHY

- By OISIN DOHERTY, DAN HAYGARTH

A MUM claims Ryanair made her son “feel like an inconvenience” when they said her son couldn't bring his power wheelchair on a flight from Ireland to Liverpool to watch the Premier League title being lifted at Anfield.

Daire Gorman, who has no arms and no femur bones in his legs, was born with a rare condition called Crommelin syndrome, which impacts the development of limbs.

Daire, 13, is a big Liverpool fan and last year he met the entire squad and then-manager Jurgen Klopp at the AXA Training Centre in Kirkby. The Co Monaghan native was set to travel from Dublin to Liverpool to see his beloved Reds lift the Premier League trophy at Anfield.

However, just a few days before the trip, Daire's mother, Shelley, was asked by Ryanair whether the power wheelchair was able to be folded, before informing her that the wheelchair exceeded the airline's maximum dimensions, which she told The Irish Times in an interview.

After being asked whether the wheelchair could be folded, Shelley “replied saying it was a power wheelchair and couldn’t fold down.”