A Trust fund for a Laois boy is asking for support to help finish a purposed built house that will then be used for other families in the same situation.

Ben Connolly was born with rare condition affecting a cell which releases the thyroid hormone to his brain - leaving him unable to to speak and without the use of his muscles.

The Ben and Jake Conolly Trust have set up a gop fund me page and hope to move into the house on November 9th.

Ben's aunt Ciara Kenna has been speaking with Will Faulkner on the Midlands Today Show.