How the internet is trying to help Ashley Nic Carthaigh meet her idol
Taylor Swift fan Nicole Nic Cártaigh was left devastated yesterday when she was rushed to hospital and as a result missed her chance to see Taylor Swift perform at the 3 Arena.
The 19-year-old, who hails from Limerick, suffered a spinal cord injury last December, an accident which has left her paralysed from the waist down.
A Taylor Swift super-fan, she was due to attend the singer-songwriter's concert yesterday after her boyfriend, Aidan, managed to get them both tickets to the high-profile gig.
After Ashley’s accident, Ticketmaster had ensured the pair could change their tickets so that Ashley and Aidan to be in the wheelchair area.
When Ashley was rushed to hospital last night, her sister Nicole took to Facebook to see if there was any way she could make her sister’s dreams come true.
***PLEASE READ AND SHARE***My sister was supposed to go to the Taylor Swift concert tonight. Her boyfriend had…
Posted by Nicole Nic Cárthaigh on Tuesday, 30 June 2015
Nicole has written a post on the 3 Arena's Facebook page and is hoping that there might be some way for her sister to get her chance to meet Taylor before the singer departs from Ireland: she next brings her tour to the Canadian capital of Ottawa on July 6.
Ashley is a HUGE Taylor Swift fan, and considering Tay-Tay has a pretty admirable track-record when it comes to making her fans' dreams come true, we’ve all got our fingers and toes crossed that the young woman will be given the chance to meet her idol.
