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Nut allergy teenager Emma Sloan’s last words were “I’m not going to make it” as her siblings watched her die, it has emerged.

Mum Caroline told of the final moments for the tragic 14-year-old who died on a street last December after accidentally eating a peanut-based sauce in a restaurant.

A chemist refused her a life-saving adrenaline injection as it can only be given with a doctor’s prescription.

The heartbroken parent was speaking to publicise the Emma’s Voice campaign, which aims to make EpiPens freely available.

She added: “The last words she said were, ‘I’m not going to make it’. She knew, God love her, that she was dying.”

Caroline said Emma died in her arms and was aware she was would not live before emergency services arrived.

She added: “I knew she was gone before the fire brigade got to her. I knew by her eyes.

“Her sisters watched her die on the street corner and there was nothing any of us could do.

“Panic sets in, you’re not thinking straight. I don’t think we could have done any more.

“She was the life and soul of our house. My sister was like a mother to her.

“My mother was like a mother to her. It’s like three mothers are grieving.

“We had her cremated. We have her at home with us now.”

When Emma was younger Caroline took her to Our Lady’s Hospital For Sick Children in Crumlin, West Dublin, on two occasions after her lips swelled up from a peanut allergy.

But she did not realise the condition could be fatal and is appealing for more education for parents of youngsters who have the condition.

Caroline also told RTE Radio 1’s Liveline: “If we had known she needed this pen, of course we would have carried it.

“Our plea is for these pens to be made available everywhere there’s children and food.

“We’re also looking for some form of identification for people that have these allergies.

“That they can go into chemists and show ID [so] they can give them the pen if they need it.”

Caroline is awaiting the outcome of two investigations into Emma’s death and gave a statement in January to a probe by the Pharmaceutical Society Of Ireland.

She is also due to attend an inquest into the death and wants a wide-ranging inquiry into all aspects of the case.

Caroline said: “This can never happen again to another family, it just can’t. It would go some way towards knowing that it won’t happen to anyone else.”