Sarah Moles has undergone several operations to remove the birthmark

Sarah Mole, 19, was given tickets to band's Cardiff concert on Wednesday after they heard about her condition.

Sarah from Abercwmboi in the Cynon Valley, has had surgery to remove the birthmark which causes epilepsy.

She met the band after a promise by singer Shane Filan who rang her while she was in hospital awaiting surgery.

The concert at Cardiff International Area was held on Wednesday.

Sarah and her family were given tickets to attend and got to meet the band after the show after singer Shane Filan made a surprise phonecall to Sarah hours before she was due to undergo major surgery in December.

It was the first outing Sarah had had since the operation.

She was a bit gutted about not being able to spend a lot of time with them Karen Mole, mother

But Sarah's mother Karen said that although they were grateful to the band for their time, they would have liked to have spent a bit more time with the pop stars.

"Sarah was thrilled to see them but there was a lot of other people also waiting to meet the band and we didn't get a chance to speak to them much," she said.

She said that Sarah who suffers speech problems following the surgery was disappointed not to be able to talk to the band for longer.

"It is hard for her and she needs time for her speech but the band had to meet other people so she was a bit gutted about not being able to spend a lot of time with them.

Sarah briefly met members of Westlife after the concert

"They signed the programmes we bought but we weren't able to get a group photograph with the boys and Sarah.

"We did get some individual shots but would have liked to have got one with the whole group.

"We took a lot of photographs and we are grateful to them for what they did but it would have been nice for Sarah to have been able to spend more time with them.

"It was very quick - just a few minutes really."

She said Sarah was making good progress with her recovery but said it was a very slow process.

Sarah, who has two A levels and seven GCSEs and wants to become an accountant when she has recovered, has had a number of operations to remove the birthmark.

She started suffering from epileptic attacks at the age of 13. After the first operation in 2001, she spent five weeks in intensive care and was in complete paralysis for five days.

She underwent further surgery in December.