People with severe brain conditions are five times less likely to be able to access help now than they were three years ago as a result of the Government’s ongoing austerity policies.

Children and adults with serious brain conditions are waiting years for treatment, seeing vital state supports axed, and are increasingly seeking help privately because they have lost faith in the public system.

Thousands of Irish people each year cannot access health facilities to cope with the effects of serious neurological conditions.

Andy McGovern is used to beating the odds.