IRISH communities in Melbourne and Sydney have rallied to help get a Corkwoman with the devastating “locked-in syndrome” home to her family.

AUSTRALIAN detectives may travel to Ireland to interview a young Irish man who has woken from a seven-month coma after a brutal assault.

A MAN has been charged with the attempted murder of a young Cork man left in a coma after a brutal robbery and assault in Australia.

A YOUNG Irish man who was beaten and left for dead in a brutal attack in Australia five weeks ago has arrived home.

A COMATOSE assault victim is due home in Cork tomorrow after an air ambulance company stepped in to ensure he could make the final leg of a gruelling flight from Australia.