The family of a paraplegic Cork teenager who sustained severe spinal injuries when she fell backwards off a flat roof at a nightclub has expressed concern that her recovery will be hampered by a lack of appropriate facilities at Cork University Hospital.

A 21-year-old left with a brain injury after he was struck on the head with a mobile phone six years ago was yesterday awarded €150,000 damages in the High Court.

SUSPENDED in a harness and strapped to robotic legs, Bríd Courtney experiences a sensation commonplace to most of us, but singular to her.