A mother yesterday spoke of her world being turned upside down after her son was left in a critical condition after sustaining head injuries in an assault in Australia.

An Irishman, put into an induced coma after he suffered a brain injury following an assault in Sydney, Australia, has been moved out of intensive care.

A Corkman who was in a coma for two weeks after an assault in Australia had just one question when he woke to find his emotional family around him: “What are you all doing here?”

The mother of a Corkman in an induced coma in an Australian hospital has described how her whole world was turned upside down after hearing he’d been the victim of an attack and how she’s praying he gets well and returns home.