Mother may face court in care fight

THE mother of a 22-year-old crippled by severe cerebral palsy could be forced into the High Court in the coming days in her long-running effort to get him round-the-clock care in his home.

Robert Mulligan from Lucan, Co Dublin, has severe dyskinetic cerebral palsy. Yesterday, his distraught mother, Ann, was to attend a case conference with health officials in a bid to settle the matter out of court.

But no nurse was available at the last minute to provide back-up care, leaving her stranded at her Dublin home.