Onset of ME means drastic lifestyle changes for Aoife

AOIFE RYAN looks forward one day to going on a holiday and starting a family. Currently, neither is an option for the 32-year-old Dublin woman with ME, whose life has been put on hold for nearly seven years.

Aoife is just one of 10,000 suffering from ME, a debilitating illness often called Chronic Fatigue Syndrome (CFS).

Experts have failed to establish what causes the incurable illness which typically affects women in the 20-40 age bracket.