‘I just want to care for my Dad’

WHEN Penny Fennessy’s elderly father suffered a stroke she gave up her life in England and moved to the small town of Clogheen in Tipperary to care for him.

Thu, 29 Jul, 2010 - 01:00

Jennifer Hough

Although otherwise in good health, since his stroke, 63-year-old Patrick cannot drive or walk very far.

Penny and her father share his one-bedroomed cottage at the foot of the picturesque Knockmealdown Mountain.

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Courts Place: England Place: Clogheen Place: Tipperary Place: Knockmealdown mountain Place: Ireland Person: Penny Fennessy Person: Patrick Person: Penny Person: Minister for Social and Family Affairs Person: Mary Hanafin Person: Enda Egan Person: Minister for Social Protection Person: Éamon Ó Cuív Person: Fennessy Organisation: HRC Organisation: Dáil Organisation: Carers Association Organisation: Department of Social Protection

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