TD speaks about terminal illness

FIANNA Fail TD Michael Fitzpatrick has spoken about living with motor neurone disease.

The Kildare North TD, 67, was diagnosed with the terminal condition in February.

“I feel 100%,” he said. “I feel extremely well for somebody who has a terminal illness. I come into the Dáil as required when it is sitting. I do my clinics on a Monday and a Friday. I go to the usual events and functions that I have been doing all the time. While I might have slowed down a little on the night work, I have not slowed down anything on the day work,” he added.