Lynsey looks forward to retail therapy

Like many young women her age, Lynsey Cribbin loves nothing more than spoiling herself on a shopping spree.

However, a simple trip to buy new clothes has been impossible for the past 18 months ever since the 22-year-old, who had been in perfect health, inexplicably suffered multiple strokes which have left her unable to talk or move since.

But now the bubbly Cavan girl, who has an extreme case of locked-in syndrome and relies on blinking to communicate, can finally look forward to a long-awaited trip to her favourite boutiques after taking delivery of a wheelchair-accessible vehicle.