Former lord mayor home after health scare

He’s climbed Everest twice and walked to the South Pole, but adventurer Pat Falvey said the last week has been one of the toughest of his life after his father suffered a serious health scare in Spain.

Tim Falvey, a former Fianna Fáil councillor who served as lord mayor of Cork in 1994, was flown home last night after he collapsed while in Marbella with his wife, Bina, last week.

He was rushed to Hospital Quirón, where a stent was inserted. But complications set in and Mr Falvey collapsed twice while in intensive care.