Woman tells of pain as image of addict brother appears online

A woman has spoken of the pain of seeing a photograph online of her homeless heroin addict brother sprawled unconscious on a car bonnet in Cork city centre.

Janis O’Sullivan said the image of her brother, Steven, which was posted on the Facebook page of Cork’s 96fm on Tuesday, reinforced how difficult it has been for her family as they struggled to help him in recent years.

She also hit out at so-called keyboard warriors who criticised her family for not helping him. “They haven’t lived it. They don’t understand,” she said “My mam did everything to help him, but he just spiralled out of control.