Father vows to continue caring for daughter with ‘locked-in syndrome’

A father has vowed to continue caring for his ‘locked-in syndrome’ daughter at home despite her €2.5m court-awarded care fund running out.

Pat O’Leary, whose paralysed daughter, Catherine, has battled bravely to survive almost a decade with the crippling condition, also called for a review of court awards in medical cases where the injured person survives longer than was predicted during the legal process.

“Over my dead body is Catherine going back to a nursing home,” Pat said last night.