Fundraising bid for student Jack O’Driscoll paralysed after fall in snow

Fundraising efforts are underway for a young student who is paralysed from the chest down after he fell while out in the snow with friends prior to the red alert for Storm Emma earlier this month.

Jack O’Driscoll was out walking in Lotabeg in Mayfield on the northside of Cork city on March 1 when an awkward fall resulted in his paralysis.

Mr O’Driscoll was brought to Cork University Hospital immediately after the accident. However, the severity of his injury required him to be transferred to Dublin to undergo surgery in the Mater Hospital.