Young man with rare degenerative disability must live in remote converted garage as 'nothing else available'

The man’s parents said their overwhelming objection was to the distance of the proposed placement from their home.

The HSE has been granted an application to move a young man to a converted garage two and a half hours away from his parents’ home after the judge said there appeared to be little alternative.

The man in the case has a rare degenerative disability and can display extremely challenging behaviour. Now over 18, he was made a ward of court and was the subject of an application by the HSE to have him moved to what it said was a suitable placement for him.