Carer was so burnt out her GP thought she'd had a stroke 

Sinead Tighe at her home in Tallaght with her 17-year-old son Daniel, who has profound disabilities. Picture: Moya Nolan

A woman whose teenage son’s disabilities mean he cannot be left alone was so exhausted at one point her GP thought she had suffered a stroke.

Sinead Tighe said she is not surprised by the latest Healthy Ireland report which warns that carers are more likely to have long-standing health problems than people who are not carers.