Tipp top plans for Eoin's big lockdown birthday

Eoin O’Neill who will celebrate his 21st birthday on February 1. 

Siobhan Slattery, Lisronagh, Co Tipperary who has asked people to send birthday cards to her son Eoin who celebrates his 21st birthday next Monday. Her grandniece Harper Rose is holding a picture of Eoin who is autistic, non-verbal, and living in residential care. Picture Dan Linehan

Dig out the leftover Christmas stamps and head to the mailbox - a man celebrating his 21st needs some birthday cards.

Siobhan Slattery from Lisronagh near Clonmel in Co Tipperary did have big plans for her son Eoin's birthday this coming Tuesday, centring around visiting him at the residential centre where he lives in Monasterevin, Co Kildare, with presents and treats. Eoin, who is autistic and non-verbal, has lived in the centre since he was 16.