Cork asylum seeker ends hunger strike after 'assurances' he would not be deported

Hunger striker Nadim Hussain, originally from India, issued a plea "to those in power" to grant him refugee status from his hospital bed in Cork University Hospital this lunchtime

Nadim Hussain on day 6 of his hunger strike earlier this week.

An asylum seeker has ended his nine-day hunger strike after receiving assurances from the Department of Justice that he would not be deported.

Nadim Hussain, 34, who is originally from India, but who has been denied refugee status here began his hunger strike in a bid to remain in the State.