'I’m very happy': frontline worker Nadim granted permission to remain in Ireland

'I’m very happy. Cork is my family and I’m very thankful.'

Nadim Hussain, an Indian asylum seeker, currently lives in Direct Provision in Cork.

A hospital security guard in Cork who went on hunger strike in a bid to stay in Ireland has been granted permission to remain.

Nadim Hussain, 34, who is originally from India and had been denied refugee status here, began a hunger strike on October 13 in an attempt to be granted permission to stay in the place he now calls home.