'Heartbroken' Cork mother pleads for help to bring son home from Greece to die

Mags Tobin said she received a phone call on July 30 last where she was informed that her son Jonathan, 41, had been found floating face down in water.

Jonathan Tobin (Jiles) of Youghal, Co Cork has been an inpatient at Heraklion University Hospital in Greece since the accident occurred on the island of Crete on July 29 last

A mother has issued a plea for help to bring her son home to Ireland from Greece after he had a stroke whilst swimming which has left him in a persistent vegetative state with no likelihood of improvement.

Jonathan Tobin (Jiles) of Youghal, Co Cork has been an inpatient at Heraklion University Hospital in Greece since the accident occurred on the island of Crete on July 29 last. He had been living in Crete for a year prior to the tragedy occurring.