The sister of a man suffering from 'locked-in syndrome' says she was '100% shocked' to be told funding had been found to let him come home.

David Garvey suffered a brain injury 15 months ago and came to public attention through the release of a letter he wrote to the HSE, pleading to be discharged from Beaumont hospital and cared for at his home in Dundalk, Co. Louth.

The letter had taken him a week to write, because his paralysis means he can only communicate with his eyes.

However David's sister Lynn Flood has revealed today that he is still able to smile. She told Newstalk's Pat Kenny show finding out he'd get to leave hospital was an emotional moment for David:

A step down programme has been set out for David's care.