A mother-of-two from Douglas in Cork has been discharged from intensive care after spending a record 79 days on life support being treated for Covid-19.
Doctors believe Mary Sullivan spent longer on a ventilator than any other coronavirus patient in Ireland and the United Kingdom, and enquiries are on-going to establish if she holds the record for Europe.
Today staff in the intensive care unit of the Bon Secours Hospital in Cork, who looked after Ms Sullivan, lined the corridor as she was transferred from there to a general ward.
Ms Sullivan was admitted after suffering a heart attack on 11 March and tested positive for Covid-19. She developed respiratory failure and her condition deteriorated, which led to her spending 79 days on life