Cork Woman Dies After Living with Rare Locked-in Syndrome Since 2008

‘We never stopped hoping and praying’ – Cork woman dies after 17 years with locked-in syndrome

A woman who was effectively a prisoner in her own body for 17 years has died.

Cork woman Catherine O'Leary, living with locked-in syndrome since 2008, has died

The mother-of-one passed away peacefully this morning.

Cork woman dies after living with rare locked-in syndrome since 2008

Catherine O’Leary, from Carrigaline, was 32 when she developed the rare condition

Cork woman Catherine O’Leary dies after living with locked-in syndrome for 15 years

Catherine O’Leary of Carrigaline passed away peacefully after 15 years living with locked-in syndrome following a stroke

Tributes as woman diagnosed with 'locked in syndrome' dies

Catherine O’Leary of Carrigaline, Cork was 32 years old when she developed locked in syndrome after she suffered a stroke

Catherine O’Leary who lived with locked-in syndrome for 17 years dies

Catherine O’Leary, who lived with the rare locked-in syndrome for nearly two decades, has died peacefully at the age of 49.