As he sought to be transferred to his neurologist at Beaumont Hospital, the other Dublin hospital told Mr O’Donovan this would not be possible. It was at this point, Mr O’Donovan told the Irish Examiner, he hit “rock bottom”. But we have a psychiatrist on call’.”The doctor walked back into the room a short time later and told Mr O’Donovan he had “found out” who he was. He was initially diagnosed with epilepsy over a decade ago, but Mr O’Donovan has previously said that doctors continuously “disputed” this. The comments infuriated Mr O’Donovan, who revealed his epilepsy diagnosis to a Sunday newspaper several months later.

Source: Irish Examiner January 03, 2026 07:00 UTC