Ryan Tubridy was left deeply moved after an emotional interview with a mum of a teenage boy who is preverbal. Monica from Limerick hasn’t seen her 15-year-old son Patrick since October but is meeting up with him for a two-hour visit on Saturday.
Monica became emotional as she described how she had to make the impossible decision to allow Patrick to move into a special needs home after they could no longer care for him.
Speaking on his RTÉ Radio 1 show, she told Ryan: ‘My son had to go into care on the 21st of April and I haven’t seen him since the 4th of October and I’m seeing him this Saturday for the first time for two hours.’ Monica described her anguish of how after her teenage son went into care, she was unable to see him for 14 weeks
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