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‘I thought I had a hangover but I was having a stroke’


by IMAGE
26th Jun 2022

*No repro fee Francesca Murray is preparing for the June 5 Women's Mini Marathon after making a remarkable recovery from a stroke, which she mistook for a hangover. She signed up for the 10k to raise funds for Cork University Hospital Charity to thank medics at the hospital for helping to rebuild her life. Picture: Robbie Reynolds.

Hairdresser and mother-of-two Francesca Murray (45) from Dublin thought she was experiencing a hangover when she suffered a stroke in Kerry in June 2020.

My friend was supposed to get married in Kerry in June 2020 but, when Covid struck, she had to cancel her big day. Instead, a load of us went to Dingle for the weekend anyway, to celebrate what would have been a wedding. We arrived on a Friday and we all had a few drinks. The next day I woke up feeling a little bit rough, but it was nothing major. A few of my...

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