O’Donovan Remains in Intensive Care as Family Outlines Return Plan

Patrick O’Donovan remains in intensive care at University Hospital Limerick after becoming ill during an EU meeting in Limerick, while his family says his hospital team is working toward his return to work once new treatment has settled in. The family said in a statement shared on Instagram on Friday that O’Donovan’s interdisciplinary team was working with him to support his return to his department when the treatment had “bedded down.” The statement also said he was heartened by colleagues’ support for his long-term Cabinet career. It did not describe the treatment or give a timetable for his return. O’Donovan, the Minister for Media, became unwell on Tuesday during an informal meeting of EU communications ministers at the University of Limerick. He was taken by ambulance to University Hospital Limerick, where he remained in intensive care in reports published Thursday and Friday. The specific cause of his illness was not confirmed by a hospital statement in the reports; some accounts said he was understood to have suffered a seizure. Tánaiste Simon Harris said O’Donovan continued to receive care at the hospital and that he hoped for his recovery and return to work. Harris,...