‘People say you’ll be grand – I’ll not be grand, I’m dying’ – actor Michael Patrick on his life with motor neurone disease

‘People say you’ll be grand – I’ll not be grand, I’m dying’ – actor Michael Patrick on his life with motor neurone disease

Michael Patrick opens up about his terminal diagnosis and why he’s turned it into a play full of laughs

Michael Patrick charts his MND journey in new play 'My Right Foot'

When actor and writer Michael Patrick tripped over on stage, he thought it was because of poorly fitting shoes. “But then it turned out it wasn’t – it was my right foot. It was dragging.”

These were some of the first indications that the then 32-year-old had motor neurone disease (MND) – a disease his father had died of when Patrick was just eight years old.