Irish Sunday Mirror

Your I had to find birth parents after doctors told me I was going blind

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With cousin Emer 14, leaving Rob to stay with relatives until he finished school in South London. He became a successful banker in London, and met teacher Kate. They went on to have their two girls. “It was shortly after Eloise was born that I noticed my eyesight wasn’t quite right,” he said. “My night vision had become really bad, I kept not noticing cyclists and pedestrian­s when I was driving and I also started having migraines.”

Rob was referred to Moorfields Eye Hospital where he was told he could be completely blind in 10, 20 or even 30 years.

He said. “Basically I have tunnel vision which is like looking through a key hole, and it is degenerati­ng. We just don’t know what

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