Family fear for dying Australian man stranded in Ireland as Emirates cancels flights

John Jobber, who is suffering from end-stage renal failure, prostate cancer and dementia, had a ticket for a March flight home

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It was John Jobber's dying wish to visit the UK, spend time with family and say his goodbyes before returning to Australia and entering palliative care.

The trip was meant to last four weeks, but a year later he is stranded in Ireland, disoriented and getting progressively sicker, and his daughter, Samantha John, fears Emirates cancelling all flights to Australia's east coast, including his, will be a life sentence.