The number of college students seeking counselling is up by one third, with depression and suicidal thoughts among the reasons why they look for help.

The family of a man who took his own life have settled their High Court action for €105,000 against the estate of a vet, who they alleged gave the man a chemical, believing it was to treat a dog, but which he used to kill himself.

TALLAGHT Hospital has been described as a very “dangerous place for anybody” by a coroner and as having “appallingly poor standards of sanitation” by one of its own consultants.