At the same time, who knows how any of us would react to a diagnosis of any extremely painful and incurable – if not strictly terminal – disease? As many as a third of Irish doctors say they have been asked by patients to helpend their lives

THE founder of Swiss assisted suicide clinic Dignitas defended his organisation last night.

OTHER Irish people may have used a controversial Swiss “right to die” group to commit suicide, the group’s leader revealed yesterday as he confirmed that a disabled Irishman ended his life in Switzerland last November.

THREE Irish people are planning to travel to Switzerland where an organisation called Dignitas will help them to commit suicide, according to the head of the group.