Four people a week are seeking advice on assisted suicide

Four Irish people every week seek advice on how to help a loved one end their life from an international group campaigning for the legalisation of assisted suicide.

Exit International says it receives a phone call or email seeking the information every 36 hours.

Despite assisted suicide and euthanasia being illegal in every European country except Switzerland, the group’s Irish spokesman Tom Curran said both acts were “without doubt” taking place in this country.