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A student in Galway has created an app designed to help anyone having suicidal thoughts or suffering mental health difficulties.

Developed by Patrick Shaughnessy, the Trust Talk app provides round-the-clock access to counsellors from national suicide prevention charity, Console.

“A number of years ago I lost a cousin to suicide and also a number of friends, both male and female, during teenage years and I just felt there was a need for this there and something needed to be done about it,” Patrick told RTÉ Radio 1’s Morning Ireland.