Student vet took his life in hotel room

A second year veterinary student took his own life in a room in a Dublin hotel last year.

Padraig Horan, aged 21, from Listowel, Co Kerry, was found dead in a room in the Travelodge Hotel in Rathmines, Dublin 6, on January 7 last year.

Dublin Coroner’s Court heard Mr Horan checked into the hotel in the late afternoon on January 5, leaving instructions that cleaning staff were not to enter his room.