Woman in direct provision centre took her own life

An asylum seeker who took her own life after 15 months in the State’s direct provision system was being treated for psychiatric illness, an inquest heard yesterday.

Cork City coroner Philip Comyn returned a verdict of suicide after hearing evidence in relation to the death of a 36-year-old South Korean national at the Kinsale Rd direct provision accommodation centre on the outskirts of Cork City on August 28 last.

The inquest was told that the woman, who was from the Jongno Gu district in Seoul, had arrived in Ireland from South Korea, via Abu Dhabi, in May 2015.