TD becomes emotional as she recalls suicide

Fianna Fáil TD Lisa Chambers became emotional yesterday in the Dáil chamber recounting the story of a young man who died last year from suicide.

Ms Chambers, was speaking as TDs approved her party’s new Mental Health bill, which seeks to strengthen the rights of inpatients to make decisions about their own treatment.

The Dáil passed the bill unanimously and it will now be sent to the Seanad.