Debt pressures 'driving borrowers to suicide'

The Master of the High Court has warned that borrowers who are having trouble paying back their loans are being driven to suicide.

The Master of the High Court has warned that borrowers who are having trouble paying back their loans are being driven to suicide.

Ed Honohan, who is the brother of Central Bank Governor Patrick Honohan, says he has dealt with several debt cases where borrowers had subsequently taken their own lives.

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