Woman shares the trauma of an eating disorder which has almost cost her life 

In 2018, of the €1.5m allocated to tackle eating disorders, €137,000 was spent. In 2019, although €1.6m was allocated to eating disorders, nothing was spent. Funding for eating disorder support and treatment was also entirely suspended last year. Stock picture.

A woman who is battling an eating disorder so severe she tried to take her own life has shared a harrowing account of what she is going through.

She said that she has begged to be admitted to hospital for treatment before her bulimia kills her, but has been unable to get a public bed and cannot afford private care.