A third of consultants asked by patient to help end their lives

People Before Profit's Gino Kelly. The TD's Dying with Dignity Bill 2000 proposes to allow a medical practitioner to assist a mentally competent, terminally ill patient over 18 to end their life provided they have a clear and settled intention to do so. Picture: Laura Hutton

More than a third of hospital consultants here have admitted receiving a request from a patient for help to end their life.

However, over two-thirds of surveyed declared they were opposed to any move towards legalising euthanasia.