Silent epidemic that spread like wildfire among the hurried young men who powered the Celtic Tiger

THANK you for highlighting (September 1) a condition that I have worked tirelessly to try to alleviate — diabetes.

I have worked with diabetes patients for nine years, beginning my career as a nurse on a diabetes ward and now I work in a private diabetes clinic.

The ward was largely full of people suffering from complications of diabetes, many of which, to my dismay, were avoidable.