The conflation of anorexia with vanity is misguided. Believe me, there is no vanity attached to starving yourself

Deirdre O’Shaughnessy, a co-presenter of Cork’s 96FM programme The Opinion Line, recently interviewed a woman named Sharon whose daughter has been hospitalised with severe anorexia. 

Sharon has been asked if she is prepared for Lauree to die. Lauree is 18 years of age.

Lauree needs help but there is no specialised treatment for eating disorders in Ireland. Not for public patients anyway.