Ireland has such a small number of beds available here for eating disorders, for the almost 200,000 Irish people who will have an eating disorder at some point in their lives.

Joyce Russell is the founder of The Parents Action and Care Group and a mother who has seen her daughter suffer due to an eating disorder, and she joined Andrea on the show.

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