Coroner has ‘no regrets’ over suicide remarks

A coroner who claimed people who die by suicide do not think about the hurt and sorrow they leave behind has been reported to the Justice Department for his comments.

In an interview in today’s Irish Examiner, Kerry coroner Terence Casey said comments he made earlier this year, after suicide verdicts were returned in six out of eight inquests before his court, led to him being reported to the Department of Justice.

“There was one comment I passed, where I said that if only those who committed suicide could see what I see, the pain and the misery and the suffering left behind, they probably wouldn’t do it,” said Mr Casey.