Daragh Fleming: ‘My best friend’s suicide changed me forever’

Daragh Fleming was in college when grief hit, two years after the death, spurring him to become a mental health activist

Writer Daragh Fleming encourages men to go for a walk to talk about their feelings. Picture: Gareth Chaney

Cork writer and poet Daragh Fleming was 17 when his best friend died by suicide. 

“It profoundly affected me and changed my entire life,” he says.