What a Difference a Day Makes: Siobhán Peoples on losing her brother to suicide

Ennis fiddler Siobhán Peoples tells Helen O’Callaghan about the impact on her family of losing her brother to suicide – and describes how she eventually found peace.

Siobhán Peoples: "Suicide is devastating. You can’t get angry at anything. You’ve no avenue with a suicide. It’s very difficult to resolve." Pic: Bryan Brophy, 1Image Photography

My brother, Tommy Óg, was a very deep sort of person for a young man. He was very much into sport. He played football for Kilfenora, hurling for Ruan, our home parish outside Ennis. 

He’d planned to try out for the Clare team – he’d bought new boots in anticipation of the try-outs.