A leading suicide prevention campaigner has claimed politicians are more likely to “wring their hands” about the tragedies than make money available to save the lives of other people at risk.

The funeral of Shannon Gallagher from Ballybofey in County Donegal has taken place this afternoon.

An internet expert has called for a ban on the setting-up of Facebook memorial pages in the wake of Shannon Gallagher’s death.

The mother of Shannon Gallagher has said she does not know where she is going to find the strength to bury her second daughter today.

A youth organisation is today calling on the Government to honour its commitment to set up primary mental health care facilities for young people.

The country’s foremost expert on suicide has warned that the family, friends, schoolmates, and wider Donegal community will be seriously impacted upon by the death of Erin Gallagher’s sister by suicide.

Once again we are at the point where words are unequal to the task of expressing the anguish every parent must feel for the family of Shannon Gallagher, 15, who took her own life less than two months after her younger sister Erin died in the same way.

The heartbroken mother of tragic Shannon Gallagher last night said her daughters were the lights of her life as she tried to come to terms with the death of a second daughter in just six weeks.

A range of psychologists and other mental health experts were on hand to support Shannon Gallagher’s schoolmates and teachers after the tragedy.

The HSE has set up a helpline for parents in Co. Donegal who may be concerned for their children following the death of 15-year-old Shannon Gallagher.

The Government's response to suicide among young people has been criticised as too slow.

The school attended by Erin and Shannon Gallagher has appealed for time and space after Shannon's death less than two months after the suicide of her younger sister.

The teenage sister of schoolgirl Erin Gallagher, who died by suicide less than two months ago, has also died.