The mother of two teenage girls who took their own lives within weeks of each other says she just wants to put 2012 behind her.

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.

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.

Society failed schoolgirl Erin Gallagher, her requiem Mass has heard.

Erin Gallagher’s mother has spoken of the last few hours she spent with her daughter before the 13-year-old took her own life.