Charity founder devastated by suicide of his third brother

TOMMY ROCHE, aged 31, spent three years trying to prevent young people taking their lives, now he is trying to cope with a third suicide in his own family.

He established the Aljeff charity to help people with depression and addiction problems following the deaths of his brothers, Alan and Jeffery, in 1999. The charity, named after Tommy’s brothers, received national attention when the Limerick man appeared on the Late Late Show to tell the nation about his family’s grief.

Entertainer Sinead O’Connor was so moved by Tommy’s campaign she sold her house in Atlanta and donated the proceeds to Aljeff.