Schools in shock after young pupils’ suicides

TWO schools in west Belfast are in shock after two young pupils took their own lives.

The unconnected deaths of 11-year-old Ciara Doherty from the Mount Eagles estate, and Martin Rooney, 13, from nearby Twinbrook, has plunged a community into grief.

They are the latest in a spate of young suicides in the area over recent years, but the age of the two children, who died within 24 hours of each other, has intensified the bewilderment.