Schools in shock after young pupils’ suicides

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

Schools in shock after young pupils’ suicides

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.

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