Father in suicide appeal

A COUNTY councillor whose son committed suicide before Christmas has launched a public awareness campaign in a bid to stop other families going through a similar trauma.

Cllr Peter Roche, a Fine Gael member of Galway County Council, said something tangible needed to be done as there were more than 550 suicides in Ireland each year.

His son Colin died near their home in Abbeyknockmoy in November. And their trauma was multiplied when Colin’s girlfriend Lisa Healy took her own life a few weeks ago.