Rugby star ‘lost will to live’ after divorce

Former rugby legend Gerry McLoughlin has revealed he contemplated taking his own life after the break-up of his marriage.

Rugby star ‘lost will to live’ after divorce

The Limerick mayor and rugby star said: “I had emigrated to Wales and I found myself divorced after 30 years of being happily married.

“You feel yourself a failure and 10 years ago I felt myself as being looked on as a failure and you did not know where to turn to with a new change in your life and how do you cope with it. I didn’t know how to cope with it, and being a man I was probably too proud to mention it to anybody.

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