Teen to record anti-suicide message

A leading psychiatrist has commended the bravery of a terminally ill teenager who has agreed to have his anti- suicide message recorded in an effort to deter young people from taking their own lives.

Dr Siobhán Barry said 16-year-old Dónal Walsh, from Blennerville, Co Kerry, was at an age when what he had to say was more likely to have an impact on his peers than any “old fogeys in suits” in her profession.

She said he was someone young people would be able to relate to at a time when “so many young men are at that very impulsive age”.