Coroner: Suicides down after Donal’s plea

A coroner has said that the “plague” of suicides in Kerry had “considerably reduced” since the appeal by the late Donal Walsh to young people to think twice before doing so.

Mr Walsh, who died of cancer in May after a long battle, had spoken of his wish to live a natural lifespan and had appealed to young people not to take their lives.

Suicide has “plagued this county for years”, South Kerry Coroner Terence Casey told an inquest in Killarney.