Murdered twins’ mother urges young to seek mental health aid

A mother who lost three sons in a murder-suicide in Charleville in North Cork last month has urged young people with mental health problems to seek help.

Helen O’Driscoll lost three of her sons on September 4. Her eldest son Jonathan, 21, had taken his own life after he fatally stabbed twin brothers Patrick and Thomas O’Driscoll, who were both aged nine. Ms O’Driscoll told Ireland AM on TV3 yesterday that she forgave Jonathan for ending the lives of her two young boys.

“I forgive Jonathan for the simple reason being, I know what he did, God help us, was wrong,” said Mrs O’Driscoll.