Limerick teen bids to light up bridges to prevent suicides

A Limerick teenager personally affected by suicide has collected thousands of signatures in a bid to light up the city’s bridges with life-affirming messages — reaching out to anyone thinking of taking their own life.

Leaving Certificate student Katie Whelan got the idea when she had a dream about her cousin who took her own life three years ago.

“In my dream Lisa was just standing there and she was contemplating jumping off but the whole bridge was lit up and she just stepped back and the dream ended there, and I knew then I had to do something with it, that the dream came to me for a reason,” said Katie.