Mother of suicide victim: ‘Do not be afraid to speak to someone’

The mother of tragic teenager Erin Gallagher has told how she found her 13-year-old daughter dead at their home — just hours after chatting and joking with her.

Lorraine Gallagher gave heartbreaking evidence of how she found her daughter at the family home in Ballybofey, Co Donegal, on October 27, 2012.

Lorraine’s eldest daughter, Shannon, aged 15, took her own life just a few weeks later.