Man sent text to friends before shooting himself, inquest hears

A 46 year old man sent a text indicating plans to end his life before shooting himself with a rifle, an inquest heard. 

Dublin Coroner’s Court heard harrowing details of the text a man sent to five friends on April 21 last. “In shed. Goodbye. Can’t suffer this pain anymore,” the text read.The man’s wife was away working when he took his .22 rifle to a shed behind his home in a rural village in the west of Ireland.

The man’s wife was away working when he took his .22 rifle to a shed behind his home in a rural village in the west of Ireland.