Couple seek change in how gardai deal with young people 

John and Johanna O'Hara, at their home near Granard, Co. Longford. Photo: Bob Morrison

A couple who lost their son to suicide have written to the Garda commissioner to request that policies around the arrest and detention of young people on minor offences be reassessed.

Johanna and John O’Hara firmly believe that their 20-year-old son Niall was devastated over his detention on a public order issue on a student night out in Sligo two weeks before his death.