Parents of Traveller boy 'bullied to his grave' call for end to discrimination

(Left to right) Michelle Ward and Patrick McDonagh with a photo of their son Patrick McDonagh Jnr at a protest by The National Traveller Mental Health Network at Leinster House in Dublin today. Photo: Gareth Chaney/Collins

The parents of a 12-year-old Traveller boy who died by suicide said he was bullied to his grave and called for discrimination to end during a protest for mental health supports for this community.

Patrick McDonagh, who featured in an RTÉ documentary, died too young, his father Pat said.