Address issues around suicide

There may be some people who having experienced the trauma of a loved one’s suicide will gain a certain solace from the new short form death certificate that the Tánaiste Joan Burton intends to introduce.

I am sure that this is been done with good intention but I for one will not gain any comfort from it.

Having lost our 19-year-old son David to suicide in 2011 I feel justified in expressing my opinion on this matter. It states on our son David’s death certificate that he died by suicide and that alcohol was a contributing factor.