We all have a role to play

Mental health supports

Yesterday’s appeal from Maureen Cuddihy, speaking at her parents Jimmy and Kathleen’s funerals in Carndonagh, Co Donegal, that people with mental health problems should seek and get medical help, will resonate in nearly every home across the country. If it does not, then it should.

The couple were found dead at their home in Churchtown last Thursday morning. Their youngest son, Julian, 42, has been charged with their murders, and a judge has ordered that he be assessed by a psychiatrist.