Suicide awareness: ‘You’d have thought everything was going well, but it wasn’t’

THE anger, sadness, disappointment and heartache that Damian Martin had bottled up for so long finally came to a head one night in early 2008 and he put his foot to the floor of his car, took off his seatbelt and closed his eyes.

Speeding through Dublin city centre, it was only luck that no one was killed, or even hurt, and it was a wake-up call for everyone around the 22-year-old, and the beginning of his road back to happiness.

Now 26, Damian can talk about his suicidal thoughts, and hopes to help others by doing so.