As fathers and as men it is time to demand action on suicide

Matt O'Connor is known to most as the Fathers4Justice campaigner who stormed the stage at the Rose of Tralee festival dressed as a priest. Today, however, he reveals how suicide and depression impacted his own life and suggests emergency action is now required to address the suicide crisis in Ireland and the ever increasing number of male suicides in particular.

AS a father of three boys, whose family comes from Kerry, I am obviously deeply concerned about the suicide crisis sweeping Ireland.

In the last fortnight alone it has been reported that the HSE were responding to an "emerging suicide cluster" in Cork City.