Mental health - Resources needed to fight suicide

THE harrowing words spoken by the father of 28-year-old Sharon Grace, who drowned her daughters before killing herself, go to the heart of an Irish suicide crisis that claims the lives of hundreds of victims every year.

Anyone who has ever lost a loved one through depression or some other psychiatric condition will relate to Eddie Reddy’s sense of hopelessness.

“My Sharon was looking for someone, looking for help, but she couldn’t get it. We will never, ever forget that, for the rest of our lives.”