Maurice Shanahan opens up on darkest hour in battle with depression

Waterford All Star Maurice Shanahan gave an emotional interview to WLR FM yesterday about his battle with depression and his attempted suicide. This is an edited transcript from the discussion...

Maurice Shanahan:

“I started suffering from depression around a year ago. It just built up inside me; I had a lot of injuries and I wasn’t playing hurling the way I wanted to play hurling. I started to lock myself away from everyone. I would go to work and the minute I went home, I would go into my room and I wasn’t eating dinner or anything. I could be in my room from five in the evening until I woke up for work again the following morning.