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Irish Mirror
Irish Mirror
National
Louise Walsh

Heartbroken Irish mother lost two sons to suicide within 13 weeks of each other

"I knew the day I buried PJ, I was losing Mikey," recalled a heartbroken mother who lost two teenage sons to suicide within 13 weeks in the last year.

As the first anniversary of PJ Matthews nears on New Year's Eve, his mother Patrice has revealed she has become involved with a new community group to help stop young people from dying by suicide.

17-year old PJ from Castlebellingham, Co Louth took his life on the family farmyard and just 13 weeks later, his 18-year-old brother ended his own life after being devastated by his close sibling's death.

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