A mother who lost her teenage daughter to suicide has warned that the mentality of “hiding behind closed doors, struggling to keep our problems closed in” is destroying the country. Elisha Gault died on St Patrick’s Day last year after falling from a bridge in Carrick-on-Suir, Co Tipperary. Elisha’s mother Grainne, has kept her late daughter’s Facebook page, RIP Elisha Gault, as both a memorial to Elisha and for young people and adults who suffer with mental health difficulties to help guide them through their despair. “I think we are in desperate need of a new Ireland, one that we don't hide behind closed doors, struggling to keep our problems closed in but where we come together as communities and stand in our truth. “I'm doing my best to deal with the effects of trauma and not all days are strong days but that doesn't mean good days will not still come.

Source: Irish Examiner December 12, 2019 13:18 UTC