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Shirley Smith talks to Ivan Lehane about the suicide of her teenage son Daniel O'Hare.

Daniel was just like any 鈥渘ormal鈥� young man who was extremely popular and well known in his local community.

Daniel O鈥橦are was 19 years of age when, without any warning, he took his own life. He had no previous history of mental health problems nor had he shown any outward signs of his intentions.

He loved football, spending time with friends & socialising and also had a job managing a family on-line retail business.

To this day his family remain devastated by their loss and still are no nearer to understanding Daniel鈥檚 choice of action on that day.

Daniel鈥檚 brothers Matthew & Ben along with his cousin Sarah (then aged 10, 5 & 13) hoped to do something positive and try and prevent a family suffering a similar experience.
They developed a wristband that carried the message 鈥淚f U Care Share鈥� to encourage young people to 鈥淪HARE鈥� problems instead of burying them within.

This won the Best Interview category at the Student Radio Awards, presented by Victoria Derbyshire.

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