Shannon 15, committed suicide after her younger sister, Erin 13, from cyber bullying.

[NO_Rainchecks]

Mother grieves as heartbroken Daughter, 15 commits suicide month after Sister took her life over Cyber-Bullying

Shannon Gallagher, 15, of Donegal County, Ireland, committed suicide less than two months after her 13-year-old sister, Erin Gallagher, took her own life after relentless cyber-bullying.

Shannon was heartbroken over the loss of her sister, Erin, and could not endure the pain a moment longer.

The mother of the two girls, Lorraine Gallagher, last night described her sense of devastation and shock at the double tragedy.

She described her two daughters as being the “lights of our lives”.

Father John Joe Duffy, priest of the local church, poured his heart out at Shannon’s funeral mass, saying:

“My heart is devastated. My heart is shattered at how poorly we understand the issues concerning youth mental health and mental health issues in the general population in Ireland. And the terrible consequences we see occurring and re-occurring on a regular basis throughout the country.”

These two sisters’ tragic deaths are only two in the seemingly never-ending suicides caused by bullying – both directly, and indirectly, as in Shannon’s unfortunate case.

Anyone notice robert irvine on the left? He is now starring in daughter impossible

[cchar042]

Their father was not a priest. Catholic priests are celibate...

Unless he became a priest after getting married, which is allowed by the church

[Rain50]

too sad


Can't comprehend being bullied to such an extreme I'd even consider taking my life.
If I have kids I will never let them spend as much time on the internet growing up as I did/do.

[U295]

lol @ him deleting his post here.

LOL, no spine at all. I read the post and a few minutes later it was deleted because another miscer had some beef with it.

[crunchfit]

Unless he became a priest after getting married, which is allowed by the church

I know. I think you missed the point...

[StrngLrkrOPeace]

Disclaimer: I'm not religious, nor do I agree with attempted suicide being prosecutable by law.


Can someone answer this please?

Society and religion both look down on suicide. The church says people who commit suicide go to hell. Attempted suicide is a crime which you can and will go to jail for. If an adult kills him or herself, they're seen as "just another statistic". If it's a teen though, it's a terrible tragedy and we should blame the parents. They get a proper funeral and burial by the same church that says they will go to hell. Why the double-standard?

not sure if legit

http://www.catholic.com/quickquestio...ts-suicide-goe

[YaMadBro]

clearly this is not necesarily a result of cyber bullying.... strong finger pointing by the parents. You really think it's a coincidence that two daughters of the same parents both killed themselves before the age of 16 due to BULLYING? it's probably a genetic mental health disorder combined with bad parenting. media loves to use this new bullying thing to get more viewers.

only the youngest girl was bullied... her sister obviously could not deal with her not be around anymore and also killed herself, sad world we live in

[dabawse]

I'm sorry if this rustle jimmies but lettuce be honest here, screw the PC crap.

Doesn't this have to reflect on the parenting/rearing practices?

This is why children have to face adversity as they grow. Hippies are all about sheltering/coddling kids and giving them what they want. Stop bullying and all this bull crap. Then as soon as they run into any problems, they can't handle the change and go on and kill themselves.

Whatever doesn't kill you make you stronger, and apparently these parents are strengthening their kids at all.

[BornToConquer]

Can we have some cliffs over here?

[Syriuz]

How is someone cyber bullied? Can't they block? (srs, i wonder)

[lucasmaes11]

Can we have some cliffs over here?

-2 sisters in foster care suffered extensive cyber bullying
-One sister committed suicide
-Then the other one did less than 2 months late
-All the blame is now being layed on "cyber-bullying" when clearly there were also issues at home

[12Die4]

woman logic

[QuadraQuint]

How is someone cyber bullied? Can't they block? (srs, i wonder)

No, once something is on the Internet, it stays there.

I'd say cyber bullying is way worse than getting physically bullied.

[cchar042]

Cyber-bullying is a crock of ****.

No, once something is on the Internet, it stays there.

I'd say cyber bullying is way worse than getting physically bullied.

I'd rather get called a ******* here than get my face smashed in IRL.

[jono28613]

woman logic

you are a ******* as well.

they are young, its not like they are 35 years old, which still will be sad.

[YIAMSOMEBODY]

If she had mental health issues why would she be unsupervised on the internet?

True story...

[MHannibal]

cyber bullying - pulling the wool over our eyes. There is more than meets the eye to all these stories, standard media to use cases like this in a way which attacks the enemies of the government/corporations ... something that the majority of the public will lap up as it's easy and escapes the real truths.

[Siq]

How is someone cyber bullied? Can't they block? (srs, i wonder)

People who kill themselves over being bullied online are obviously very, very stupid, i doubt that blocking even occurred to them.

[blkbelt42]

No, once something is on the Internet, it stays there.

does everyone not know this yet???

[TBProdigy]

Disclaimer: I'm not religious, nor do I agree with attempted suicide being prosecutable by law.


Can someone answer this please?

Society and religion both look down on suicide. The church says people who commit suicide go to hell. Attempted suicide is a crime which you can and will go to jail for. If an adult kills him or herself, they're seen as "just another statistic". If it's a teen though, it's a terrible tragedy and we should blame the parents. They get a proper funeral and burial by the same church that says they will go to hell. Why the double-standard?

mental development

[cchar042]

does everyone not know this yet???

Teens and kids today don't know that. They get unsupervised and unrestricted internet access from an early age, and then get taken advantage of because they're naive.

mental development

A 15 year old can be tried as an adult for murder, but if he kills himself (or her), it's due to an undeveloped mental state? I don't think so.

[inq]

very sad, though srs question.. i wonder if the father (been a priest) believes his daughters go directly to hell for taking their own lifes?

They go to purgatory I think, I should know this since I'm catholic lol

Terrible tragedy though. At a young age youre so impressionable.

[pehzan]

sad rip

[Kharvok]

Potato people of peace

[calisthenicsm8]

This is why I supported the miscer who said people should be tested and then they could be allowed to have or not children.

[ThaJerzeyDevil]

my dad woulda killed me for being such a pussy that i killed myself for being bullied

when i was young it was before all this social networking bull**** i got bullied sometimes in real life and dealt with it

kids that do this have ****ty parents and are soft

not a single fawk was given

[travellingbrah]

I'm sorry if this rustle jimmies but lettuce be honest here, screw the PC crap.

Doesn't this have to reflect on the parenting/rearing practices?

This is why children have to face adversity as they grow. Hippies are all about sheltering/coddling kids and giving them what they want. Stop bullying and all this bull crap. Then as soon as they run into any problems, they can't handle the change and go on and kill themselves.

Whatever doesn't kill you make you stronger, and apparently these parents are strengthening their kids at all.

Retarded generalizations right here.

[dabawse]

No, once something is on the Internet, it stays there.

I'd say cyber bullying is way worse than getting physically bullied.

This is stupid. IRL people are bullied in environments they can't escape like school/work. To avoid cyber bullying, all you have to do is GTFO the internet

[cchar042]

This is stupid. IRL people are bullied in environments they can't escape like school/work. To avoid cyber bullying, all you have to do is GTFO the internet

Great post

[QuadraQuint]

This is why I supported the miscer who said people should be tested and then they could be allowed to have or not children.

That really has nothing to do with it. Also, that's a terrible idea! No one should be able to dictate whether or not you qualify to have kids.

This is stupid. IRL people are bullied in environments they can't escape like school/work. To avoid cyber bullying, all you have to do is GTFO the internet

I'm talking about adolescence here. In real life, you can confront your bullies and end it or tell someone. With cyber bullying, there's a lot of anonymity and a lot more people contribute in the shaming. It's harder even for an adult to stop it.