Sorry chief. Couldnât wish that on anyone
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Thanks, I wasnât close or anything but as I say the pain his parents must be going through and the sadness at the funeral was awful. They canât get their heads around it
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Sorry for your trouble.
Sorry for your loss mate regardless of how close you were. The harsh thing is, theyâll never get the answers they want but they have to come to that realisation in their own time. If you have the chance to encourage them to use Pieta House or the local equivalent then it can only help them.
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Thanks , I think they might be getting help alright
Sorry for that tsg. Itâs brave enough just going to the funeral.
Aidan Connor
RIP
Youâre scraping the barrel now simpleton.
Is your sole purpose on this forum to go around and show everyone how inadequate you are?
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One of our staff was awol the last couple of days, phone off, not taking calls. Text him to see if he was alright. Rang me today to tell me he he tried to take his life a couple of days ago. His step dad happened upon him, got him down, brought him round. Poor fucker. Didnât know whether to support, console or fuck him out of it so did all three! He says heâs okay but fuck sake, what a cunt of a thing to do. He has a young child with one on the way but itâs fractious between him and the girlfriend and a row and her storming off with the kid triggered him off. Said itâs his third time trying over the years. And heâs on the end of the phone apologising that he canât come in to work as the marks on his neck are too prominent!! Christ almighty but itâs a fucked up world
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he may try again unfortunately, he needs help obviously and imho should never get off ant depressants
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Tragic tale.
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Knew he was missing, huge fan, thatâs just so sad.
He wrote his own ending in the song below, as that Guardian piece alludes to. From reading Celtic sites over the years it appears that the Forth Bridge is a notorious suicide spot and folk regularly jump from it.
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Interviewed him (over phone) about a decade ago when they were touring the first album on Fat Cat but kind of lost touch with them after. Remember the interview being good fun. Think his brother was driving the van at the same time
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Wrote one of their albums about the break-up of his relationship with the lovely Shell from Big Brother (when that show was popular) I believe. They went to school together in the Borders. The lyrics of his songs show he has been a tortured soul for a very long time but was also a very charming man on his better days. A very tragic case that is sadly played out all too often.
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Never heard of them
Theyâre not that well known, like a lot of better than average bands. Peaked around a decade ago, if peaked is the appropriate word.
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Itâs usually around this time on this day when Sid wakes up in his hovel that he starts to admonish the ridiculousness of people walking all around Ireland to prevent suicide. I canât wait for this years installment.
Critically acclaimed were they?
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