Seán died just 21 hours after being admitted to Craigavon Area Hospital
The Minister for Health is being urged to develop a drug rehabilitation hub following the death of a young man at a Southern Trust psychiatric unit.
In chambers this week, Slieve Gullion Sinn Fein rep, Mickey Larkin brought forward a motion, saying: "This evening I bring this motion with a lived experience, not by myself, but by the mother of young man Seán Boyle who took his own life in 2020. Cllr Larkin added: "Seán like so many of our young people fell into a circle of drugs, one which he and his mother fought so hard to get out of over the years."Seán wanted his life back, he wanted people to listen to him and he repeatedly told his mummy, they they were not listening.
"I met Seán a number of times. He was a quiet, warm young man, the world was his oyster, it really was.The motion referred to the recent 2024, NISRA report on drug-related and drug misuse deaths, found a significant increase in the number of deaths attributed to drugs and alcohol.Seán had used drugs since he was a teenager and had been in hospital many times over the years of his addiction.
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