More farmers die from suicide each year than any other profession.
A Laois man is urging farmers to speak up about their worries on Ag Mental Health Week.
Three times more farmers die from suicide each year than any other profession.
Andy Nolan, a farmer and mechanical fitter from Luggacurren, has been opening up about his struggles with mental health, which drove him to almost to taking his own live.
He says working in agricultural can be a lonely and presurised life, but nobody should suffer alone:
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