Susan Doyle

Mother, lawyer, disability and mental health advocate.

[Susan Doyle @SusanDoyleSD]

@liamcunningham1 "Exceptionalism is the belief that a particular nation, entity, or group is unique, superior, and exempt from the rules, constraints, or common traits that apply to others. Often rooted in history or culture, it implies a special, superior status". Sums up the US and Israel.

[Mary Lou McDonald @MaryLouMcDonald]

🩷 Remembering Vicky Phelan on her anniversary. Remembering her courage, her dignity and her love for others. Vicky’s heroic refusal to stay silent exposed the Cervical Check scandal. I’m thinking of her selfless determination to take on the system and achieve change for the women and girls of Ireland even while suffering so much herself. I’m thinking of her beautiful family tonight. Vicky Phelan will never be forgotten.

[Stan Collymore @StanCollymore]

Suicide.

I'm choosing to be deliberately blunt and provocative in this post because it's necessary. Government, charities, football clubs are all pushing water up a hill in highlighting what is undoubtedly a major health crisis.

You take a rope.
You put it up in a garage or a tree nearby or far away.
You're thinking about every loved one you'll leave behind as you put that rope around your neck.
Then you drop.

Some are decapitated.
Some aren't.
All are found by someone who has a lifetime of trauma that will never leave them.
A son.
A daughter.
A brother.
A sister.
A mother.
A father.

I know 2 men who hung themselves.

One was found by his Mom.
One was found by his brother.
Neither have recovered fully. 20 and 30 years on.

A life sentence for people who were already worrying, terrified their loved one may do something.

So just visualise the above and ask, "is there another way"?

A segway for a moment.

I do a few Q&A's every year. Tales of yesterday with a 99% male audience of my age group.

After the stories and fun, my last question back to the audience is..

"Hands up if you struggle with a mental health issue".

Nobody ever puts a hand up. Despite 1 in every 3 of 500 attendees statistically struggling.

"Ah, nobody, that's fucking brilliant! Well I do! ". I then graphically tell people, stunned into silence about how a rope around my neck in the middle of nowhere jolted me to go home and cry like a baby to my Mom.

After the Q&A has finished, something always happens. I'll be chatting to a few guys, saying bye and one by one, men will come over and whisper " I struggle".

Or my mailbox the next day will have 30 emails from guys, their partners or kids saying " Dad/Uncle /Brother was there last night and what you said hit them hard".

And that's how some people realise that it's time to speak to a pal or family member or even rant to me in an email. It works, I often get a follow up email a year or 6 later saying that they took responsibility for their suicidal feelings and are now flying.

Humans are programmed to want to live, to have families and to keep the species growing and thriving. So for a human to want to short circuit that desire isn't normal, and it should never be spoken of as normal. It's the ultimate red flag.

If you suspect your mate, Dad, Brother, Uncle is struggling mentally, they deserve your intervention.

They deserve a " are you OK, please tell me what's up".

They deserve an opportunity to get past wanting to hang a rope over a tree or in a garage and slowly struggle until they die and you find them.

If you've been there and trust me I have plenty, then you'll know that text out of the blue, or a footie mate or one of your kids asking jow you are can open the curtains to some sunshine.

Because when suicide is your only answer, the room is already dark, and you can't see a way out.

So please, fucking pretty please, ask that husband, Dad, Uncle, Cousin, footie pal TODAY how they are.

You may be shocked what comes back but extremely glad that you asked.

For those who struggle, you're not alone.

[Susan Doyle @SusanDoyleSD]

@catherinegalway Catherine Connolly will be a great president!

[Susan Doyle @SusanDoyleSD]

@UnityakaAontu If everyone with an issue or question behaved in this way raising their points like this then you couldn't have a normal debate. Do you think every person with an issue to bring up should be allowed to just stand up and start yelling?

[Susan Doyle @SusanDoyleSD]

@UnityakaAontu He interrupted her speaking and didn't ask a question in the normal way when it was q&a time. He's the rude bully here. Why should she engage with him!?

[Stephen Morrison @Stephen63224725]

This 👇👇👇👇 I will never forget the day I sat in a CHI hospital and was told by a senior member of management. "You know other children are going to suffer because the lot of you kicked up such a fuss"

[Susan Doyle @SusanDoyleSD]

More and more we're seeing rushed decisions and errors being made. This is only going to get worse as time goes on.

[RTÉ News @rtenews]

A man who was deported from Ireland to Nigeria earlier this summer has been granted leave to return to Ireland to look again for international protection, effectively overturning his deportation order
https://t.co/j2qFf9ytKk

[Virgin Media News @VirginMediaNews]

Former President Mary Robinson says Donald Trump could end the “awful” Gaza crisis by telling Israel the US wants a ceasefire now - and by halting the supply of arms.

Robinson has spent the last three days visiting the Egyptian side of Rafah crossing.

#VMNews

[Irish Examiner @irishexaminer]

Higgins calls out 'ignorance and malice' behind recent attacks on Indian community https://t.co/NROlKijoaI

[Susan Doyle @SusanDoyleSD]

@MaryLouMcDonald Absolutely sickening that so much time was allowed to pass and how much Harvey had to suffer.

[Susan Doyle @SusanDoyleSD]

So you want to spend billions on endless referendums when our democracy allows elected representatives to make decisions in the Dail through the legislative process, and this legislation is scrutinised through Seanad and the president.

I dont think anyone has explained this to you.

Your job would be to check if the legislation is constitutional, and if it is, you would sign it into law, and if it isn't, you would send it back to the elected representatives for further consideration. Also, the courts can intervene if legislation is found to be unconstitutional and you missed it.

This is why it's very important for you to familiarise yourself with the Constitution before taking on this job as its a lot of work and you will really need to understand the Constitution as this will be the book that you will need to refer to every day.

You're welcome.

[Susan Doyle @SusanDoyleSD]

@TheNotoriousMMA And didn't James Connolly sign the Proclamation of the Irish Republic? And wasn't he a socialist who said, "Let no Irishman throw a stone at the foreigner; he may hit his own clansman." You can't pick and choose, and neither can the person who wrote this for you.

[Susan Doyle @SusanDoyleSD]

This is so tragic. How can kids be still waiting for treatment so many years later.

[Stephen Morrison @Stephen63224725]

Harvey was definitely unique. But what isn't unique is the way he and other children and people with disabilities are being failed. It is up to us to stop it. When we say #JusticeForHarvey it means Disability Justice. It's time for Change. #HarrisResign

[Susan Doyle @SusanDoyleSD]

The DPP often decides not to prosecute rape cases due to the difficulty in getting a prosecution. It doesn't mean it didn't happen! Civil cases rely on a different burden of proof, which is the balance of probabilities, i.e., it more than likely happened. If there wasn't enough evidence here he wouldn't have lost the case!

[Susan Doyle @SusanDoyleSD]

@TheNotoriousMMA I dont understand why you think the president has these powers. Read the constitution!

[Susan Doyle @SusanDoyleSD]

@Ben_Scallan A recognised refugee can but not an asylum seeker! There's a difference

[Susan Doyle @SusanDoyleSD]

The immigration system in Ireland is becoming extremely cruel. It seems to be about removing the maximum amount of people to appease a small but dangerous group of far right activists. The easiest targets are being removed but it's a numbers game. Childrens rights, family rights and sometimes people's safety are all being put at risk now. Its extremely depressing.

[KNEECAP @KNEECAPCEOL]

Solidarity with @liamcunningham1 and all on the "freedom flotilla" to Gaza 🇵🇸

[LEAP Irish Law Awards 2026 @IrishLawAwards]

We are very pleased to announce the finalists for Munster Sole Principal of the Year

Donna Wilson, Wilson Daly Solicitors
Ishaq & Co
Kieran Mulcahy, Kieran Mulcahy Solicitors
Marcella Sheehy
Susan Doyle, @DoyleAndCompany
Suzanne Parker, Parker Law Solicitors

#LEAPLAWAWARDS25