Ross tells pain of brother’s suicide at 16
Mike Ross RETIRED rugby ace Mike Ross has been praised after sharing the story of his brother’s suicide.
The former Ireland prop opened up about losing his sibling in 1997 on Friday’s Late Late Show.
Ross was 17 when 16-year-old Andrew took his life at the family farm in Ballyhooley, Co Cork.
He revealed: “My mum got home and found while she was gone Andrew had shot himself.
When Mike got home he saw his brother lying on the stairwell and his mother was holding him.
Three months ago the boys’ mother revealed Andrew left a note: “He thought he was ugly, he thought he was stupid. It’s just that teenage impulse thing.”