What started as a simple poster campaign on the streets of Cork has today turned into a charity t-shirt in aid off Pieta House.

A study has found that GPs do not feel equipped to manage people who self-harm.

New research has found that parents of teenagers who self-harm or have suicidal ideation can deal better with associated stress by partaking in a 16-week course that includes mindfulness.

A mother who lost her teenage daughter to suicide has warned that the mentality of “hiding behind closed doors, struggling to keep our problems closed in” is destroying the country.

The death by suicide of a teenage girl has thrown gaps in mental health services for young people into sharp relief.

Researchers in the UK believe they have identified key networks in the brain that interact to increase the risk that someone will think about – or attempt – suicide.

This time of year, in the long nights of winter in our northern hemisphere, is when people may be more vulnerable to depression or suicidal thoughts.

Elber Twomey believes “her beauties” are smiling in heaven because of her success in pushing for suicide training for all police officers.

Seven times more Traveller men and six times more Traveller women commit suicide compared to the general population, according to figures from the National Traveller Mental Health Network.

More than 5,300 people have had face-to-face appointments with Pieta's suicide-prevention service this year.

The head of the National Office for Suicide Prevention, John Meehan, said the evidence-informed training programmes are helping to develop “suicide safer” communities in Ireland.

Teenage leaders will conduct a major survey on youth suicide in Cork during a showcase event in the city tomorrow as part of a wider campaign to expand specialist suicide support training to over 16s.

The Central Statistics Office (CSO) has published its yearly summary of vital statistics.