A counselling service in Co Kerry has reported a 33% jump in the number of people accessing its services and needing support in the past five years.

One of the country’s biggest charity fundraisers has passed the €1m mark for the first time.

Further suicide prevention services are to be provided in 2013 in Co Kerry, which has the highest rate of death by suicide in the country.

A service to prevent suicide has been launched in Co Kerry, which has one of the highest rates nationally of people taking their own lives.