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.

Almost two thirds of clients who took part in a pilot study run by Dublin Simon said they had made at least one previous suicide attempt.

An analysis of why middle-aged men have the highest suicide rate has identified diminishing life and career opportunities, and the pressures of being a provider, as sources of psychological distress, which potentially heighten the risk.

The mother of Milly Tuomey set up a suicide support group, Healing Untold Grief Group (HUGG), to help others and prevent future loss of life in the wake of her 11-year-old daughter’s death.

Ireland’s suicide rate has stabilised and has begun to fall since the recession, according to the HSE’s National Office for Suicide Prevention (NOSP) 2016 report.

There has been a 10% increase in the number of people presenting to hospitals due to self-harm in the last 10 years.

The number of suicides in Ireland is decreasing, having risen considerably between 2007 and 2012.

The HSE has confirmed it is responding to an “emerging suicide cluster” in Cork City.

The suicide rate of people aged under 25 is “of significant concern”, according to the National Office for Suicide Prevention.

The charities regulator was not aware of any concerns around the operation of the suicide bereavement charity Console until they were aired last week.

Three of the remaining directors of beleaguered suicide bereavement charity Console did not even know they were directors.

Fewer men are dying by suicide but greater numbers of women are, the most recent figures from the Samaritans show. 

With nearly two thirds of college students online for over two hours everyday, browsing YouTube, engaging with social media, gambling, and accessing porn — it’s the ideal forum to target their mental health needs, according to a leading sociologist.

Munster has some of the highest rates of suicide, according to the latest figures published by the National Office for Suicide Prevention.

“The apology says it all,” said minister of state Kathleen Lynch last night after she settled a defamation action against Cork’s 96FM.

States services and supports for those with mental health problems and the growing suicide crisis are “inadequate and scandalous”, a priest has stated.

The number of drug users who have died by hanging has more than doubled over the last nine years, official figures show.

A new website is being launched to provide information on mental health support services around Ireland.

A levy on all alcohol sold in supermarkets and off-licences should be imposed to raise €200m a year for suicide prevention services, Fianna Fáil Senator Marc Mac Sharry has urged.

Fianna Fáil wants to introduce an extra tax on alcohol bought in off-licences, to help pay for suicide prevention.

A treatment programme that has dramatically reduced suicide and self-harm rates in other countries is to be rolled out across Ireland.

The number of suicides among young people fell significantly last year by almost a quarter compared to 2012 figures.

The ISPCC has warned that its 24-hour Childline service is at risk because of plunging donations since the Central Remedial Clinic and Rehab controversies hit the charity sector.

Children who experience violence, harsh discipline, or neglect are more likely to be cyberbullies or their victims, according to a research review for the Government.

The HSE is calling on members of the public to make submissions about the development of a new national framework for suicide prevention.

The GAA dealt with what it deemed were 26 “critical incidents” relating to mental health last year that clubs themselves felt unable to respond to across issues such as death by suicide, problems with addiction and Sudden Arrhythmic Death Syndrome (SADS).

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The family of Donal Walsh has called on young people to remember his message against suicide as they face their first Christmas without the Kerry teenager.

The family of Donal Walsh has called on young people in Ireland to remember his message against suicide as they face their first Christmas without the brave teenager.

The head of a national suicide charity has urged the Government to respond to the suicide crisis in the same way it prioritised road safety which led to a reduction in road deaths.

The young people’s parliament, Dáil na nÓg, has voted for a national mental health gathering for second-level students.

Over the past three years, Ireland has had one of the highest suicide rates in Europe, especially among young people.

Cancer victim Donal Walsh’s video message encouraging young people to reach out for help has thousands of views already, after being released on Saturday night.

Fiann Fáil is calling for a major restructuring of the National Office for Suicide Prevention.

Almost half of men who died by suicide in recent years had been working in the construction industry, a study has found.

Suicide and self-harm rates have fallen but are still significantly higher than before the recession began.

Almost half of the men who died by suicide in recent years had been working in the construction industry, a study found.

Regarding the article on suicide in the Irish Examiner last Saturday, I would like to point out that the figures on suicide for 2012 released by the Central Statistics Office last week are only preliminary figures, and I would recommend caution in interpreting them.