I am writing in response to your article (Irish Examiner, Oct 15) by Caroline Doherty entitled ‘Mothers who lose a child to suicide at risk themselves’.

It’s a lesson that Taoiseach Enda Kenny and others charged with running the country might do well to learn — how to make money in a recession.

A counselling centre with a continuing increase in demands for its services is trying to cope with reduced funding.

FIRSTLY I wish to compliment the editor and journalist on highlighting the rise of suicides amongst elderly people.

THE Irish Nurses Organisation (INO) yesterday called for an independent review of safety conditions for its members at the 274-bed Kerry General Hospital in Tralee.