The National Suicide Research Foundation’s 2018 Annual Report of the National Self-Harm Registry Ireland shows a 6% rise in the rate of individuals presenting to hospital as a result of self-harm last year, compared with the rate in 2017 — and 12% higher than the rate in 2007.

The rate of self-harming among children and young people soared 22% over a 10-year period to the end of 2016.

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