Even in death, Jackie Healy-Rae looked like a man on the campaign trail.

Tragedy hit the Cycle Against Suicide yesterday when a motorcycle marshal accompanying the group was killed in a road traffic collision.

A distinctly orange tinge will infiltrate Cork’s rebel red hue at the end of the month when more than 1,000 cyclists wearing the distinctive bright tee-shirts arrive in the city during the annual Round Ireland Cycle Against Suicide campaign.

Student Colin Bradley from Mallow, Co Cork, is the main driver behind an initiative at University College Cork he hopes will drive home the message “it’s ok not to feel ok, and it’s absolutely ok to ask for help.”

Stars from the sport and music worlds have joined forces to reveal their private battles with depression as part of a major campaign urging young people not to suffer in silence.

Personalities from across a broad spectrum of Irish life yesterday took to their bikes to aid a suicide awareness charity.

A new awareness campaign is being rolled out nationwide in a bid to tackle Ireland’s suicide crisis.

Celebrity chef Rachel Allen yesterday told young people to trust their instincts if they wanted to be successful in business.

OPTIMISM was the order of the day for the 24-hour Sleepless in Garryvoe Entrepreneur Experience workshop in Cork over the weekend.

START-UP businesses have until January 26, to apply for entry to Endeavour, the funding programme run by entrepreneur Jerry Kennelly, Kernel Capital and Kerry Group.

The Irish Spirits Association has said that the spirits market in Ireland is suffering a severe downturn, following publication of the latest excise revenue data by the Revenue Commissioners.