Suicide

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Patricia Kelly
Widow of charity chief fined for failing to keep proper accounts
Patricia Kelly pleaded guilty to a charge of failing to keep proper books of account as a director of Console

Thu, 22 Feb, 2024

Digital Services Tax
Girl's suicide cited in call to regulate social media
In another case, an individual described how their father had become radicalised by disinformation promoted on his social media feeds

Thu, 01 Feb, 2024

Sinn Fein launch alternative health budget
Cork TD warns that people are taking their own lives 'due to drug-debt intimidation'
Thomas Gould says he knows of three young men who died by suicide after being intimidated by drug dealers

Sat, 30 Dec, 2023

Alone in the Dark
More than 500 suicide deaths in one year, according to CSO stats
The Central Statistics Office findings report that death due to suicide was the number one cause of death in 2020 for those aged 15 to 34

Tue, 14 Nov, 2023

Close-up Of A Stressed Young Woman Lying On Bed
Suicide risk 80 times higher for those previously hospitalised for self-harm
Report says risk of suicide following self-harm was 'most elevated' among the youngest and oldest age groups ā€” those aged under 25 and those aged over 55

Wed, 01 Nov, 2023

Call for dedicated Traveller helpline to tackle mental health crisis
Call for dedicated Traveller helpline to tackle mental health crisis
'We are trying to turn the tide on suicide within the Traveller community'

Mon, 23 Oct, 2023

Vector illustration of female alcoholism with unhappy woman sitting at alcohol drink bottle bottom hugging her knees
Letters to the Editor: Alcohol industry must own up to harm
One reader tells of his own family's experience of the harm done by alcohol, while others consider topics including garda rosters, tax equity, and fair pay for doctors and nursesĀ 

Wed, 27 Sep, 2023

Suicide prevention in Ireland: We have come a long way
Suicide prevention in Ireland: We have come a long way
One constant observation from the past decades of working with people with lived of experience of suicidal behaviour is that ā€˜people who attempt suicide donā€™t want to die, what they want is a different lifeā€™.

Sun, 10 Sep, 2023

Cahirmee horse fair
From Nunday to Dolly Day: Loss inspired two world record events in Kerry
They made history in 2012 with the largest gathering of nuns in a public place, and earlier this summer repeated that feat with DollyDay, and Mairead Sheehy gets a sense that Listowel's Guinness World record setters aren't finished.

Sun, 20 Aug, 2023

Pensive child looking through a window
Jigsaw provides missing pieces of youth mental health service
However, many young people are left waiting for up to 18 weeks to be seen due to a spike in demand since the pandemic

Mon, 07 Aug, 2023

Waiting Room
More than 410 people died by suicide last year
HSEā€™s National Office for Suicide Prevention annual report shows the number of people taking their own lives in Ireland is significantly lower than the year before the pandemic

Wed, 26 Jul, 2023

Clare Shine 3/5/2023
Letters to the Editor: Suicide is still a serious problem in Ireland
Darkness Into Light, the flagship fundraiser for Pieta House has developed into a powerful movement, one that sends out a message of hope, compassion, and support to many people.

Fri, 05 May, 2023

Irish Examiner view: Aftermath a lifelong process
Irish Examiner view: Aftermath a lifelong process
Suicide rates

Wed, 26 Apr, 2023

Cork teenager's song in honour of friend who died by suicide goes globalĀ 
Cork teenager's song in honour of friend who died by suicide goes globalĀ 
RĆ­an, from Ballineen in West Cork, was described as ā€œthe happiest boy in the worldā€, but he took his own life in February 2022. He was just 15

Tue, 25 Apr, 2023

Suicide researcher calls for intervention before crisis point
Suicide researcher calls for intervention before crisis point
Head of UCC School of Public Health and National Suicide Research Foundation chief scientist says help needs to be 'up-stream and to be there earlier'

Thu, 06 Apr, 2023

Kanturk killings: GardaĆ­ complete internal review
Kanturk killings: GardaĆ­ complete internal review
Jury at the 2021 inquest into the deaths of two brothers and their father had recommended the review of garda protocols

Sat, 11 Mar, 2023

Teenage mental health stock
UN committee raises 'serious concern' at Ireland's 'inadequate' child mental health services
Call for significant increase in resources and ban on placing children with mental health issues in adult psychiatric units

Fri, 10 Feb, 2023

Mother says mental health services haven't improved since her 17-year-old took his own life
Mother says mental health services haven't improved since her 17-year-old took his own life
The late Dan Hogan's mother and brother speak to the 'Irish Examiner' of the 'trauma' he experienced during treatment at a Camhs centre before his suicide

Thu, 29 Dec, 2022

Catherine Conlon: New priorities needed to change our unhealthy, unequal, and dissatisfied world
Catherine Conlon: New priorities needed to change our unhealthy, unequal, and dissatisfied world
The constant emphasis on economic progress as a measure of a countryā€™s wellbeingĀ has failed us, given the high levels of physical and mental ill-health in rich countries.

Tue, 06 Dec, 2022

Mental health stock
Number of suicides in Northern Ireland at highest rate since 2015
The were 237 recorded deaths by suicide in Northern Ireland last year, new figures from the Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (Nisra) have revealed.

Wed, 30 Nov, 2022

Cork coroner says his office cannot fulfil statutory duties due to lack of staff
Cork coroner says his office cannot fulfil statutory duties due to lack of staff
Philip Comyn warned Cork City Council of 'a huge backlog of inquests' and said his office is at 'breaking point'

Sat, 26 Nov, 2022

Outdoor portrait of worried and depressed senior man.
Number of deaths by suicide in Ireland may be far higher than official statistics record
ā€˜Balance of probabilitiesā€™ model suggests 272 more people took their lives from 2015 to 2018 than coroners found to be 'beyond reasonable doubt'Ā 

Fri, 25 Nov, 2022

Nichola Mullen and Louise Cooney 22/11/2022
Pieta House expects more than 320 people to contact its crisis helpline on Christmas Day
Supporters are asked to place a candle in a window at 7pm on Thursday, November 24, to mark the #HopeOverSilence campaign.

Tue, 22 Nov, 2022

depression and sorrow
More than 20 people per day presenting at hospitals after self-harm
One group in which there was an increase overall in self-harm presentations in 2020 was the homeless

Wed, 09 Nov, 2022

Working Life: I'm far more productive in the morningĀ 
S Working Life: I'm far more productive in the morningĀ 
Martin Ryan, resource officer for suicide prevention, Cork Kerry Community Healthcare, HSE

Mon, 12 Sep, 2022

Supports 'needed' to help families dealing with drug deaths
Supports 'needed' to help families dealing with drug deaths
UCC researchers found there was no formal support for families bereaved by drug deaths unlike 'specific services' to support suicide bereavement

Tue, 16 Aug, 2022

GP surgery stock
Vast majority who died by suicide had contacted GP in the preceding year, research shows
The comparisons between the two groups showed that those who had died by suicide were significantly more likely to have a history of violent behaviour

Fri, 15 Jul, 2022

42% of Irish adults have a mental health disorder and over 10% have attempted suicide
42% of Irish adults have a mental health disorder and over 10% have attempted suicide
Those who are younger in age, in shift work, or who have experienced a traumatic life event were the most likely to have a mental health disorder

Mon, 27 Jun, 2022

Suicide of 12-year-old Traveller prompts renewed calls for emergency State response
Suicide of 12-year-old Traveller prompts renewed calls for emergency State response
Tragic death of child comes amid a 'pandemic of suicide' among Travellers despite the campaign for better mental health services

Sun, 19 Jun, 2022

milking time
Pressure to make profit risks tearing farm families apartĀ 
Debt-burdened farmers 'addicted to their cows' are neglecting wives and children

Sun, 22 May, 2022

Limerick charities join forces to combat highest suicide rate in Ireland
Limerick charities join forces to combat highest suicide rate in Ireland
Three life-saving organisations want the county to become leaders in suicide prevention

Fri, 18 Mar, 2022

Senior gardaĆ­ warn of 'distressing' number of calls related to mental health issues
Senior gardaĆ­ warn of 'distressing' number of calls related to mental health issues
A senior garda says there's no doubt in his mind that a notable increase in the number of Cork people taken into protective custody due to mental health issues can be attributed to the impact of Covid-19 lockdowns.

Tue, 25 Jan, 2022

Depressed woman holds an open umbrella, which does not save her from the rain.
Minding Ireland: 'Straight away I felt comfortable and, most importantly, listened to'
Roisin Curtin makes some perhaps surprising observations about mental health services she has used ā€” from Limerick University Hospital's acute psychiatric unit, to Jigsaw

Sun, 16 Jan, 2022

Limerick suicide prevention team appeals for new base as it loses temporary home
Limerick suicide prevention team appeals for new base as it loses temporary home
Voluntary group that patrols the banks of the Shannon goes public with campaign as it no longer has a 'home' in the city

Tue, 11 Jan, 2022

Appeal to men affected by suicide to take part in first-ever bereavement survey
Appeal to men affected by suicide to take part in first-ever bereavement survey
Only a fifth of the survey's respondents so far are male, whereas males make up between 75% and 82% of those who die by suicide each year

Thu, 06 Jan, 2022

Texting Suicide College
Woman who texted boyfriend to kill himself pleads guilty over his death
A former Boston College student who prosecutors say drove her boyfriend to take his own life with thousands of text messages has pleaded guilty to involuntary manslaughter.

Thu, 23 Dec, 2021

JAMIE COSTELLO; DENISE COSTELLO; DR. ALAN COSTELLO
Mental health service apologises to family after student son dies by suicide
Jamie only had leave to be off the unit when he was with his family or with occupational therapists, but he left the unit on his own on consecutive days

Tue, 14 Dec, 2021

Assisted dying
Irish Examiner view: Law on assisted dying would have to come with safeguards
If we are to enact the Dying with Dignity Bill, its limitations would have to be protected in the Constitution

Thu, 02 Dec, 2021

Kanturk killings: Inquest opens into murder-suicide that rocked a north Cork community
Kanturk killings: Bank Holiday tragedy that rocked a community
There is at least one internal Garda review ongoing into the events that led up to the deaths a year ago of Tadg, Mark and Diarmuid Oā€™Sullivan in Kanturk over a land dispute.

Sun, 24 Oct, 2021

'Nothing has changed' since Ballycotton murder-suicide in 2010
'Nothing has changed' since Ballycotton murder-suicide in 2010
One year after the tragic and senseless deaths at a lonely farmhouse in Kanturk - has anything changed in how Ireland tackles the growing problem of familicide? Neil Michael reports

Sat, 23 Oct, 2021

Clare family seek answers over HSE care of farmer who took his own life
Clare family seek answers over HSE care of farmer who took his own life
The 56-year-old farmer was found dead only hours after he was released from Ennis Hospital

Wed, 20 Oct, 2021

Waiting Room
New survey to focus on those bereaved by suicide
With about 500 people taking their own lives in Ireland each year, it is estimated that for every death, up to 135 individuals may be affected

Tue, 05 Oct, 2021

Tributes paid to Eileen and Jamie ahead of Lixnaw funeral this morning
Tributes paid to Eileen and Jamie ahead of Lixnaw funeral this morning
An 11am requiem mass will be live-streamed from St Michael's Church in Lixnaw

Mon, 20 Sep, 2021

Lixnaw shooting victims to be buried tomorrow
Lixnaw shooting victims to be buried tomorrow
Burials of Eileen O'Sullivan and Jamie O'Sullivan's remains will take place after Requiem Mass on Monday morning

Sun, 19 Sep, 2021

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