Lobby group calls for action to tackle ‘hidden’ suicide crisis

SUICIDE in rural areas has been a hidden tragedy for a long time, a conference heard yesterday.

Lobby group calls for action to tackle ‘hidden’ suicide crisis

Irish Rural Link, the lobby group for rural development, called for major research to be carried out on suicide in rural areas at its annual conference in Carrick-on Shannon, Co Leitrim.

It noted there have been a number of tragic incidents around the country in recent times including the deaths in Wexford this week of a mother who drowned her two daughters and killed herself.

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