Local suicide figures are needed, say Samaritans

COMMUNITIES blighted by suicide are not getting the resources they need because there are no official records of local suicide rates, the Samaritans said yesterday.

The failure of the State to break suicide figures down to localities meant areas particularly affected were not getting the help they needed, the support agency said.

In one area in south west Dublin, the Samaritans estimated that there had been nine suicides per month over a three-month period.