Prevention body pledges to set specific targets to reduce suicides

THE National Office for Suicide Prevention says it will set measurable targets for reducing suicides. Its first report confirmed there were 432 registered suicides last year.

The office’s first annual report contains stark details on the manner in which 2,400 people took their own lives in a five-year period.

It showed that 59% of men who committed suicide had hanged themselves, although the figure rose to 70% for men in the most dangerous age group (15-24 years).